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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Isaac Abuhav ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
Kartveli Ebraelebi hasDistinctFrom Sephardi Jews
Jewish Cemetery of Nevis associatedWith Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Portuguese-Israelite cemetery Beth Haim religiousCommunity Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Portuguese Sephardic Jews
Portuguese-Israelite cemetery Beth Haim ethnoReligiousTradition Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardi Judaism
Shas represents Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Shas targetConstituency Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: traditionalist Sephardic Jews
medieval Spain hasEthnicGroup Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Sabato Morais ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
Henry Pereira Mendes ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
Jew Town historicalCommunity Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Paradesi Jews
Paradesi Synagogue denomination Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardi Judaism
Sefer Ha-Halachot regionOfInfluence Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic world
Lucena yeshiva partOf Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Jewish community of al-Andalus
Karataş neighborhood hasHeritage Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jewish community
Dutch Jews majorSubgroup Sephardi Jews
Lucena hasHistoricalSignificance Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jewish culture
Eydie Gormé ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
Call de Girona ethnicCommunity Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Jewish Quarter of Girona historicalPopulationGroup Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Sasson associatedWith Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad) ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
subject surface form: Ben Ish Chai
Chida (Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai) ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
subject surface form: Chida
Jewish Israelis subgroup Sephardi Jews
Kedushat HaYom section usedBy Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardi communities
Hakitia usedBy Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Hakitia usedBy Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: North African Sephardic Jews
Hakitia associatedWith Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic diaspora
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
subject surface form: Ovadia Yosef
historic Jewish quarter of Toledo ethnicCommunity Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Holocaust in Greece victim Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Synagogue of Livorno denomination Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardi Judaism
Rabbi Shalom Messas ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
Aharon commonAmong Sephardi Jews
Jewish Ghetto ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
subject surface form: Jewish Ghetto (Ferrara)
Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul religiousMovement Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Haredi Judaism
Sheetrit hasEthnicAssociation Sephardi Jews
Etz Hayyim Synagogue religiousTradition Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Judaism
historic Jewish quarter of Amsterdam historicallyInhabitedBy Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
historic Jewish quarter of Amsterdam historicallyInhabitedBy Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Portuguese Jews
French Jews hasSubgroup Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardi Jews in France
Semitic peoples hasModernSubgroup Sephardi Jews
Belmonte, Portugal hasHistoricCommunity Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Belmonte Jews
Sepharad (Spain and Provence) partOf Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jewish world
Rashba areaOfInfluence Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jewry
Rashba areaOfInfluence Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Spanish Jewry
Rashba tradition Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardi
Ritva ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardi Jew