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Keeping kosher as the only Jewish student

Name of speaker: 
Rivka Ḥavasov (Itzḥakov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Rivka Ḥavasov (Itzḥakov)
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Year of immigration: 
1991
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Samarkand
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Life story, Relationships with non-Jews
, Keeping the commandments
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

Why do we rest on Shabbat

Name of speaker: 
Rivka Ḥavasov (Itzḥakov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant and human resource manager, elderly caregiver and synagogue maintenance worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Year of immigration: 
1991
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Samarkand
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Shabbat
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

Secretly slaughtering kosher meat

Name of speaker: 
Rivka Ḥavasov (Itzḥakov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant and human resource manager, elderly caregiver and synagogue maintenance worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Year of immigration: 
1991
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Samarkand
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Community
, Keeping the commandments
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

Longing for making aliya

Name of speaker: 
Rivka Ḥavasov (Itzḥakov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant and human resource manager, elderly caregiver and synagogue maintenance worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Year of immigration: 
1991
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Samarkand
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Zionism
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

Engagement, the bride's customs according to the wedding and Sheva Brachot (the seven blessings)

Name of speaker: 
Rivka Ḥavasov (Itzḥakov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant and human resource manager, elderly caregiver and synagogue maintenance worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Year of immigration: 
1991
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Samarkand
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Wedding, Women
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

Covenant of the lips: spiritual enlightenment following her husband’s near-death experience

Name of speaker: 
Rivka Ḥavasov (Itzḥakov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant and human resource manager, elderly caregiver and synagogue maintenance worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Year of immigration: 
1991
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Samarkand
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Life story
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

Natural remedies and patient care

Name of speaker: 
Rivka Ḥavasov (Itzḥakov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant and human resource manager, elderly caregiver and synagogue maintenance worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Year of immigration: 
1991
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Samarkand
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Health and folk medicine
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

Jewish life under Communist rule

Name of speaker: 
Rivka Ḥavasov (Itzḥakov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant and human resource manager, elderly caregiver and synagogue maintenance worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Year of immigration: 
1991
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Samarkand
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Life story, Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

Dating for the purpose of marriage

Name of speaker: 
Rivka Ḥavasov (Itzḥakov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant and human resource manager, elderly caregiver and synagogue maintenance worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Year of immigration: 
1991
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Samarkand
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Wedding
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

Making a decision about the children’s education following the daughter’s bat mitzva

Name of speaker: 
Rivka Ḥavasov (Itzḥakov)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant and human resource manager, elderly caregiver and synagogue maintenance worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Year of immigration: 
1991
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Samarkand
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Life story
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

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