User talk:JMosseri

Baqashot
Dear Sir, My name is Joseph Mosseri and I live in New York. I am a Sefaradi of Egyptian/Syrian heritage and I was directed to the Wikipedia article on Baqashot by my friend David Betesh. I see that you were a major contributor to this article and I'd like to find out more about what you wrote concerning the history of Halabi Baqashot in Jerusalem.

"The Syrian tradition was introduced to Jerusalem by Raphael Altaras, who came to that city from Aleppo in 1845 and founded a Baqashot circle at the Kehal Tsiyon synagogue. In this way the custom of Baqashot became part of the mainstream Jerusalem Sephardic tradition. Another important influence was Jacob Ades (1857-1925), who immigrated to Jerusalem in 1895 and introduced the tradition to the Persian and Bukharan communities. The main centre of the tradition today is the Ades synagogue in Naִhlaot, where the leading spirit was Shaul Aboud, a pupil of Moshe Ashear."

Also do you have the books of Altaras and Burla that are mentioned in the bibliography?

Thanks, JMosseri 12:56, 7 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I got these details from an article by Seroussi on the "Piyut" website (http://www.piyut.org.il/articles/259.html). I do not possess the books you mention, but there is a very nice man at http://www.virtualgeula.com who can do reprints of any book in the JNUL that is no longer in copyright.


 * I was at the Ades synagogue for baqashot a couple of weeks ago: quite an experience! --Sir Myles na Gopaleen (the da) 18:02, 7 November 2006 (UTC)