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Seal of the Tora (Deuteronomy 34)

Name of speaker: 
Rabbi Shalom Cohen (Salem Ibn Sliman el Cohen)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Jewellery and Judaica goldsmith
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa
Language: 
Hebrew (Sanaʽa tradition)
Conversation topics: Bible reading
Documentation: 
Provided to Yaʿel Wecsler by Yeḥiʾel Cohen
Year of recording: 
1974

Song of the Sea

Name of speaker: 
Rabbi Shalom Cohen (Salem Ibn Sliman el Cohen)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Jewellery and Judaica goldsmith
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa
Language: 
Hebrew (Sanaʽa tradition)
Conversation topics: 
Piyyutim
, Bible reading
Documentation: 
Provided to Yaʿel Wecsler by Yeḥiʾel Cohen
Year of recording: 
1974

The Ten Commandments

Name of speaker: 
Rabbi Shalom Cohen (Salem Ibn Sliman el Cohen)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Jewellery and Judaica goldsmith
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa
Language: 
Hebrew (Sanaʽa tradition)
Conversation topics: Bible reading
Documentation: 
Provided to Yaʿel Wecsler by Yeḥiʾel Cohen
Year of recording: 
1974

Parents, Aliya and absorption

Name of speaker: 
ʾIlana Kahalani
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Educator, day-care manager, kindergarten teacher and pensioner center coordinator
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
67
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa, Haz, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Family, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Reading the Tora in Sanaʽa and Dhamar tradition

Name of speaker: 
Israʾel Qesar
Participants in the conversation: 
ʾAviva Qesar
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Agronomist and dairy farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Year of immigration: 
1943
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa, ʿAden
Language: 
Hebrew (Sanaʽa and Dhamar tradition)
Conversation topics: 
Prayer
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019

The father figure and way of education

Name of speaker: 
Yona Koraḥ
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress and embroider
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Education, Family
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Life story and the status of women

Name of speaker: 
Yona Koraḥ
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress and embroider
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Life story, Women
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

The use of different plants

Name of speaker: 
Yona Koraḥ
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress and embroider
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions, Health
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Lag La'omer and Passover

Name of speaker: 
Yona Koraḥ
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress and embroider
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Lag Ba'omer, Passover
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

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