Sephardi Jews

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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.

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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 Jewish diaspora
surface form: Ashkenazi Jews

Mizrahi Jews
dispersedTo Balkans
Eastern Mediterranean
Israel
Latin America
Middle East
North Africa
North America
Ottoman Empire
Western Europe
ethnoreligiousIdentity Jewish
experiencedEvent Spanish Expulsion of 1492
surface form: 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 Islamic Spain
surface form: Al-Andalus

medieval Portugal
medieval Spain
influencedBy Islamic Golden Age
surface form: Arabic-Islamic civilization

Iberian culture
Mediterranean cultures
language Arabic (various dialects)
Haketia
Hebrew
Ladino (Judeo-Spanish)
surface form: Judeo-Spanish

Ladino (Judeo-Spanish)
surface form: Ladino
liturgy Siddur
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sephardi Jews in Syria

Sephardi Jews self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sephardi Jews in Turkey

Sephardi Jews in the Netherlands
Sephardi Jews self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 Sephardi Jews self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sefaradim

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Livorno historicalCommunity Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Isaac D'Israeli ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
Avinu Malkeinu tradition Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardi (some communities)
Levy isCommonAmong Sephardi Jews
Peretz culturalAssociation Sephardi Jews
Judezmo ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Sephardic music hasEthnicOrigin Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Sephardic music associatedWithCommunity Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Sephardic music associatedWithCommunity Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Eastern Sephardim
Sephardic music associatedWithCommunity Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Western Sephardim
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz culturalContext Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Judaism
Bnei Brak hasReligiousCommunity Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardi Haredim
Ashkenazi Jews relatedGroup Sephardi Jews
Cohen usedBy Sephardi Jews
Shekel ha-Kodesh religiousCommunity Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jewry
Yitzhak usedIn Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardi Jewish communities
Elimah Rabbati religiousCommunity Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jewry
Hank Azaria ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jew
de León usedBy Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Yosef isUsedBy Sephardi Jews
Maran usedByCommunity Sephardi Jews
Karo associatedWithEthnicGroup Sephardi Jews
Kaddish observedBy Sephardi Jews
Four Sephardic Synagogues denomination Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Judaism
Four Sephardic Synagogues foundedBy Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jewish community of Jerusalem
Four Sephardic Synagogues associatedWith Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Sofia Synagogue denomination Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Judaism
Balat historicallyInhabitedBy Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Hasköy historicallyInhabitedBy Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Isaac Alfasi region Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Andalusian Jewry
maqam system associatedWithCulture Sephardi Jews
Iberian diaspora hasAlternativeName Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardi diaspora
Iberian diaspora includesSubgroup Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Western Sephardim
Iberian diaspora includesSubgroup Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Eastern Sephardim
Iberian diaspora includesSubgroup Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: North African Sephardim
Iberian diaspora includesSubgroup Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Portuguese Jews
Iberian diaspora includesSubgroup Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Spanish Jews
Iberian diaspora hasRelatedConcept Sephardi Jews
Iberian diaspora hasRelatedConcept Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Conversos
Vehi She’amda usedBy Sephardi Jews
Seder plate tradition Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardi Judaism
Portuguese Synagogue Amsterdam denomination Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Portuguese-Israelite community
tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai visitedBy Sephardi Jews
subject surface form: Tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
Touro Synagogue denomination Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Judaism
Ben Ish Chai movement Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Judaism