English

Passover customs: reading the Haggada, prize-themed quiz and dressing up as women

Name of speaker: 
Nissim Ben-‘Aqiva
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Poet, actor and merchant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Carmel-Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2022

Eḥad Mi Yodeʿa from Aleppo

Name of speaker: 
Nissim Ben-‘Aqiva
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Poet, actor and merchant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Carmel-Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2022

Family gatherings and going to the mikve

Name of speaker: 
Tamar Polack
Participants in the conversation: 
Victoria Lavie
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Banker and aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
70
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Visit in America and life story

Name of speaker: 
Tamar Polack
Participants in the conversation: 
Victoria Lavie
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Banker and aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
70
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Dating and Victoria's husband

Name of speaker: 
Tamar Polack
Participants in the conversation: 
Victoria Lavie
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Banker and aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
70
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Victoria finding Tamar's cigarettes, Tamar electrocuted

Name of speaker: 
Tamar Polack
Participants in the conversation: 
Victoria Lavie
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Banker and aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
70
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Buying clothes for the holidays: story about aunt Sara

Name of speaker: 
Tamar Polack
Participants in the conversation: 
Victoria Lavie
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Banker and aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
70
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Victoria's concern for Tamar

Name of speaker: 
Tamar Polack
Participants in the conversation: 
Victoria Lavie
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Banker and aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
70
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Laundry

Name of speaker: 
Tamar Polack
Participants in the conversation: 
Victoria Lavie
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Banker and aide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
70
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Tomb pilgrimage on Shavuot

Name of speaker: 
Rani Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Director of Eastern Culture at Ramat Gan Municipality
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
49
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021
Translator: 
Nathan Himmelfarb

Translation: 

On Shavuot, the Iraqi Jews like to…they don’t (just) like to, they have a custom of making kahi and qemar. And Shavuot in Baghdad, they would go to the Prophet Ezekiel and visit his tomb. And on the morning of the holiday, they eat cheeses…they eat kahi and qemar. That’s the custom of Shavuot in Baghdad. When the wake up on Shabbat, all of the Iraqi Jews eat eggs and eggplant. And we, at home, like to eat pita…hot bread…and eggs and eggplant, salads and amba. And that’s the custom of all Iraqi Jews on Shabbat morning. On the evening of Shabbat, when we do the Shabbat blessings, we say Iraqi Shbahot (Jewish songs of praise). We do it…in our house, we like the Iraqi customs.

 

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