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Women's mikve in the family house and immersion before the wedding

Name of speaker: 
Fortune ʾAmar
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Eliʾasaf ʾAmar
Year of recording: 
2022

Meeting her future husband, their engagement and wedding

Name of speaker: 
Fortune ʾAmar
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Eliʾasaf ʾAmar
Year of recording: 
2022

The birth of a daughter, girls' occupations and studies

Name of speaker: 
Fortune ʾAmar
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Eliʾasaf ʾAmar
Year of recording: 
2022

Wedding song

Name of speaker: 
Fortune ʾAmar
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Eliʾasaf ʾAmar
Year of recording: 
2022

Nursery rhymes for a baby

Name of speaker: 
Fortune ʾAmar
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Eliʾasaf ʾAmar
Year of recording: 
2022

Ḥevra Qadisha in Morocco, burial and bereavement customs

Name of speaker: 
Fortune ʾAmar
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Eliʾasaf ʾAmar
Year of recording: 
2022

Reading the Book of ʾEsther and mishloʾach manot (sending of portions)

Name of speaker: 
Fortune ʾAmar
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Eliʾasaf ʾAmar
Year of recording: 
2022

Cleaning, baking matzot and Hagala (koshering dishes for Passover)

Name of speaker: 
Fortune ʾAmar
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Eliʾasaf ʾAmar
Year of recording: 
2022

Rabbi Shimon bar Yoḥai's assistance during her grandfather's passing

Name of speaker: 
Fortune ʾAmar
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Eliʾasaf ʾAmar
Year of recording: 
2022

Change to a Hebrew name, child labor to save on school expenses, raising poultry and avoiding injections

Name of speaker: 
Yafa Michaʾeli (Janet Buḥbut)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
School secretary and secretary at the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
74
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

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