Practical guides, prayer books, and community tools for Sephardic life.
The tools our community opens every day.
Everything you need for this week: candle-lighting times, the Shabbat guide with transliteration, and this week’s Torah portion.
Selichot through the month of Elul, then Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur: the prayers, the simanim, and the laws in one place.
The sukkah, the Four Species, Hoshanot and hakafot, and what Sephardic families do once the holiday ends.
Lighting order, blessings and songs, Sephardic halakhot, and the fast of Asara B’Tevet that follows.
The New Year for the Trees: fruits, blessings, and the Safed tradition of the Tu BiShvat seder. Purim is next.
Megillah, mishloach manot, matanot laevyonim and the half-shekel: the halakhot and Sephardic traditions of Purim.
From selling your hametz to the last day of Pesah: the Haggadah, the food list, and every step in between.
Counting the 49 days, the Hilula of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on Lag BaOmer, and the Sephardic customs of Shavuot.
From the 17th of Tammuz to the 9th of Av: the laws of mourning, the kinot, and the memory of Sefarad.
Siddur, blessings, and guides for every day and every Shabbat.
From waking up to tallit and tefillin, step by step.
Read today’s Tehillim or choose psalms for a special purpose. How to read Tehillim.
This week’s Shabbat and holiday times for your city.
Join our online Shaharit and Arvit services.
The blessings for an aliyah, with transliteration.
Customs and halakha for Monday and Thursday readings.
Prayers and customs for the new Hebrew month.
Rabbi David de Sola Pool’s Thanksgiving prayers.
Every holiday in calendar order, starting with Rosh HaShana. Holiday names open the full holiday page.
Sephardic customs and texts for every stage of life.
Request a prayer, find a synagogue, trace your family, and look things up.
Request Kaddish, a memorial prayer, or a prayer for healing.
Add a name to our community healing list.
Find a Sephardic synagogue near you. Add a synagogue.
Hebrew dates, zmanim, holidays and Sephardic U events.
Guides and records for tracing Sephardic roots.
How we write Sephardic Hebrew in English letters.
Where, how, and the blessing, the Sephardic way.
Kosher meat, cheese, waiting times and eating out.
The full list of mitzvot, searchable.
Every Sephardic U prayer book and guide as a PDF, ready to print for home or synagogue.
Podcasts, prayer and Torah-reading videos, and books for further study.
Sephardic history, holidays and the weekly parasha.
Weekday readings in Moroccan te’amim, piyyutim and melodies.
Lectures, interviews and video from Sephardic U. YouTube channel.
Recommended books on Sephardic history and thought.
Read and discuss with the community.
Key moments in Sephardic history, in order.
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Access Halachic guides, blessings, and specific Sephardic customs for observing the Jewish calendar. Download Shabbat guides and essential resources for major festivals including Passover, Hanukkah, and Purim.
A complete guide from candle lighting to Havadalah
Download your complete Sephardic Seder guide.
Essential reading for navigating Passover.
Essential Rosh HaShana Halakhot and customs.
Includes the Yehi Ratzon food blessings.
Essential blessings, songs, and Halakha guide.
Downloadable Purim Halakhot and Traditions.
Customs and Halakhot for Tisha B’Av.
Unique Sephardic customs for Shavuot observance.
Find your Sephardic Siddur and practical downloadable prayer books for daily use. This library includes resources for morning rituals, Birkat Hamazon (Grace After Meals), and observance throughout the week.
Download your complete Sephardic prayer book.
Essential guides for major lifecycle events in the Sephardic tradition, including wedding blessings and a comprehensive Jewish mourning guide. Also access our searchable Synagogue Directory and Genealogy Resources.
Complete text of the Seven Blessings.
Essential guide for Jewish bereavement laws.
Reference our scholarly texts, digital publications, and complete archive of Torah study materials. Use our Jewish Calendar and specialized tools, like the Ohr HaChaim Yomi Series, for in-depth reference.
Listen, watch, and read with our curated media resources. Access our podcast archive, join the community book club, and browse our recommended reading list and bibliography of important works.
