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Folk tales, lamentations and family stories

Prof. Yona Sabar dedicated his article (Lel-Huza) about lamentations to the memory of Tsabaria Ido-Zaqen Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Tsabaria Ido-Zaqen
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
50
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Folk tales, Women's songs
Documentation: 
Prof. Yona Sabar
Year of recording: 
1965

Folk tales and women's lamentations

Prof. Yona Sabar dedicated his article (Lel-Huza) about lamentations to the memory of Tsabaria Ido-Zaqen Z"L

 

Name of speaker: 
Tsabaria Ido-Zaqen
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
50
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Folk tales, Women's songs
Documentation: 
Prof. Yona Sabar
Year of recording: 
1965

Father and son

                                                                                                                     

Name of speaker: 
ʿAziz Shemo-Cohen
Participants in the conversation: 
Shlomo Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Carpenter, shoemaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
91
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Education, Life story
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2018

'Mipi el' piyyut for Simḥat Tora

To my brothers Meʾir and Tsvi Mizraḥi Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Naftali Mizraḥi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Carpenter
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
(community tradition) Hebrew
Conversation topics: 
Piyyutim
Documentation: 
Batya Mazor Hoffman
Year of recording: 
2018

When the gates of compassion open (ʿet shaʿarei ratzon) - Aramaic translation

To my parents Lea and Jacob Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Naʿim Shalom
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Taxi driver, ḥazzan
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Sacred songs, Translated biblical texts
Documentation: 
Batya Mazor Hoffman
Year of recording: 
2018

The language in which the couple spoke between themselves

Second speaker: Shlomo Shemo-Cohen

Name of speaker: 
ʿAziz Shemo-Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Carpenter, shoemaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
91
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Life story
, Secret language
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2018

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