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Wedding through matchmaking

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel Swissa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dina ʾAaʾsaban
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1956
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: , Matchmaking
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Immersion in the mikve

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel Swissa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dina ʾAaʾsaban
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1956
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Birth

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel Swissa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dina ʾAaʾsaban
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1956
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Shabbat eve

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel Swissa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dina ʾAaʾsaban
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1956
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Burial customs and shrouds

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel Swissa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dina ʾAaʾsaban
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1956
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Communal assistance

Name of speaker: 
Communal assistance
Participants in the conversation: 
Dina ʾAaʾsaban
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1956
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: , Community status
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Raḥel's family

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel Swissa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dina ʾAaʾsaban, Zehavit ʾAaʾsaban
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1956
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

The seven days before the wedding

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel Swissa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dina ʾAaʾsaban
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1956
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Dowry

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel Swissa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dina ʾAaʾsaban
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1956
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Sukkot

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel Swissa
Participants in the conversation: 
Dina ʾAaʾsaban
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1956
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

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