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Passover Kiddush from Afghanistan

Name of speaker: 
R"B
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Rabbi and educator
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Afghanistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Herat
Language: 
Hebrew (Herat tradition)
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Courtesy and mutual responsibility

In memory of my parents, Levi and Zruia Kurt

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Kurt Sudek
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Banking
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
65
Speaker's country of origin: 
Afghanistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Herat, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Afghan
Conversation topics: 
Community
Documentation: 
Yaʿel wecsler
Year of recording: 
2019

Blessings, curses and proverbs

In memory of my parents, Levi and Zruia Kurt

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Kurt Sudek
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Banking
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
65
Speaker's country of origin: 
Afghanistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Herat, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Afghan
Conversation topics: 
Proverbs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel wecsler
Year of recording: 
2019

From Afghanistan to the maʿabara (absorption camp), to Raʿanana

Dedicated to my mother

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Vidal (Pinḥasi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Secretary at the scholarship fund of Bar-Ilan University
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Afghanistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Herat
Language: 
Judeo-Afghan
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Yaʿel wecsler
Year of recording: 
2019

Of Dari language

Dedicated to my mother

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Vidal (Pinḥasi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Secretary at the scholarship fund of Bar-Ilan University
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Afghanistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Herat
Language: 
Judeo-Afghan
Conversation topics: 
Family, Language
Documentation: 
Yaʿel wecsler
Year of recording: 
2019

Matchmaking and wedding

Dedicated to my mother

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Vidal (Pinḥasi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Secretary at the scholarship fund of Bar-Ilan University
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Afghanistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Herat
Language: 
Judeo-Afghan
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life
Documentation: 
Yaʿel wecsler
Year of recording: 
2019

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