Libya - Mother Tongue

Benghazi

Family experience in Libya and Israel [ Toni (Tova) Bramly ]

Holidays and customs (Purim, girls' Shabbat and ḥenna) [ Toni (Tova) Bramly ]

Childhood and death of the grandfather [ Toni (Tova) Bramly ]

Foods [ Toni (Tova) Bramly ]

Bereavement customs and the name of the community's Rabbi [ Toni (Tova) Bramly ]

Children's songs [ Toni (Tova) Bramly ]

Blessings [ Toni (Tova) Bramly ]

Folk medicine [ Toni (Tova) Bramly ]

Protection from ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye) and entering a new home [ Toni (Tova) Bramly ]

Songs and women's proverbs [ Toni (Tova) Bramly ]

Life story (the family, the Holocaust and Aliya) [ Toni (Tova) Bramly ]

Tripoli

Mimouna: the holiday of engagement [ Hadassa Toledano ]

Tale of the Sultan and the loaf of bread [ Hadassa Toledano ]

The Jewish school in Tripoli [ Hadassa Toledano ]

Shabbat and holiday foods [ Hadassa Toledano ]

Children's plaything song: Mumna ya Mumna [ Hadassa Toledano ]

A song for a girl who came of age [ Hadassa Toledano ]

Purim [ Hadassa Toledano ]

Abraham's tale ('utqul lu ya ibni') [ Ḥaim Bublil ]

Z-Zwiya

Bsisa [ Liza Zigdon ]

Congratulations and greetings [ Liza Zigdon ]

Life in Libya [ Liza Zigdon ]

Preparation of the bride to her wedding [ Liza Zigdon ]

Aliya and settlement in Israel [ Liza Zigdon ]

Foods and song about tea [ Liza Zigdon ]

Natural remedies [ Liza Zigdon ]

Song for bride and groom [ Liza Zigdon ]

Slat Ibn Shaif Synagogue [ Liza Zigdon ]

פיוטים

Piyyutim of Simḥat Tora ha-qafot (encirclement)

Piyyutim on Shabbat eve

Songs and Piyyutim

The long kiddush of Passover Seder

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