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Judeo-Spanish (Ladino), a Romance language derived from medieval Iberian Spanish and preserved within Sephardic communities. Depending on regional transmission, it may include lexical influences from Turkish, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic or Balkan languages. (2)
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No specific liturgical language is required (1)
Primarily Hebrew (legal text), with historical inclusion of Aramaic formulae. In some communities, additional vernacular languages may appear alongside the traditional text. (1)
Traditionally Hebrew (liturgical formula), with explanations and transmission occurring in vernacular languages such as Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish and contemporary community languages (1)
Traditionally: Hebrew and Aramaic (biblical and rabbinic texts). In contemporary practice: local vernacular languages (such as English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and others), depending on the community, alongside Hebrew. (2)
hebreww and other natonal langiages of the jewish Diaspora (1)

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While not formally inscribed as an intangible cultural heritage element, Shmita is embedded in Israeli agricultural regulation and religious legal frameworks, and continues to shape contemporary ecological and social discourse. (1)

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Getting out of Egypt Pesach escape game

Mediterranean Jewish sounds

The mourners Kaddish

Dining at Chinese Restaurants on Christmas Day: A Contemporary Jewish Urban Tradition

Illustrated ketubot

Children Knocking on the Door at Pesach

Tikkun Leil Shavuot

Adio Kerida (Adiós querida) song

The Custom of erecting a matzebah (Jewish Tombstone) in Eastern Europe

Costumes, Disguise, and Drag on Purim

Hanukkah resolutions

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