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 Jews
Mizrahi Jews
dispersedTo Balkans
Eastern Mediterranean
Israel
Latin America
Middle East
North Africa
North America
Ottoman Empire
Western Europe
ethnoreligiousIdentity Jewish
experiencedEvent 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 Al-Andalus
linked to: Islamic Spain

medieval Portugal
medieval Spain
influencedBy Arabic-Islamic civilization
linked to: Islamic Golden Age

Iberian culture
Mediterranean cultures
language Arabic (various dialects)
Haketia
Hebrew
Judeo-Spanish
Ladino
liturgy Nusach Sepharad
linked to: Siddur

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 in Syria
linked to: Sephardi Jews

Sephardi Jews in Turkey
linked to: Sephardi Jews

Sephardi Jews in the Netherlands
Sephardi Jews in the United Kingdom
linked to: Sephardi Jews

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 Sefaradim
linked to: Sephardi Jews

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Jews hasEthnicSubdivision Sephardi Jews
Baruch Spinoza ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
Baruch Spinoza excommunicatedBy Portuguese-Jewish community of Amsterdam
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Judeo-Arabic usedBy Sephardi Jews
Mountain Jews relatedGroup Sephardi Jews
Jewish diaspora hasCommunityType Sephardi Jews
Spanish Expulsion of 1492 affectedGroup Sephardic Jews
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Spanish Expulsion of 1492 affectedGroup Spanish Jewish communities
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Sephardi Jews majorCommunity Sephardi Jews in Turkey
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Sephardi Jews majorCommunity Sephardi Jews in Syria
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Sephardi Jews majorCommunity Sephardi Jews in the United Kingdom
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Sephardi Jews selfDesignation Sefaradim
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Italian Jews hasSubgroup Livornese Jews
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Italian Jews hasSubgroup Italian Sephardi Jews
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Shulchan Aruch religiousSubtradition Sephardi Judaism
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Shalom Aleichem usedBy Sephardi Jews
Levi usedBy Sephardi Jews
Rabbinic Judaism majorSubtradition Sephardi Judaism
linked to: Sephardi Jews
St. Thomas Synagogue tradition Sephardi Judaism
linked to: Sephardi Jews
St. Thomas Synagogue foundedBy Sephardic Jews
linked to: Sephardi Jews
St. Thomas Synagogue foundedBy Spanish and Portuguese Jews
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Romaniote Jews predate Sephardi Jews
Romaniote Jews distinctFrom Sephardi Jews
Rashi script developedInRegion Sephardic Jewish communities
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) hasEthnicGroup Sephardic Jews
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) usedBy Sephardic Jewish communities
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Haredi Jews hasMajorBranch Sephardi Haredim
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Benjamin N. Cardozo ethnicGroup Sephardic Jews
subject linked to: Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Etz Chaim hasReligiousCommunity Sephardic Kabbalists
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Joseph Gikatilla ethnicGroup Sephardi Jew
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Nachmanides schoolTradition Sephardic Judaism
subject linked to: Nachmanides (Ramban)
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Musaf usedBy Sephardi communities
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Yosef Karo ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
Machzor usedBy Sephardi Jews
Kol Nidre recitedBy Sephardi Jews
Mishneh Torah usedBy Sephardi communities
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Abuhav Synagogue denomination Sephardi Judaism
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Jewish Americans ethnicOrigin Sephardi Jews
Joseph Karo ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews
Palestinian Jews hasPart Sephardi Jews
Georgian Jews relatedEthnicGroup Sephardi Jews
Italkim distinctFrom Sephardi Jews
Rif ethnicGroup Sephardi Jew
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Beracha Veshalom Vegmiluth Hasadim denomination Sephardi Judaism
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Beracha Veshalom Vegmiluth Hasadim hasCommunity Sephardic Jewish community of St. Thomas
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Haketia historicallySpokenBy Sephardic Jews
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Aleinu usedBy Sephardi Jews
Portuguese Inquisition persecutedGroup New Christians
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Synagogue of El Tránsito denomination Sephardic Judaism
linked to: Sephardi Jews