Culture

Sephardic law and customs are the practice of Judaism by the Sephardim, the descendants of the historic Jewish community of the Iberian Peninsula. It includes the arts, beliefs and institutions of Sephardim that are passed down from generation to generation. Culture has been called “the way of life for an entire society.” As such, it includes codes of manners, dress, language, religion, rituals, art.

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Sephardic Music

The majority of the Sephardic Jews’ extensive repertory has its origins in the Mediterranean area. In the secular tradition, material is often performed in Judeo-Spanish dialects.

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Models of Sephardic Rabbinic Leadership

At a time when the Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora desperately need intellectually sophisticated rabbinic leadership, the current trends in Orthodox—Ashkenazic and Sephardic—rabbinic circles are moving in the wrong direction.

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