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The obituary of Rabbi Avraham Maimon

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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

Sidur Tefilat Imanuʾel : le-ahenu ha-Sefaradim ule-limud ha-dat be-bate ha-sefer

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Selections of text for the meldado from the Book of Psalms, organized alphabetically and known as the Alpha Beta.

Sefer Me-am Lo'ez es deklaro del Arba'a ve-'Esrim en Ladino...i este es el deklaro de Sefer Shemot (Helek Alef)

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Description of the pidyon ha-ben (redemption of the first-born son) customs in Sefer Me'am Lo-ez Sefer Shemot

Yahrtzeit tables printed inside 20th century prayer books

Sidur Tefilat Imanuʾel : le-ahenu ha-Sefaradim ule-limud ha-dat be-bate ha-sefer
The table for the yahrtzeit (Tabula para yahrtzeit) in Sidur Tefilat Imanuʾel and Kehilat Ya'akov

Telegrams in honor of the wedding of Moshe and "Behora" Rebecca Alhadeff

Telegram in honor of the wedding of Moshe and "Behora" Rebecca Alhadeff
Telegrams sent from Portland, New York, and Atlanta for the wedding of "Behora" Rebecca Israel Bendicha to Moshe "Morris" Alhadeff

Seattle Sephardic Amulets

Rabbi Abraham Maimon’s Kame’a
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:…

Ketuba of Leah Bensussen and Shelomo Bensussen

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Marriage contract of Leah bat Rabbi Isaac Gabriel Bensussan and Shelomo ben Rabbi Yom Tov Bensussen

Albert S. Maimon's bar mitsva speech

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Bar mitsva sermon delivered at Congregation Sephardic Bikur Holim

Congregation [Sephardic] Bikur Holim's letterhead

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The letterheard of Congregation Sephardic Bikur Holim

Table of food at Souriano baby naming

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Spread of Sephardic delicacies at the baby naming of twins Marlene and Charlene Souriano.

The funeral procession of Rabbi Solomon Azose

Interview with Mo Azose by Jeremy Ehrlich

The funeral of Rabbi Abraham Maimon

Interview with Elazar Behar by Howard Droker

Reverend Morris Scharhon's Book of Meldados

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List of death dates recorded by Reverend Morris Scharhon

Avram Barlia: The Seattle Kombidador

Interview with Fortuna Calvo by Fannie Roberts and Adina Russak

Ketuba for the wedding of Jenie Covo to Jacob Youchah

Ketuba for the wedding of Jenie Covo to Jacob Youchah (ST001129)
Wedding contract for the wedding of Gentile bat Shemuel Covo to Yaakov ben Yitzhak Yoshua Youchah

Certificado matrimonial of Nissim Altabet and Rachel Eskenazi (Esquenazi)

Certificado Matrimonial of Nissim Altabet and Rachel Eskenazi (Esquenazi) (ST0008)
Contract for the wedding of Nissim Altabet and Rachel Eskenazi (Esquenazi)

Ketuba of Esther Benezra and David DeFunes

Ketuba of Esther Benezra and David DeFunes (ST001600)
Wedding contract belonging to Esther bat Rabbi Abraham Elia Ibn Ezraa nd David ben Yekutiel DeFunes