Customs and traditions - Mother Tongue

Afghanistan

Counting of the Omer - Herat

Engagement and wedding customs - Herat

Making matzot for Passover - Herat

Passover customs - Herat

Prayer and special customs teaching - Herat

Purim customs - Herat

Rosh Hashana customs - Herat

Seliḥoth (Jewish penitential prayers) - Herat

Shavuot customs - Herat

Traditional family visit during the holidays - Herat

Tu BiShvat customs - Herat

Yom Kippur customs - Herat

Algeria

Bar mitzva - El Oued (Souf)

Brit mila - El Oued (Souf)

Brit mila - El Oued (Souf)

Hafrashat ḥalla (separating the ḥalla) - El Oued (Souf)

Lighting candles for Shabbat and holidays - El Oued (Souf)

Passover customs - El Oued (Souf)

Passover preparations - El Oued (Souf)

Passover Seder plate - El Oued (Souf)

Rosh Ḥodesh (first of the month) customs - El Oued (Souf)

ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye) - El Oued (Souf)

Bukhara

Against the "evil eye" custom - Bishkek

Against the "evil eye" custom - Shahrisabz

Against the "evil eye" custom - Samarkand

Godspeed custom - Shahrisabz

Godspeed custom - Samarkand

Godspeed custom - Bishkek

Godspeed custom - Shahrisabz

Godspeed custom - Samarkand

Godspeed custom - Bishkek

Passover Seder (part A) - Dushanbe

Passover Seder (part B) - Samarkand

Caucasus

Bar mitzva - Mountain Jews (Dagestan)

Bereavement customs and her mother's death - Mountain Jews (Dagestan)

Birth, naming and children's care - Mountain Jews (Dagestan)

Engagement and wedding - Mountain Jews (Dagestan)

Matchmaking and introduction with the spouse - Mountain Jews (Dagestan)

Wedding and bar mitzva - Nalchik

Wedding and bar mitzva - Derbent

Egypt

Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur customs - Cairo

Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana customs - Cairo

Europe - West

Children games in Hanukka - Endingen

Children games in Hanukka - Lucerne

India

Wedding ceremonies - Mumbai

Iran

Bar mitzva - Tikab

Brit mila and zeved habat - Tikab

Family customs - Sanandaj

Jewish holidays - Bijar

Matchmaking and wedding preparations - Isfahan

Mikve, wedding and brit mila - Nahawand

Nowruz (Iranian New Year) - Kermanshah

Persian 'Mimouna' (Shiraz) - Shiraz

Religion and belief - Bijar

Rivka's mother and bereavement customs - Golpayegan

Rosh Ḥodesh (first of the month) customs - Sanandaj

Shabbat customs - Bijar

Shabbat: foods and customs - Sanandaj

Wedding customs and songs - Takab

Wedding customs and songs - Israel

Wedding preparations - Isfahan

Iraq

Holiday dishes and customs - Baghdad

Iraqi ḥenna - Baghdad

Passover Seder plate - Baghdad

Purim - Baqubah

Shabbat customs and foods - Baghdad

The community's customs - Baghdad

Israel

Bereavement - Peqi'in

Kashrut (dietary laws) - Peqi'in

Synagogue - Peqi'in

Kurdistan

Night of Hosha'ana Rabba - Zakho

Passover customs - Zakho

Passover preparations - Zakho

Rosh Hashana customs - Zakho

Saharana - Zakho

Six days before the Brit ceremony - Zakho

Libya

Bereavement customs and the name of the community's Rabbi - Benghazi

Blessings - Benghazi

Bsisa - Z-Zwiya

Congratulations and greetings - Z-Zwiya

Holidays and customs (Purim, girls' Shabbat and ḥenna) - Benghazi

Mimouna: the holiday of engagement - Tripoli

Piyyutim on Shabbat eve - Tripoli

Protection from ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye) and entering a new home - Benghazi

Slat Ibn Shaif Synagogue - Z-Zwiya

Songs and Piyyutim - Tripoli

Morocco

Bar mitzva - Casablanca

Bar mitzva in Marrakesh - Marrakesh

Bein Hametzarim (The Three Weeks) - Marrakesh

Bereavement customs - Agdz

Birth - Casablanca

Brit mila in Marrakesh - Marrakesh

Counting of the Omer - Marrakesh

Customs of Berber Jews - Marrakesh

Folk remedies - Asammer

Jews of the Atlas mountains (Shluḥ) - Casablanca

Jews of the Atlas mountains (Shluḥ) - Azemmour

Medicine, cosmetic products and folk remedies against ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye) - Timztot

Mimouna - Marrakesh

Proverbs, curses and blessings - Mazagan (El Jadida)

Proverbs, curses and blessings - Fes

Purim and Purim money - Marrakesh

Shabbat, holidays and Mimouna - Casablanca

Songs and dances - Timztot

Status of women and matchmaking - Agdz

Wedding and complementary ceremonies - Timztot

Wedding customs - Casablanca

Wedding, mikve, ḥenna and marriage life - Ayt Rbiʕ

Women's immersion - Asammer

Syria

Community traditions - Ḥalab

Father-son traditions - Ḥalab

Father-son traditions - Qamishli

Tunisia

Bsisa during Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan (first month of the Hebrew year) - Djerba

Bsisa during Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan (first month of the Hebrew year) - El Ḥamma

Customs of Hoshaʿana Rabba (the seventh day of Sukkot) at the Trabelsi family - Djerba

Customs [bsisa, Se'udat Yitro (Yitro's Feast), Daughters' Holiday and Passover] - Djerba

Djerba's customs (lel ha'zohar, brit mila, bar and bat mitzva, Lag Ba'omer) - Djerba

Hatarat Nedarim (Annulment of vows and oaths) - Djerba

Home remedies - Moknine

Life in Djerba and connection to the land of Israel - Djerba

Pre-wedding (part I) - Djerba

Pre-wedding (part II) - Djerba

Walking and returning from the mikve - Moknine

Turkey

Aliya, tradition and holidays - Istanbul

Wedding and engagement - Istanbul

Yemen

Bereavement - Ḥawlan

Bereavement customs - Sanaʽa

Engagement - Ḥajba

Manners of payment amongst Jews - Ḥaima

Medicine, folk remedies and dealing with ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye) - Ḥawlan

The use of different plants - Sanaʽa

ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye) - Sanaʿa

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