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Your eyes shall see the Messiah

To the blessed memory of Shlomo Ziafti, Raḥel Ziafti (of Menashe), Yosef Yeshaʿyahu, and the mother Ester Yeshaʿyahu (of Menashe)

From Meʾir Shaked collection

Name of speaker: 
Shlomo Ziafti
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Butcher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Mashhad
Language: 
Judeo-Persian
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs, Piyyutim
, Songs
Documentation: 
Yosef Yeshaʿyahu Z"L
Year of recording: 
1963

God do not take me away

To the blessed memory of Shlomo Ziafti, Raḥel Ziafti (of Menashe), Yosef Yeshaʿyahu, and the mother Ester Yeshaʿyahu (of Menashe)

From Meʾir Shaked collection

Name of speaker: 
Shlomo Ziafti
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Butcher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Mashhad
Language: 
Judeo-Persian
Conversation topics: 
Prayer
Documentation: 
Yosef Yeshaʿyahu Z"L
Year of recording: 
1963

The city of Hamadan: daily life and spoken languages

To my beloved family

Name of speaker: 
Rut (Faroch) Bekhori
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
70
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Hamadan, Tehran
Language: 
Judeo-Persian
Conversation topics: 
Geographical space, Language, Sacred tombs
, Spoken language
Documentation: 
Alona Dashevsky Apkarian
Year of recording: 
2019

Aliya and settlement

To my beloved family

Name of speaker: 
Rut (Faroch) Bekhori
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
70
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Hamadan, Tehran
Language: 
Judeo-Persian
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Alona Dashevsky Apkarian
Year of recording: 
2019

Moshe Rabbeinu and the people of Israel crossing the Red Sea

To the blessed memory of Shlomo Ziafti, Raḥel Ziafti (of Menashe), Yosef Yeshaʿyahu, and the mother Ester Yeshaʿyahu (of Menashe)

From Meʾir Shaked collection

Name of speaker: 
Shlomo Ziafti
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Butcher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Mashhad
Language: 
Judeo-Persian
Conversation topics: 
Sacred songs
Documentation: 
Yosef Yeshaʿyahu Z"L
Year of recording: 
1963

Song about a girl falling in love with a young man against her father's will

To the blessed memory of Shlomo Ziafti, Raḥel Ziafti (of Menashe), Yosef Yeshaʿyahu, Tsion Yeshaʿyahu and the mother Ester Yeshaʿyahu (of Menashe)

From Meʾir Shaked collection

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel Menashe-Ziafti (Nana Jan)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Golpayegan
Language: 
Judeo-Persian
Conversation topics: 
Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yosef Yeshaʿyahu Z"L
Year of recording: 
1963

Love song

To the blessed memory of Shlomo Ziafti, Raḥel Ziafti (of Menashe), Yosef Yeshaʿyahu and the mother Ester Yeshaʿyahu (of Menashe)

From Meʾir Shaked collection

Name of speaker: 
Tsion Yeshaʿyahu 
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Unknown
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
37
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Golpayegan
Language: 
Judeo-Persian
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs
Documentation: 
Yosef Yeshaʿyahu Z"L
Year of recording: 
1963

Shabbat

Name of speaker: 
Eliezer Shats
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Carpenter
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Shiraz
Language: 
Judeo-Persian
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Liran Osi
Year of recording: 
2018

Difficulties in making Aliya

Name of speaker: 
Eliezer Shats
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Carpenter
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Shiraz
Language: 
Judeo-Persian
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Life story
Documentation: 
Liran Osi
Year of recording: 
2018

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