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∙ 9y agoAs shown by DNA studies, all Jewish communities come from the Middle East originally. Later, during the Middle Ages the Sephardim were the Jewish communities in the Mediterranean area (Spain, North Africa) and points east of it, while the Ashkenazim were to the north in France, Germany, Russia and Eastern Europe. This variety of locales has led to some differences in customs, but not in the Torah-laws themselves.
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∙ 10y agoSephardic Jews are Jewish people that originated in the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal) but have lived all over the world.
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What was the Sephardic language?
Sephardic Jews live all over the world, and speak the languages of the countries they live in. The most common first languages of Sephardic Jews are:HebrewEnglishArabicSpanishPortugueseTurkishFrenchLadinoLadino was once a prominent language of Sephardic Jews. It was a Jewish dialect of Medieval Spanish. Today there are less than 100,000 native speakers, almost all of which live in Israel, with a minority in Turkey. (There may be as many as 300,000 second-language speakers all over the world.)
Sephardic Jews have lived primarily in?
Sephardic Jews are called Sephardic because they originally lived in Sepharad, the ancient name Jews used for Spain. With the Spanish inquisition, Sephardi Jews fled Spain or were forced out and moved throughout Europe, into the Middle East, and even places like South America and the Caribbean.
What religion is Michael Morpurgo?
the murpurgos where sephardic Jews
Who are the modern day Levites?
Ashkenazi or Sephardic Jews
Are all israeli's citizens sephardic Jews?
No. The Sefardic Jews are a slight minority in Israel.
What are the release dates for About Us - 2003 The Sephardic Jews and the Pike Place Market?
About Us - 2003 The Sephardic Jews and the Pike Place Market was released on: USA: 14 April 2006
Why don't the Sephardic Jews hide the afikomen on passover?
Who told you that they don't.
What is a Sephardic Jew?
Sephardic Jews (Sephardim) were the Jews from Spain and Portugal. After the Muslim conquest of Spain in the eighth century, many Jews fled to Spain in order to escape persecution in Christian Europe, knowing that they would be well-treated under Islamic rule. They became known as Sephardim (Spanish Jews). By the fourteenth century, Spain was once again back under Christian rule and many Jews were converted to Christianity. The remaining Jews were finally expelled from Spain in 1492, and resettled in Islamic Northern Africa and the Middle East. Many of them were absorbed into existing Mizrachi (Arab Jew) communities, while others retained their separate identity as Sephardic Jews. Since the establishment of modern Israel, both Mizrachi and Sephardic Jews have been encouraged to identify simply as Sephardic Jews.
Why are Ashkenazic Jews stricter than Sephardic Jews?
Ashkenazi Jews aren't more strict than Sephardi Jews, this question is based on a false assumption.
Do sephardic jews celebrate christmas?
No. There is no Jewish tradition (Ashkenazic, Sephardic, Mizrahi, Beta Israel (Ethiopia), Sabra (Israeli), etc.) that has any form of Christmas celebration.
Are the Ashkenazi Jews and Reform Jews the same Jews?
Reform Judaism had its origins in the Ashkenazi community, but there are plenty of Ashkenazi Orthodox Jews and plenty of Reform Jews with Sephardic backgrounds. In Europe, you can find Liberal synagogues (analogous to the Reform movement in the United States) that are dominated by Sephardic Jews, predominantly in French speaking countries that welcomed many Algerian Jews after the collapse of French North Africa.
Is rice okay for Passover?
Rice (regardless of type) is classified as 'kitniyot'. This means that Ashkenazi Jews will not eat it during Passover but some Sephardi and Mizrachi groups will.
