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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…

Louise Bensal and Albert Barokas wedding invitation

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Invitation for the wedding of Louise Bensal and Albert Barokas

Printed Ladino song for the shemira

Title page of Sefer Shira Hadasha.
Printed in "Sefer shira hadasha".

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

Fragrant blessing for Pidyon ha ben

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Chapter on Pidyon ha ben from "El gid para el pratikante" (ST00876_0472)

Excerpt from Progress: Official Organ of the Shalom Alehem

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Congratulatory note on the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Barokas, “pujados y no minguados”.

Rabbi Isidore Kahan (2nd from left) with bar mitsva boys Leon Uziel, Moe Azose, and Meyer Varon at Sephardic Bikur Cholim in Seattle, WA

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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…

Menache Israel's bar mitsva speech

First page of Menache Israel's bar mitsva speech in Soletreo script
Bar mitsva speech given by Menache Israel at Congregation Ezra Bessaroth

Salamon Shaki's reflections on his Bar Mitsva

Interview with Salamon Shaki by Albert Adatto

Joe Fintz's tefilin set from the island of Rhodes

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

Charles Alhadeff's description of his bar mitsva

Interview with Charles Alhadeff by Howard Droker

Ladino song for the shemira

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

Kantika de la parida [Song for the Pregnant Woman]

Page 10 of El bukyeto de romansas
A song for new mothers from "El bukyeto de romansas : kantikas rekojidas para novias i paridas"

Wedding in Rhodes photograph

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Photograph of a Jewish wedding in Rhodes