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Her occupation, home in Kurdistan and Aliya to Israel

Name of speaker: 
Sara ʿAdaqi
Participants in the conversation: 
Simi Michael
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver, cook and housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Duhok, Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Occupations and livelihoods
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Shavuot and ascent to the tombs of Sara our Mother, ʾEsther and Jonah the Prophet

Name of speaker: 
Sara ʿAdaqi
Participants in the conversation: 
Simi Michael
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver, cook and housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Duhok, Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Sacred tombs, Shavuot
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Yom Kippur and refraining from showering for forty days on Tishʿa BeʾAv

Name of speaker: 
Sara ‘Adaqi
Participants in the conversation: 
Simi Michael
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver, cook and housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Duhok, Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions, Fasting, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Purim

Name of speaker: 
Sara ‘Adaqi
Participants in the conversation: 
Simi Michael
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver, cook and housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Duhok, Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Purim
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Sukkot and Hanukka

Name of speaker: 
Sara ‘Adaqi
Participants in the conversation: 
Simi Michael
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver, cook and housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Duhok, Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Hanukka, Sukkot
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Passover

Name of speaker: 
Sara ʿAdaqi
Participants in the conversation: 
Simi Michael
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver, cook and housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Duhok, Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Passover
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Ḥad Gadya

Name of speaker: 
Sara ʿAdaqi
Participants in the conversation: 
Simi Michael
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver, cook and housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Duhok, Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Passover Haggada and the Seder, Sacred songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Tale of the old mother who was asked for her hand

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Rajuan
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Tailor and cloth merchant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk tales
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ
Year of recording: 
1975
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

A mother's fable

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
Ezra Mashiaḥ‘
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baqubah, Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk tales
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour
Year of recording: 
1973
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of the rich man who used to exaggerate

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Rajuan
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Tailor and cloth merchant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk tales
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour and Prof. David Semaḥ
Year of recording: 
1975
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

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