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Traditions and Customs of the Sephardic Jews of Salonica
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Sephardic cooking in Salonica was based, until the Greek occupation of 1912, on sesame seed oil, which in the Judeo-Spanish dialect was called by the name of azeite de giungili…

Contributor:

Michael Molho

Places:

Salonika, Macedonia (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1940

Subjects:

Anthropology, Food and drink, Cities, Holidays, Sabbath

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries, History, Historical Writing
Haggadah
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In 1583, Mattetiah ben David Spagnolo completed this illuminated Haggadah for Leon ben Judah Bili. Greek (Romaniote/Byzantine) Jews had lived on the island of Crete since the Second Temple period…

Contributor:

Mattetiah Spagnolo

Places:

Candia, Venice (Heraklion, Greece)

Date:

1583

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Haggadah, Holidays, Passover, Writing

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Religion & Theology
Manuscript page with Hebrew text in center, large decorated Hebrew word at the top of the page next to illustration of figure at top right pouring wine, and illustration of people seated at table at bottom of page.
Turkish Music in the Synagogue: Objections of a Rabbi
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The sinyor Rav h"r Shaul had a strong aversion to the Turkish language to the extent that he would excommunicate anyone singing Turkish songs. Not only Turkish songs, but even a Jewish liturgical…

Contributor:

Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi

Places:

Salonica, Ottoman Palestine (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1881–1890

Subjects:

Adolescence, Holidays, Synagogue, Prayer, Muslim-Jewish relations

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Religion & Theology