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"These are the generations of Noah" (Genesis 6:9)

From the collection of composer and Jewish music curator, Zeʾev Bitkin Z”L (1947-2019)

Kindly delivered by Ḥava Shmulevich for his blessed memory

Name of speaker: 
Meʾir Weinberg
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Eastern
Speaker's community of origin: 
Dumbraveni (Moldova)
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Children's songs
Documentation: 
Composer and curator Zeʾev Bitkin Z”L
Year of recording: 
1987

Haggada portion that her father liked to read

Name of speaker: 
ʾEster Matsa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dr. Shay Matsa
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress and a hospital clothing warehouse manager
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1954
Speaker's country of origin: 
Greece
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aigio
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Passover Haggada and the Seder
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Bar Yoḥai Piyyut

Name of speaker: 
Rina Danino
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1954
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aїt Taguella
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Piyyutim
Documentation: 
Malka Abukarat
Year of recording: 
2020

In haste we left Egypt

Name of speaker: 
Rina Danino
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1954
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Aїt Taguella
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder, Piyyutim
Documentation: 
Malka Abukarat
Year of recording: 
2020

There is None Like Our God

Name of speaker: 
Yeshayahu Gisser
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Community Rabbi
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
58
Year of immigration: 
1961
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Eastern
Speaker's community of origin: 
Odesa (Ukraine)
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Piyyutim
Documentation: 
Ḥava Shmulevich
Year of recording: 
2020

Moses Rejoiced: folk piyyut in Hebrew and in Yiddish

Name of speaker: 
Yeshayahu Gisser
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Community Rabbi
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
58
Year of immigration: 
1961
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Eastern
Speaker's community of origin: 
Odesa (Ukraine)
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Piyyutim, Sacred songs
Documentation: 
Ḥava Shmulevich
Year of recording: 
2020

Passover Haggada

Name of speaker: 
François Baruch
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
French army soldier and accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
68
Departure date: 
1962
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Mateur
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder
Documentation: 
Asaf Mesika (delivered to Yaʿel Baruch)
Year of recording: 
1970

Song of Songs

Name of speaker: 
François Baruch
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
French army soldier and accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
68
Departure date: 
1962
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Mateur
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Piyyutim
, Tora reading
Documentation: 
Asaf Mesika (delivered to Yaʿel Baruch)
Year of recording: 
1970

Song of the Sea

Name of speaker: 
François Baruch
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
French army soldier and accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
68
Departure date: 
1962
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Mateur
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Bible, Piyyutim
Documentation: 
Asaf Mesika (delivered to Yaʿel Baruch)
Year of recording: 
1970

Reading the Tora

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana Berland
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Ḥada
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Bible
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2020

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