Libya - Mother Tongue

Al-Khums

ʿAmos Raḥamim

Education and the teaching of women

Az-Zawiya

Liza Zigdon

Aliya and settlement in Israel

Bsisa

Congratulations and greetings

Foods and song about tea

Natural remedies

Preparation of the bride to her wedding

Slat Ibn Shaif Synagogue

Song for bride and groom

Miriam Hallel

Aliya to Israel and the relationship with non-Jews

Passover and matzot making

Benghazi

Toni (Tova) Bramly

Bereavement customs and the name of the community's Rabbi

Blessings

Childhood and death of the grandfather

Children's songs

Family experience in Libya and Israel

Foods

Holidays and customs (Purim, girls' Shabbat and ḥenna)

Life story (the family, the Holocaust and Aliya)

Protection against ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye) and entering a new home

Songs and women's proverbs

Garyan

Gharyan

ʿAmos Ḥen (Ḥassan)

Dropping out of school and helping with the household through agriculture

Aliya to Israel and absorption

Childhood

Community life and mutual aid

Honouring parents and treating the children with love and care

Life in Gharyan and Tripoli

Marriage and livelihood in Israel and abroad

Military service

Israel

Janzur

Misrata

Msallata

Tripoli

ʿAmos Ḥen (Ḥassan)

Dropping out of school and helping with the household through agriculture

Aliya to Israel and absorption

Childhood

Community life and mutual aid

Honouring parents and treating the children with love and care

Life in Gharyan and Tripoli

Marriage and livelihood in Israel and abroad

Military service

Hadassa Toledano

A song for a girl who came of age

Children's plaything song: Mumna ya Mumna

Mimouna: the holiday of engagement

Piyyutim on Shabbat eve

Purim

Shabbat and holiday foods

Songs and Piyyutim

Tale of the Sultan and the loaf of bread

The Jewish school in Tripoli

Ḥaim Bublil

Abraham's tale ('utqul lu ya ibni')

Piyyutim of Simḥat Tora ha-qafot (encirclement)

The long kiddush of Passover Seder

Zliten

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