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Welcome to Sephardic Daily Halachah with Rabbi David Shabtai, MD. Rabbi Shabtai is the Rav of Sephardic Boca Raton Synogogue in Boca Raton, FL.Get your daily dose of practical Sephardic Jewish law that you can put in to practice as soon as you hear it. Learning Jewish law is essential to one’s effective growth in becoming a successful practicing Jew. Listen every day (except on Shabbat of course). Now, let’s make it practical. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Weekly Insight into Perashat Hashavua hosted by Raymond Ashkenazie, Emma Dayan, and Henry Esses. A project of the Sephardic Synagogue Fellowship, this podcast brings thoughtful Torah conversations to life, designed to inspire Shabbat table discussion and deepen connection to the weekly Parasha.

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Shalom Sefarad es, probablemente, la mejor novela escrita sobre la historia de la expulsión de los judíos sefardíes, de la terrible equivocación que cometieron los Reyes Católicos. Un libro cargado de sabiduría y erudición, que asombrará al oyente por su ritmo, passion, y belleza.

In 1654, 23 Jewish families arrived in New Amsterdam (now New York) aboard a French privateer. They were the Sephardim, members of a proud orthodox sect that had served as royal advisors and honored professionals under Moorish rule in Spain and Portugal but were then exiled by intolerant monarchs. A small, closed, and intensely private community, the Sephardim soon established themselves as businessmen and financiers. They became powerful forces in society, with some, like banker Haym Salomon, even providing financial support to George Washington's army during the American Revolution.

Goldengrove’s towers and twisted chimneys rose at the very edge of the peaceful Weald, a stone’s throw from the poisonous marshes and merciless waters of Rye Bay. Young Tabby Palethorp had been running wild there, ever since her mother grew too ill to leave her room. I was the perfect choice to give Tabby a good English education: thoroughly respectable and far too plain to tempt her lonely father, Sir Kit, to indiscretion. I knew better than to trust my new employer with the truth about my past. But knowing better couldn’t stop me from yearning for impossible things.

Discover the little-known history of Nelly Benatar, Morocco's first female attorney, who transformed bureaucratic red tape into life-saving magic during World War II's darkest hours. Beyond the familiar backdrop of the film Casablanca, follow one extraordinary woman's courageous journey from wartime rescue missions to post-war humanitarian work, confronting issues of refugees, immigration, and identity that remain relevant today.