Sephardi Jews topics

Jewish diaspora of Spain and Portugal

1492 decree expelling Jews from Spain

thumb|300px|Marranos: A secret Passover Seder in Spain during the times of Inquisition. An 1893 painting by [[Moshe Maimon.]] Marranos were Spanish and Portuguese Jews, as well as Navarrese Jews, who converted to Christianity, either voluntarily or by Spanish or Portuguese royal coercion, during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, but who continued to practice Judaism in secret or were suspected of it. They are also called crypto-Jews, a term increasingly preferred in scholarly works over Marranos.

book of Jewish law by Rabbi Joseph Karo

Jodensavanne (Dutch, "Jewish Savanna") was a Jewish plantation community in Suriname, South America, and was for a time the centre of Jewish life in the colony. It was established in the 1600s by Sephardi Jews and became more developed and wealthy after a group of Jews fleeing persecution in Brazil settled there in the 1660s. It was located in what is now Para District, about south of the capital Paramaribo, on the Suriname River. Sugarcane plantations were established by forcing Black African people to work as slaves. At its height in around 1700, Jodensavanne was home to roughly 500 plantati

A converso (; ; feminine form conversa, ) was a Jew who converted to Catholicism in Spain or Portugal, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries, or one of their descendants.

Crypto-Judaism is the secretive adherence to Judaism while publicly professing to be of another faith. Practitioners are referred to as "crypto-Jews" (from the Greek word kryptos – , 'hidden').

system of tribunals enforcing Catholic orthodoxy

The Xuetes (; singular , also known as and spelled as ) are a social group on the Spanish island of Majorca, in the Mediterranean Sea, who are descendants of Majorcan Jews who were either Conversos (forcible converts to Christianity) or crypto-Jews, forced to keep their religion hidden. They practiced strict endogamy by marrying only within their own group. Many of their descendants observe a syncretist form of Christian worship known as Xueta Christianity.

overview of the historical presence of the Jewish people in Kurdistan

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thumb|right|Illustration of Sabbatai Zevi from 1906 (Joods Historisch Museum)

edict issued by King Edward I in 1290 expelling all Jews from England

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Jewish ethnic group

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Jewish naming ceremony for newborn girls

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thumb|right|The Hakham of Moinești (Hahamul din Moineşti), [[Ștefan Luchian, 1909]] Hakham (or Chakam(i), Haham(i), Hacham(i), Hach; ) is a term in Judaism meaning a wise or skillful man; it often refers to someone who is a great Torah scholar. It can also refer to any cultured and learned person: "He who says a wise thing is called a Hakham, even if he be not a Jew." Hence, in Talmudic-Midrashic literature, wise gentiles are commonly called '' ("wise men of the nations of the world"). In Sephardic usage, hakham'' is a synonym for "rabbi".

thumb | right | alt=Commemorative plaque of the Network of Jewish Quarters of Spain. Seville, Andalusia, Spain. | Commemorative plaque of the Network of Jewish Quarters of Spain. Seville, Andalusia, Spain. Sepharad ( or ; , ; also Sfard, Spharad, Sefarad, or Sephared) is the Hebrew-language name for the Iberian Peninsula, referring to the regions of present-day Spain and Portugal. By the 9th century, the term had come to denote this geographic area in Jewish usage. The designation Sephardic Jews refers to Jews whose ancestors lived in the Iberian Peninsula and were forcibly expelled beginning

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Jews of Spanish or Portuguese origin

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thumb|Kitniyot in the market Kitniyot (, ) is a Hebrew word meaning legumes. During the Passover holiday, however, the word kitniyot (or kitniyos in Ashkenazi dialects) takes on a broader meaning to include grains and seeds such as rice, corn, sunflower seeds, and sesame seeds, in addition to legumes such as beans, peas, and lentils.

pronunciation system for Biblical Hebrew favored by Sephardic Jews

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French bankers and finance officials

ethno-religious group in South America

1553 Ladino translation of the Hebrew Bible

historic site in Rhode Island, United States

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Nagid ( ) is a Hebrew term meaning a prince or leader. This title was often applied to the religious leader in Sephardic communities of the Middle Ages. In Egypt, the Jewish Nagid was appointed over all the Jews living under the dominion of the king of Egypt; he was invested with all the power of a king and could punish and imprison those who acted in opposition to his decrees; his duty was also to appoint the dayyanim (judges of the rabbinic court) in every city.

Jews of Sephardic and Mizrahi descent who are adherents of Haredi Judaism

contemporary Christian descendants of a historical Sephardic Jewish community