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לְמַעַן יֵדְעוּ דּוֹר אַחֲרוֹן בָּנִים יִוָּלֵדוּ יָקֻמו וִיסַפְּרוּ לִבְנֵיהֶם -תהילים עח That the generation to come might know them, even the children that should be born; who should arise and tell them to their children- Pslams 78

Sunday, February 06, 2022

What happened to the Sephardic community in German Danzig in the early part of the 17th century?

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 See my latest at the Jewish Link  https://jewishlink.news/features/48862-avraham-the-wanderer
Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Ashkenazim and the Sephardic Pronunciation of Hebrew (the "lost" second installment).

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This post will continue on theme of a previous post where I discussed how Chassidim switched from the Ashkenazic rite to a modified Sep...
Tuesday, September 14, 2021

MY GRANDFATHER’S SEFIRAH by SHMUEL LANDESMAN

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It was Memorial Day 1984. My grandfather was sitting at the desk in his small sefarim filled study, at my grandparents’ Highland Park, New J...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

The Strange Case of the Sephardi “Baal Shem” From Poland

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The portrait of Rabbi Shmuel Yaakov Falk (1710-1782) known as the “Baal Shem of London” is often confused with that of Rabbi Israel ...
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Friday, December 07, 2018

Are The Greeks Still Nursing a Grudge Against Jews for Chanukah?

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It’s September in Sparta, and the merciless Mediterranean sun beats down on the assembled crowd. The observer picks up a mingling of Greek...
Thursday, January 04, 2018

The Rabbi Who Recorded the Holocaust as it Unfolded Before His Eyes

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at my other blog https://toldotyisrael.wordpress.com/2018/01/04/the-rabbi-who-recorded-the-holocaust-as-it-unfolded-before-his-eyes/
Friday, December 29, 2017

Yannai on Parashat Veyechi

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Yannai was one of the great liturgical poets who flourished in the Land of Israel in either the 6th or 7th centuries. For many years little...
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I am an independent research historian and genealogist and currently working on my first book that will explore the Sephardic origin of many Eastern European Jews. I hope to correspond on this blog with like minded individuals and learn more about the subjects being discussed as well as impart some of my own knowledge to others. Please be considerate and give proper credits when reproducing anything from this site. Thank you.
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