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Liliana Benveniste was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a teacher, singer, and composer, and has dedicated her life to compile, recreate, and promote Sephardi culture during the last 20 years, teaching the language, traditions, and songs that stem from the rich Sephardi traditions. She has composed music for various contemporary poems written in …

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Samuel Ibn Naghrilah (called in Hebrew שמואל הלבי, Shmuel haLevi, and in Arabic إسماعيل بن النغريلة, Isma’il ibn anNaghrilah) was a Sephardi statesman, poet, and commander of the army and leader of the Jewish community of Granada. He died between 1055 and 1056 in Granada. Life Samuel was born in Córdoba in 993 to a …

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