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Birth, impurity and purity and women's lives

Dedicated to my children: Aviʾel, Orit, Meʾir and Shlomo and to my grandchildren 

 
Name of speaker: 
Rivka Elipur
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
74
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Golpayegan
Language: 
Judeo-Persian
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of life, Women
Documentation: 
Yaʿel wecsler and Tali Heiman
Year of recording: 
2019

Livelihood, home and shared life

Dedicated to my children: Aviʾel, Orit, Meʾir and Shlomo and to my grandchildren 

Name of speaker: 
Rivka Elipur
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
74
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Golpayegan
Language: 
Judeo-Persian
Conversation topics: 
Family, Occupation and livelihood
Documentation: 
Yaʿel wecsler and Tali Heiman
Year of recording: 
2019

Holidays

Dedicated to my children: Aviʾel, Orit, Meʾir and Shlomo and to my grandchildren 

 
Name of speaker: 
Rivka Elipur
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
74
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Golpayegan
Language: 
Judeo-Persian
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year
Documentation: 
Yaʿel wecsler and Tali Heiman
Year of recording: 
2019

Rivka's mother and bereavement customs

Dedicated to my children: Aviʾel, Orit, Meʾir and Shlomo and to my grandchildren 

 
Name of speaker: 
Rivka Elipur
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
74
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Golpayegan
Language: 
Judeo-Persian
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions, Family
Documentation: 
Yaʿel wecsler and Tali Heiman
Year of recording: 
2019

Song about a girl falling in love with a young man against her father's will

To the blessed memory of Shlomo Ziafti, Raḥel Ziafti (of Menashe), Yosef Yeshaʿyahu, Tsion Yeshaʿyahu and the mother Ester Yeshaʿyahu (of Menashe)

From Meʾir Shaked collection

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel Menashe-Ziafti (Nana Jan)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
60
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Golpayegan
Language: 
Judeo-Persian
Conversation topics: 
Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yosef Yeshaʿyahu Z"L
Year of recording: 
1963

Love song

To the blessed memory of Shlomo Ziafti, Raḥel Ziafti (of Menashe), Yosef Yeshaʿyahu and the mother Ester Yeshaʿyahu (of Menashe)

From Meʾir Shaked collection

Name of speaker: 
Tsion Yeshaʿyahu 
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Unknown
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
37
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Golpayegan
Language: 
Judeo-Persian
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs
Documentation: 
Yosef Yeshaʿyahu Z"L
Year of recording: 
1963

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