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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Ran (Nissim of Gerona) ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
Rabbenu Yonah ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardi Jew
Solitreo script usedBy Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Solitreo script associatedWithEthnicGroup Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardim
Adio Kerida culturalOrigin Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Adio Kerida associatedWith Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Mediterranean Sephardic communities
Los Bilbilicos regionOfOrigin Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Ottoman Sephardic communities
Durme Durme associatedWith Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Durme Durme associatedWith Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic diaspora
Durme Durme region Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Ottoman Sephardic communities
La Rosa Enflorece associatedWith Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Ottoman Sephardic communities
La Rosa Enflorece associatedWith Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Mediterranean Sephardic diaspora
Spanyolit usedBy Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
American Sephardi Federation focus Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardic Jews
Yoreh Deah usedByCommunity Sephardi Jews
Ibn Danan Synagogue denomination Sephardi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardi Judaism