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Aliya to Israel and absorption

Name of speaker: 
ʿAmos Ḥen (Ḥassan)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Gharyan, Tripoli
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Settlement and absorption, Zionism
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2019

Abraham's tale ('utqul lu ya ibni')

In memroy of my parents, Sara and Kamayes Bublil and my grandmother Chmisa of Bublil

Name of speaker: 
Ḥaim Bublil
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Poet
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tripoli
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder, Translations
Documentation: 
Tsila Cohen
Year of recording: 
2018
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Jews of Tunisia and Libya used to create gatherings of Haggada readings and share in Arabic the tale of Abraham’s journey to his faith in God. For further reading: Nahem Ilan, "A Midrash about the Patriarch Abraham in the Passover Haggadah of Djerba", Sefunot 6 (1992), 167-196.

Purim

Name of speaker: 
Hadassa Toledano
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Executive at the Israeli tax authority
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
78
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tripoli
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Purim
Documentation: 
Hodaya Toledano
Year of recording: 
2018

Songs and Piyyutim

Name of speaker: 
Hadassa Toledano
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Executive at the Israeli tax authority
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
78
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tripoli
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions, Piyyutim
Documentation: 
Hodaya Toledano
Year of recording: 
2018

Piyyutim on Shabbat eve

Name of speaker: 
Hadassa Toledano
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Executive at the Israeli tax authority
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
78
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tripoli
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions, Piyyutim
Documentation: 
Hodaya Toledano
Year of recording: 
2018

Shabbat and holiday foods

Name of speaker: 
Hadassa Toledano
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Executive at the Israeli tax authority
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
78
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tripoli
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Cycle of the year, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Hodaya Toledano
Year of recording: 
2018

The Jewish school in Tripoli

Name of speaker: 
Hadassa Toledano
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Executive at the Israeli tax authority
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
78
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tripoli
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Education
Documentation: 
Hodaya Toledano
Year of recording: 
2018

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