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Do we have customs and traditions that are unique and very dear to us? Certainly!! And the goal of this page is to research, catalog and offer them to the future generations. Because what is transmitted through these customs and traditions goes way beyond the ritual inherent to these delicious moments. I am convinced deep inside that all these customs and traditions are truly part of what makes our character, of what gives us this tremendous edge that we hold over the rest of the planet.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n
Ever since Tunisian Jews have left Tunisia, these traditions have had a tendency to slowly disappear to be replaced by the customs of the dominant Ashkenazic majority or even worse to be diluted in some kind of \u00ab\u00a0hodgepodge Sephardic tradition\u00a0\u00bb.\u00a0 But we are fighting back!! We are not going to let this happen!! We are embarking on a quest to recover our heritage and reclaim the magical touch of our traditions.<\/b> <\/p>\n ORIGIN\u00a0 OF THE\u00a0 BILLADA<\/b> <\/p>\n \u00a0in 1705, the Rabbinical court of Tunisia is presided by the Head Rabbi Simah SARFATI.\u00a0 He is born in Morocco even though the name SARFATI indicates a French origin (Sarfat).<\/b>\u00a0 One day, he fell gravely ill. \u00ab\u00a0Incurable disease\u00a0\u00bb, diagnosed the doctors called to the bedside of the sick rabbi. But one night, Elihaou ANNABI, the prophet who presides at all births appeared in a dream to the Rabbi to inform him of the only remedy that could save him :<\/b> The community responded with enthusiasm to his dream and instated this tradition which was embraced as well by all the ensuing generations. The custom is still observed nowadays\u00a0 and has taken the name of\u00a0 BILLADA(in Ladino or old Castillan or Portuguese : Velleda or wake).<\/b> <\/p>\n Rabbi Sarfati recovered from his incurable disease and left for Jerusalem via Istanbul. He passed away in 1717 and was buried on the Mount of Olives.<\/b> <\/p>\n From \u00ab\u00a0Generation suivante\u00a0\u00bb by William Guez. <\/p>\n Do we have customs and traditions that are unique and very dear to us? Certainly!! And the goal of this page is to research, catalog and offer them to the future generations. Because what is transmitted through these customs and traditions goes way beyond the ritual inherent to these delicious moments. I am convinced deep… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1880,"featured_media":53944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[496],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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He was to organize on the seventh day after the birth of each newborn boy( on the eve of their Brith Mila) an evening of Zohar study (The book of splendor). <\/b><\/p>\n\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n
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