English

Holidays

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: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Judeo-Afghan
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel wecsler
Year of recording: 
2019

Life and studies in Herat

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: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Judeo-Afghan
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel wecsler
Year of recording: 
2019

Great grandfather

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: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Judeo-Afghan
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel wecsler
Year of recording: 
2019

Afghan love song

In memory of my parents, Levi and Zruia Kurt

 

Name of speaker: 
Seno Zruia Kurt
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Judeo-Afghan
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Miri Kurt Sudek
Year of recording: 
2018

Translation: 

A pen carved from my bones,

Ink I will take from the artery of my soul,

A letter I will write on the septum of my heart,

To my dear beloved good were the days where we sat together,

With pen on a paper we wrote to him the pen broke and the paper the wind took,

Why the days of our parting we wrote the pen yellowed,

And the paper is yellow leaf,

I will write a letter for a long journey

If I will give it to the gazelle - the forest will take

I will give a fish - the sea will take

The bird I will give - her feathers precious,

The car I will give so that will arrive faster

Oh car take the letter and give my dear beloved

Tell him your loved one sends her greetings

Counting of the Omer

Name of speaker: 
Rabbi Refael Bezalel
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Rabbi and educator
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
76
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Judeo-Afghan
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2018

Seliḥoth (Jewish penitential prayers)

                                                                                       

Name of speaker: 
Reuven Bezalel
Participants in the conversation: 
Rabbi Refael Bezalel
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Diamond trader
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Judeo-Afghan
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2018

Rosh Hashana customs

Name of speaker: 
Rabbi Refael Bezalel
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Rabbi and educator
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
76
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Judeo-Afghan
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2018

Yom Kippur customs

                                                               

Name of speaker: 
Rabbi Refael Bezalel
Participants in the conversation: 
Reuven Bezalel
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Rabbi and educator
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
76
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Judeo-Afghan
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2018

Shavuot customs

                                                                                                                    

Name of speaker: 
Reuven Bezalel
Participants in the conversation: 
Rabbi Refael Bezalel
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Diamond trader
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Judeo-Afghan
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2018

Traditional family visit during the holidays

Name of speaker: 
Reuven Bezalel
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Diamond trader
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Judeo-Afghan
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2018