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Sefer Keri'e mo'ed yikre'u oto Bet Yisrael Pesah be-Pesah va-Atseret ba-Atseret ve-hag ba-hag, seder seder levado (Seder lel Shivie shel Pesah, Shavuot, Oshana Raba)

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A record of lifecycle dates from the Benoliel family inscribed on the inside cover of Sefer Keri'e Mo'ed.

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Ketuba for the wedding of Jenie Covo to Jacob Youchah

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)

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

Ketuba of Esther Benezra and David DeFunes

Wedding contract belonging to Esther bat Rabbi Abraham Elia Ibn Ezraa nd David ben Yekutiel DeFunes

Ketuba of Sultana and Moshe Benezra

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Marriage contract of Sultana, daughter of Abraham Elia Ibn Ezra and Moshe, son of Rabbi Aaron Ibn Ezra. Dowry comprised of 10 Turkish liras cash money, and items of clothing, jewelry, and bed linen in the total value of 110 Turkish liras. Voluntary…

Kathleen Alhadeff and Morgan Barokas wedding invitation

Louise Bensal and Albert Barokas wedding invitation

Invitation for the wedding of Louise Bensal and Albert Barokas

Invitation to the wedding of Ester Sidi and Avner [George] Alhadeff

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 and professor at the Italian Rabbinical College in Rome before seeking refuge in Seattle during the…

Joseph Benbeniste and Margaret Albohaire wedding photograph at Congregation Ezra Bessaroth, 15th Ave. and E. Fir Street, Seattle, WA

Photograph of the wedding of Joseph Benbeniste and Margaret Albohaire

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Joe Fintz's tefilin set from the island of Rhodes

A pair of tefilin or phylacteries worn on the hand and head according to rabbinic tradition and derived from Deuteronomy 11:18.

Reverend David J. Behar presiding over baby-naming of Rita Franco, daughter of Maurice and Ventura Franco at Congregation Ezra Bessaroth

Photograph of the fijola ceremony of Rita Franco.

Invitation to the wedding of Louise Bensal and Albert Barokas

Wedding party of Moshe and Behora Alhadeff

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Wedding in Rhodes photograph

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Photograph of a Jewish wedding in Rhodes

Livro de instruksion religioza: Traduizido i kompuesto por eskolas Judias de Oriente

Description of the brit mila custom

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

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

Reverend Morris Scharhon's Book of Meldados

List of death dates recorded by Reverend Morris Scharhon

Ladino song for the shemira

Handwritten song in soletreo script on a stenographer's ledger.

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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