Sephardi Jews

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Jewish ethnic group religious-ethnic community

Sephardi Jews are a Jewish ethnic group originating from the Iberian Peninsula, whose descendants spread throughout the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Middle East, developing distinctive religious traditions, liturgy, and cultural practices.

Aliases (22)

Sephardic Jews ×9
Sephardi Judaism ×5
Sephardi Jew ×2
Sephardi communities ×2
Sephardic Jewish communities ×2
Sephardic Judaism ×2
Eastern Sephardim ×1
Italian Sephardi Jews ×1
Livornese Jews ×1
New Christians ×1
Portuguese-Jewish community of Amsterdam ×1
Sefaradim ×1
Sephardi (some communities) ×1
Sephardi Haredim ×1
Sephardi Jews in Syria ×1
Sephardi Jews in Turkey ×1
Sephardi Jews in the United Kingdom ×1
Sephardic Jewish community of St. Thomas ×1
Sephardic Kabbalists ×1
Spanish Jewish communities ×1
Spanish and Portuguese Jews ×1
Western Sephardim ×1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish ethnic group → religious-ethnic community →
burialCustoms	distinct Sephardi burial and mourning customs →
culturalPractice	Sephardi culinary traditions → distinct marriage and family customs → distinct synagogue melodies and piyyutim → use of Ladino in songs and liturgy →
differentiatedFrom	Ashkenazi Jews → Mizrahi Jews →
dispersedTo	Balkans → Eastern Mediterranean → Israel → Latin America → Middle East → North Africa → North America → Ottoman Empire → Western Europe →
ethnoreligiousIdentity	Jewish →
experiencedEvent	Alhambra Decree of 1492 → Spanish Inquisition → expulsion from Portugal in 1497 → expulsion from Spain in 1492 → forced conversions in Iberia →
halakhicAuthority	Maimonides → Yosef Karo →
halakhicCode	Shulchan Aruch →
historicalCenter	Al-Andalus → medieval Portugal → medieval Spain →
influencedBy	Arabic-Islamic civilization → Iberian culture → Mediterranean cultures →
language	Arabic (various dialects) → Haketia → Hebrew → Judeo-Spanish → Ladino →
liturgy	Nusach Sepharad → Sephardi liturgy →
majorCommunity	Sephardi Jews in Egypt → Sephardi Jews in Greece → Sephardi Jews in Israel → Sephardi Jews in Latin America → Sephardi Jews in Morocco → Sephardi Jews in Syria → Sephardi Jews in Turkey → Sephardi Jews in the Netherlands → Sephardi Jews in the United Kingdom → Sephardi Jews in the United States →
nameEtymology	derived from the Hebrew word "Sefarad" meaning Spain →
originatedIn	Iberian Peninsula → Portugal → Spain →
recognizedAs	one of the major Jewish ethnic divisions →
religiousLawOrientation	generally follows rulings of Yosef Karo over Moshe Isserles →
religiousMusic	Sephardi piyyut tradition →
religiousTradition	Sephardi halakhic tradition → Sephardi minhagim (customs) → Sephardi rite →
selfDesignation	Sefaradim →

Referenced by (61)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Baruch Spinoza → Benjamin N. Cardozo ("Sephardic Jews") → Isaac D'Israeli → Joseph Gikatilla ("Sephardi Jew") → Joseph Karo → Judezmo ("Sephardic Jews") → Rif ("Sephardi Jew") → Yosef Karo →	ethnicGroup
Aleinu → Judeo-Arabic → Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) ("Sephardic Jewish communities") → Levi → Machzor → Mishneh Torah ("Sephardi communities") → Musaf ("Sephardi communities") → Shalom Aleichem →	usedBy
Jewish printing → Sephardi-Mizrahi prayer rite → Sephardic music ("Sephardic Jews") → Sephardic music ("Eastern Sephardim") → Sephardic music ("Western Sephardim") →	associatedWithCommunity
Abuhav Synagogue ("Sephardi Judaism") → Beracha Veshalom Vegmiluth Hasadim ("Sephardi Judaism") → Synagogue of El Tránsito ("Sephardic Judaism") →	denomination
Sephardi Jews ("Sephardi Jews in Turkey") → Sephardi Jews ("Sephardi Jews in Syria") → Sephardi Jews ("Sephardi Jews in the United Kingdom") →	majorCommunity
Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ("Sephardic Jews") → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ("Spanish Jewish communities") →	affectedGroup
Italkim → Romaniote Jews →	distinctFrom
St. Thomas Synagogue ("Sephardic Jews") → St. Thomas Synagogue ("Spanish and Portuguese Jews") →	foundedBy
Italian Jews ("Livornese Jews") → Italian Jews ("Italian Sephardi Jews") →	hasSubgroup
Avinu Malkeinu ("Sephardi (some communities)") → St. Thomas Synagogue ("Sephardi Judaism") →	tradition
Peretz →	culturalAssociation
Rashi script ("Sephardic Jewish communities") →	developedInRegion
Jewish Americans →	ethnicOrigin
Baruch Spinoza ("Portuguese-Jewish community of Amsterdam") →	excommunicatedBy
Beracha Veshalom Vegmiluth Hasadim ("Sephardic Jewish community of St. Thomas") →	hasCommunity
Jewish diaspora →	hasCommunityType
Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) ("Sephardic Jews") →	hasEthnicGroup
Sephardic music ("Sephardic Jews") →	hasEthnicOrigin
Jews →	hasEthnicSubdivision
Haredi Jews ("Sephardi Haredim") →	hasMajorBranch
Palestinian Jews →	hasPart
Etz Chaim ("Sephardic Kabbalists") →	hasReligiousCommunity
Livorno ("Sephardic Jews") →	historicalCommunity
Haketia ("Sephardic Jews") →	historicallySpokenBy
Levy →	isCommonAmong
Rabbinic Judaism ("Sephardi Judaism") →	majorSubtradition
Portuguese Inquisition ("New Christians") →	persecutedGroup
Romaniote Jews →	predate
Kol Nidre →	recitedBy
Georgian Jews →	relatedEthnicGroup
Mountain Jews →	relatedGroup
Shulchan Aruch ("Sephardi Judaism") →	religiousSubtradition
Nachmanides ("Sephardic Judaism") →	schoolTradition
Sephardi Jews ("Sefaradim") →	selfDesignation