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Sephardic Jews (Sephardim) were the Jews from Spain and Portugal.
After the Muslim conquest of Spain in the eighth century, many Jews fled to Spain in order to escape persecution in Christian Europe, knowing that they would be well-treated under Islamic rule. They became known as Sephardim (Spanish Jews).
By the fourteenth century, Spain was once again back under Christian rule and many Jews were converted to Christianity. The remaining Jews were finally expelled from Spain in 1492, and resettled in Islamic Northern Africa and the Middle East. Many of them were absorbed into existing Mizrachi (Arab Jew) communities, while others retained their separate identity as Sephardic Jews. Since the establishment of modern Israel, both Mizrachi and Sephardic Jews have been encouraged to identify simply as Sephardic Jews.
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∙ 13y agoSephardic Jews (Sephardim) are not necessarily from any one tribe, but were the Jews from Spain and Portugal.
After the Muslim conquest of Spain in the eighth century, many Jews fled to Spain in order to escape persecution in Christian Europe, knowing that they would be well-treated under Islamic rule. They became known as Sephardim (Spanish Jews).
By the fourteenth century, Spain was once again back under Christian rule and many Jews were converted to Christianity. The remaining Jews were finally expelled from Spain in 1492, and resettled in Islamic Northern Africa and the Middle East. Many of them were absorbed into existing Mizrachi (Arab Jew) communities, while others retained their separate identity as Sephardic Jews. Since the establishment of modern Israel, both Mizrachi and Sephardic Jews have been encouraged to identify simply as Sephardic Jews.
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∙ 13y agoIt's different from Ashkenazi in language and traditions.
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Sephardi comes from Sepharad, the ancient name for Spain used by Jews.
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∙ 14y agoThey're Jews who mostly come from Africa, Portugal and Spain.
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∙ 6y agoSephardic Jews are those Jews who, during medieval times, dwelt in the Near East, North Africa, Central Asia and neighboring areas.
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Is Paula Abdul Arabian?
No , she is a "Sephardic Jew."
Is Alain Boublil a Jew?
Boublil was born in Tunisia, to a Sephardic Jewish family, in 1941.
Is Fernando Torres a Jew?
Yes, his mother is Flori Sanz a Sephardic Jewess and his older bother is called Israel Torres Sanz
What are Lea Michele's religious views?
Lea Michele's father is a Spanish Sephardic Jew and her mother is Catholic.Lea was raised Catholic, her father is Jewish.
Was Jesus an Arabian Jew or an American Jew?
Neither. He was not an Arabian Jew, and there were no American Jews prior to the 1600s. If you are asking whether he was an Ashkenazic Jew or a Sephardic Jew, those distinctions had not yet developed.
Are sephardic jews allowed to marry converts?
Yes.Judaism does not proselytize or seek converts, but it does accept sincere converts. Conversion for marriage is not a sincere reason. Once someone has converted properly, a Jew (Sephardic or not) may marry them.Conversion is a life-changing and very serious undertaking and a potential convert should think it over carefully. It must not be done on a whim or because of temporary circumstances. One who converts is expected (from then on) to live as a Jew.
Can you eat fish with milk?
Not if you're a Sephardic or Chassidic Jew.
When was Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel created?
Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel was created in 1920.
What has the author David Rabeeya written?
David Rabeeya has written: 'Sephardic Lolita' 'Tehom shemesh' 'A guide to understanding Judaism and Islam' -- subject(s): Judaism, Relations, Islam 'Sephardic Muse' -- subject(s): Oriental Jews, Miscellanea 'Afifah' 'Sephardic recipes' -- subject(s): Cookery, Sephardic, cookery, Sephardic Cookery 'Sephardic myths and realities' -- subject(s): Miscellanea, Sephardim 'A Humanistic Siddur of Spirituality And Meaning'
Who are sephardic jews?
As shown by DNA studies, all Jewish communities come from the Middle East originally. Later, during the Middle Ages the Sephardim were the Jewish communities in the Mediterranean area (Spain, North Africa) and points east of it, while the Ashkenazim were to the north in France, Germany, Russia and Eastern Europe. This variety of locales has led to some differences in customs, but not in the Torah-laws themselves.See also:Why_did_the_Diaspora_begin
What type of Jewish was Anne Frank?
Anne Frank was a German-born Dutch Jew of Sephardic ancestry. She is known for her diary, which she wrote while in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in World War II.
How do you say are you a sephardim in Hebrew?
sephardim = "sfar-deem" (ספרדים) are you sephardic (said to a male) = atah sfardi are you sephardic (said to a female) = aht sfardit
