2007-12-26 23:45:17 · 4 answers · asked by foxy_blue00 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A Sephardi is a Jew originating in the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal and Spain), including the descendants of those subject to expulsion from Spain by order of the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella (as codified in the Alhambra decree of 1492), or from Portugal by order of King Manuel I in 1497. Today there are around 12,000 Jewish people in Spain and 500 in Portugal.[1]
The name comes from Sepharad (Hebrew: ספרד, Standard Səfárad Tiberian Səp̄áraḏ / Səp̄āraḏ ; Turkish: Sefarad), a Biblical location.[2] This was probably the "Saparda" mentioned in Persian inscriptions: the location of that is disputed, but may have been Sardis in Asia Minor. "Sepharad" was identified by later Jews as the Iberian Peninsula, and still means "Spain" in modern Hebrew.
2007-12-27 00:05:13 · answer #1 · answered by sps 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Sephardim were Jews who lived in Spain and Portugal during the Middle Ages until persecution culminating in expulsion in 1492 forced them to leave.
2007-12-26 23:51:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Google it "define: Sephardim"
Jews whose ancestry is Middle Eastern, North African, Spanish, and Portuguese. They are the majority Jewish Israelis living in Israel.
2007-12-26 23:48:52 · answer #3 · answered by drummer200sx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To finish this lesson, the Jews from Eastern Europe are called Ashkenazi Jews or Ashkenazim. Ashkenaz is the medieval Hebrew word for Germany.
2007-12-27 02:04:28 · answer #4 · answered by Debdeb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋