Egypt - Mother Tongue

Cairo

Eli (Eliyahu) Behar

Aliya and absorption

Bat mitzva and wedding

Duties of the gabbai (synagogue warden)

Foods

Karaites in Egypt

Life story of the Behar family

Work and relationships with 'non-Jews'

Prof. Jacob Choueka

Keeping Shabbat in Cairo

Prof. Yitzḥak Chave's life story

Relationships with the Muslims

The schools in Cairo

The spoken languages in Egypt

The spoken languages in Egypt

Writing in Judeo-Arabic

Yeshiva in Cairo

Rabbanit Marcel Sabato

Origins of the family

Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur customs

Spoken languages and relationships with the neighbours

Use of Arabic and interaction between Jews and Arabs

Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana customs

Rabbanit Marsel Sabato

Relationships with 'Non-Jews'

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