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what is the single letter difference between ashkenazi and sephardi torah scrolls
The relevant word is דכא which in some scrolls is written דכה. See Deuteronomy 23:2.
While the portion of Aleppo Codex containing that word is currently lost, we do have the Aleppo Codex to Tehillim ...
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Was the Aruch Hashulchan Sephardic?
147zcbm made what even 147zcbm thought was a wild inference from how things are ordered in the Aruch Hashulchan. You'll never believe what happened next.
The Aruch Hashulchan was written by R' ...
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What is the correct response to "Chazaq u'Baruch!"?
According to Wikipedia "Baruch Tehiye" is an acceptable response, but "Chazak Ve'Ematz" is the common one. Among Morrocans it would be "Kulchem Beruchim".
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The history of the Sephardic Chief Rabbi's outfit
This did not start with the post Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel. Nor did it start with Ovadia Yosef. Rabbis throughout the orient wore this type of garb regularly, as their dress reflected the ...
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Reason for Sepharadi Qeri'at Shema' Custom
Covering One’s Eyes During the Recitation of Shema cites the following explanation as give by Rabbi Eli J Mansour
According to Kabbalistic teaching, one should cover his eyes during
Shema while ...
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Are there seforim printed by North African sefardi achronim of the last 250 years
There are several.
Rav Moshe Kalfon HaKohen (1874-1950) - Born in Djerba, Tunisia. Most famous for his Shu"t Shoel VeNishaal and series on Shulchan Aruch entitled Brit
Kehunah
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Eshet Chayil in the Tunisian service
According to this website, the custom in the Jewish Tunisian community is to recite the "Eishet Chayil", after the reading of "Shir Hashirim" (Song of Songs) and in the Djerba community to recite it ...
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Are there seforim printed by North African sefardi achronim of the last 250 years
There are many seforim. If you start reading teshuvas from Yabia Omer (Chacham Ovadia) you will pick up on many seforim and Shu"t from Sefardish poskim. The first one that comes to mind is Rav ...
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Do Sefardim Eat Chametz-Like Food made from Fruit Juice?
According to this article, we do :-)
THE LAWS OF PESACH by Rav David Brofsky Shiur #2: The Laws of Pesach Defining Chametz (1)
R. Yosef Karo (Shulchan Arukh 462:1-4) rules in accordance with the view ...
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Was the Aruch Hashulchan Sephardic?
The Aruch Hashulchan was himself Ashkenazi. But he claimed that he descended from a prominent Sephardic Rabbinical family.
The Aruch Hashulchans son Rabbi Baruch Epstein writes in his book Mekor ...
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What is a typical Mizrachi Seder like?
Here's a link to my "Celebrating the Exodus from Egypt in Egypt". (I am adding the text on request in case the link dies. My father was Sephardic and my mother was Mizrahi, so we were in both worlds.)...
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Did Aleppo Jews observe Purim on the 14th (regular) or 15th (Shushan Purim)?
According to Derech Eress, a book on the customs of Aleppo,the Jews used to celebrate 2 days of Purim out of Safek.
ולכן נהגו לעשות פורים
שני ימים, אלא שקוראים את המגילה בלי ברכה: וכן היה מנהג ...
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Is the existence of Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions a violation of "Lo Titgodedu"?
The Gemara (Yevamot 14a) says (regarding if Beis Shammai followed their own Psak):
ומ"ד עשו קרינן כאן (דברים יד, א) לא תתגודדו לא תעשו אגודות אגודות אמר אביי כי אמרינן לא תתגודדו כגון שתי בתי דינים ...
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What is the stance of Sephardi Poskim on electric shavers?
The pamphlet makes a great case but it overstates it a bit. Yabia Omer 9:10 speaks for itself. Initially Rav Ovadia believed it was asur but seeing that the minhag of tremendous segments of klal ...
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Does The Entire Orthodox World Hold Rashi In The Same Regard?
It is true in the Sephardi world too. So for example, the Ramban writes in the introduction to his commentary on Chumash
I will place as an illumination before me The lights of the pure candelabrum, ...
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Why do Sefaradim skip "Uva LeTziyon" in the house of a mourner?
A source for skipping a part of U'va L'tziyon in the house of a mourner is the Avudraham. Avudraham - in Seder Tfilas H'taniyos (end of page in this linked edition) says that similar to Tisha B'Av ...
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How should one respond after each plague is named during the seder?
From this cached page:
בשעת אמירת "עשרת המכות" שופך הגר"מ יין לתוך קערה, והמסובים מכריזים "ה' יצילנו" על כל מכה ומכה
After every one of the 10 plagues, after spilling out some wine the communal ...
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What does a Sephardic library consist of?
You've indicated interest in 1) limmud Halakhah be'iyun (i.e. in-depth Halakhah study), 2) mussar (i.e. character development), 3) parashah study, 4) mysticism and 5) biographies (in that order, ...
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Details of Matzah Oven
This is an electric oven
For baking Yemmenite Pitas (saluf) and Matzah for Pesah. Including two electric heaters and a warranty for factory defects but not for the results of your baking.
My ...
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Sephardic Wedding Custom: Avram Siz Reading
The Arukh (under Chatan) mentions reading 3 verses (ie. Genesis 24:1-3). The Tashbetz (2:39) says the local custom near him is like the Arukh.
The Avudarham (at the end of the Laws of Wedding ...
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Pre-Arizal Sephardi Siddur?
You could start with the Rambam's סדר תפילות כל השנה found at the end of משנה תורה - ספר אהבה.
The Rambam predates the Arizal by over 300 years.
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10 of Av for Sefardim
The Shulhan Arukh (OH 551:4) writes that one may cut hair and launder immediately following the fast, but it is a good custom to avoid meat and wine on the 10th (558:1).
R. Yitshak Yosef writes in ...
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Sepharad vs Sephardic siddurs/nusachs
Nusach Sefaradi is an overarching name (much like the term "Sefaradi") of the Nusach used by Jews who follow Minhagei Sefarad (Spain) and Edot haMizrach. This is an oversimplification, but the ...
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Seeking Kaf HaHaim:
Kaf HaChaim by Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer
There's a new print available, published in 5774 (2014) by Machon HaRisonim v'HaAcharonim. It has improved print quality, many of the printing errors from the ...
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Where does the Kaf HaHayyim first cite the Aruch HaShulchan and the Mishnah Berurah?
I did an analysis inspired by MDJava's. I used the JSON format text to compute the frequency with which the Mishnah Berurah and Aruch HaShulchan are cited by simain in the Kaf HaHaayyim.
I identified ...
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Can women be motsi Sephardic men in havdalah?
The Yalkut Yosef (Shabbat 296:13) holds that women are equally obligated for the mitzvah of havdalah as men are, and can therefore say all of the blessings and drink from the wine to fulfill the ...
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Kissing Back of Hand
Kaf Hachaim 262:17 says that there is a Inyan to kiss the hand of a Gadol who wrote Chidushei Torah and to get a Bracha from them.
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Arabic text chanted by Jo Amar for Yachatz in Haggadah
Luckily for you, this Yachatz by Jo Amar was published as its own little clip on the wonderful "Darké Abotenou" channel1, with English transliteration and translation in the notes:
Hagda qsm l'lah ...
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Birkat HaMazon with everyone in mind?
This is known as a Zimmun and occurs when a group (subject to various details) eats bread together. When there is a Zimmun, the leader recites the entire Birkat HaMazon aloud on the group's behalf and ...
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