In Greece, Romaniotes hold the sword fish is kosher as it has scales in the first months of its life, while Sefardim disagree (from Greek cookbook ( Read more... )

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• 17:30:48: So late on updates... if you're not on FB you have missed my Switzerland trip and my Italy trip! here they are!
• 17:34:55: Just gpt into the train alteady fed up of people pushing & yellin in german lol
• 17:36:15: Controleur a tronche deSS, voisins bruyants detraques qui bouffent de la daube moisie, repas qui naura pas l air bien different ( Read more... )

• 21:16:11: tomorrow in rome! then napoli! iyh

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• 20:58:10: "Mama you don't have a collar!! let's sing, I'm a tznius princess!" Mati
• 20:58:27: I miss total wipeout!!!!
• 21:00:45: how do I make cityville inhabitants happier?
• 21:01:00: How do you write Mecha?
• 21:01:20: "You should do the Paris fashion week guest post on my blog! You got style girl!!!"

These are cousins of my husband, and distant cousins of mine.
Rabbi Giacomo (Yaakov) Tedesco, Italian Yekke (German Jew), was born in 1799. This is his daughter Adelaide (typical Italian name) with a wig (and her husband). They spoke Yiddish and Italian.


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Jews always travelled. Sometimes Sefardim ended up in Ashkenazi countries, and sometimes Ashkenazim ended up in Sefardi countries. Depending on how organized they were (individuals? families? communities?) they retained nothing, almost nothing... up to everything of their minhagim ( Read more... )

Me too I want a ketuba with PINK HEARTS


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• 19:28 the light in the toilets died on shabbes, oy! #
• 19:28 visited a pet shop, maybe we'll end up buying an aquarium or pet sitting, would be fun! #
• 19:41 now I have the swarowski comp AND laptop! thank you david! #
• 20:06 I thought I would start the year by setting up the perfect shiddich, but he's already married! #
• 23:05 Sarshalom? Azaria? ( Read more... )

• 14:46 a noisy north african jewish wedding woke up mati with horns and youyous... urgh #
• 14:54 how come some people won't get mati is a GIRL?? gah #
• 16:09 "Women are also equipped with "shelo kedarka" body organs.". Imamother quote. Yes, for real. #
• 17:11 some still need to learn that Jews do Hanuka, not Xmas #
• 17:29 met TWO (unrelated, no link) ( Read more... )