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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…

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

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

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

Kantika de la parida [Song for the Pregnant Woman]

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

Joe Fintz's tefilin set from the island of Rhodes

Rhodesli tefilin (ST00895)
A pair of tefilin or phylacteries worn on the hand and head according to rabbinic tradition and derived from Deuteronomy 11:18.

Fragrant blessing for Pidyon ha ben

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

Family portrait from the marriage of Rachel Alhadeff to Isaac Baruch

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Alhadeff family photo from the wedding of Rachel Alhadeff to Isaac Baruch.

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”.

El bukyeto de romansas: kantikas rekojidas para novias i paridas

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Collection of Ladino songs for brides and women who have just given birth, organized according to makam (Middle Eastern musical mode popular among Sephardic Jews).

Cropped postcard of Salonikan women

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Carte postale: «Femmes israélites de Salonique [Thessalonique] dansant»
Postcard: "Israelite [Jewish] women of Salonika [Thessaloniki] dancing"

Congregation [Sephardic] Bikur Holim's letterhead

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The letterheard of Congregation Sephardic Bikur Holim

Charles Alhadeff's description of his bar mitsva

Interview with Charles Alhadeff by Howard Droker

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)

Betty Policar and Samuel Alhadeff's wedding party

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Wedding party at the marriage of Betty Policar to Samuel Alhadeff in Seattle. Left to right: [unknown], Anne Alhadeff (Ferrera), Sue Rousso, Marco Calvo, Betty (Policar) Alhadeff, Samuel Alhadeff, Harry Rousso, [unknown, unknown]. The two flower…

Avram Barlia: The Seattle Kombidador

Interview with Fortuna Calvo by Fannie Roberts and Adina Russak

Albert S. Maimon's bar mitsva speech

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Bar mitsva sermon delivered at Congregation Sephardic Bikur Holim