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1803 Sephardic prayer book, in the Jewish Museum of Switzerland’s collection. This List of Sephardic prayer books is supplementary to the article on Sephardic law and customs. It is divided both by age and by geographical origin. For the evolution of the laws and customs of prayer in Sephardic communities, see the main article.
Joseph ben Samuel ha-Mashbir [note 1] (Hebrew: יוסף בן שמואל המשביר; c. 1650 – 13 January 1700) [1] was a Karaite ḥakham and theologian. He was born in Derazhnia , Volhynia , and moved to Halicz , Galicia in about 1670.
The pre-1948 facade of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva (left) facing the Temple Mount.The domed Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue is to the right, rear.. Porat Yosef Yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבת פורת יוסף) is a Sephardic yeshiva in Jerusalem, with locations in both the Old City and the Geula neighborhood.
As you light candles this Rosh Hashanah, you can say the following prayer: ReformJudaism.org Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech haolam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'hadlik ner shel ...
Ben-Porat (Hebrew: בן-פורת) is a Hebrew language surname. The name is associated with the line "Ben Porat Yosef" from the Book of Genesis, Chapter 39, Verse 22, which is commonly used as a protection against the evil eye. Notable people with the surname include: Miriam Ben-Porat (1918–2012), Israeli jurist
A prayer recited in the synagogue at the beginning of the evening service on Yom Kippur (יום כיפור ), the Day of Atonement. It is a declaration of absolution from vows taken, to free the congregants from guilt due to unfulfilled vows during the previous (and/or coming) year. Kabalat Shabbat: קבלת שבת
The leading Sephardi Yeshiva, Porat Yosef, was founded in 1914; its predecessor, Yeshivat Ohel Moed was founded in 1904. From the 1940s and onward, especially following immigration of the Arabic Jewish communities, Sephardi leaders, such as Ovadia Yosef and Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel , established various yeshivot to facilitate Torah education for ...
Ben Zion Abba Shaul (Hebrew: בן-ציון אבא-שאול ; 31 July 1924 – 13 July 1998; on the Hebrew calendar: 29 Tammuz 5684 – 19 Tammuz 5758) (first name also spelled Ben Sion) was one of the leading Sephardic rabbis, Torah scholars and halakhic arbiters of his day, and the rosh yeshiva of Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem for the last 15 years of his life.