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The obituary of Rabbi Avraham Maimon
Article on the front page of the La Vara newspaper describing the great mourning that took place in Seattle over the passing of Rabbi Avraham Maimon
Naar family kame'a
Sephardic amulet from the family of Benjamin Naar, great-grandfather of Professor Devin Naar.
Kantika de la parida [Song for the Pregnant Woman]
A song for new mothers from "El bukyeto de romansas : kantikas rekojidas para novias i paridas"
Congregation [Sephardic] Bikur Holim's letterhead
The letterheard of Congregation Sephardic Bikur Holim
Orden de bendiciones : Y las ocaziones en que se deven dezir. Con muchas adiciones a las precedentes impreciones, y por mejor methodo dispuestas
Text for La fijola ceremony in Orden de bendiciones
Newspaper article in El Avenir about bar mitsva customs
Clipping from the Ladino newspaper El Avenir.
Excerpt from Progress: Official Organ of the Shalom Alehem
Congratulatory note on the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Barokas, “pujados y no minguados”.
Table of food at Souriano baby naming
Spread of Sephardic delicacies at the baby naming of twins Marlene and Charlene Souriano.
Menache Israel's bar mitsva speech
Bar mitsva speech given by Menache Israel at Congregation Ezra Bessaroth
Oddest and Oldest of Wedding Here: Bride and Bridegroom Spaniards from Turkey, Who Speak Only Hebrew
New York Times article describing a Sephardic wedding
Fragrant blessing for Pidyon ha ben
Chapter on Pidyon ha ben from "El gid para el pratikante" (ST00876_0472)
Seattle Sephardic Amulets
Three amulets handwritten on paper cut in the shape of a person or angel. Includes the divine name Shadai and the names of angels Snwy, Snsnwy, and Smnglf; words for man and woman; name of Lilith (female demon); and an abbreviation for Genesis 49:18:…
Sidur Tefilat Imanuʾel : le-ahenu ha-Sefaradim ule-limud ha-dat be-bate ha-sefer
Selections of text for the meldado from the Book of Psalms, organized alphabetically and known as the Alpha Beta.
Albert S. Maimon's bar mitsva speech
Bar mitsva sermon delivered at Congregation Sephardic Bikur Holim
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Rabbi Isidore Kahan (2nd from left) with bar mitsva boys Leon Uziel, Moe Azose, and Meyer Varon at Sephardic Bikur Cholim in Seattle, WA
Dr. Rabbi Isidore Kahane [Azriel Yehuda ha-Kohen] of Tiszabercel, served as administrator and teacher of the Collegio Rabbinico in Rhodes and as rabbi…