Sephardic Traditions - What is different about Portuguese Jews?

It is customs and traditions that make a community unique. The Western Sephardim, also known as the Nação Portuguesa (Portuguese Nation) and Spanish & Portuguese Jews, were the community that experienced the Inquisition. What sets this historically small but important group apart? What is different about its liturgy, and why? What is uniquely Portuguese? Historically, how were the young people educated? How did a 17th and 18th Century religious merchant community deal with the institution of slavery?
Sephardic World's speaker Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota, obtained a doctorate in international law from the University of Amsterdam. His thesis was Nação Legal Consciousness and its contribution to the 17th century Dutch Republic Debate on Slavery and Slave Trade. Yehonatan holds a MA in Religious Studies and Anthropology, and a BA in Liberal Studies from Florida International University. Currently, he is a postdoctoral fellow at the political history department at the University of Antwerp. In addition to academia, he is the Rosh Yeshibah at Beth Midrash Eleazar in the Dominican Republic.
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[@denizalgazi]

Thank you for hosting another wonderful discussion. The history of the eastward Sefardi Caribbean Diaspora is fascinating. So pleased to be introduced to Rabbi Yehonatan Elazar. Whilst living in NY, I met a few Jewminicans. I look forward to hearing him speak again about their history! Hopefully, the synagogues in the DR will stream their services for a global audience.

[@7.2]

33:33 wow I never heard about these conversions until now, so interesting.

[@chrisvilavelha]

....... Best video ever ! I'm so annoyed that I missed it "live" ! Thanks Yehonaton, Ton and David ........ Chris.

[@wendycarty6958]

This discussion is blowing my mind in a positive way. 😁

[@simpledifference]

this was so amazingly interesting!! thank you!!

[@elsiejammy7363]

Brilliant presentation. Learnt so much

[@yohanankoves7630]

thank you for sharing your research.

[@valval1547]

Thanks for this very informative and enjoyable presentation.

[@GazilionPT]

An Israeli friend of mine just got her Portuguese citizenship through Sephardic descent. Her maiden name is Attias, as in the grammar shown at 20:54. I also saw that name in of Ton Tielen's recent presentations. I'm guessing they may be her ancestors (or at least relatives to her ancestors). Cool!

[@aviakidos-lobitos2398]

Great presentation

[@7.2]

Am Yisrael Chai! Thank you for your interesting shiur!

[@mmmnn2]

May I ask the talet shown left in 26:46 with the red background, to which family it belonged? I find interesting that it is similar to the Abreu family arms in Portugal, but with one extra golden figure. In Abreu they are actually wings. Thanks

[@RoxanaSaldanha]

Please have a look on the plantantions on Pernambuco, Brasil. 90% was cristãos novos or jews.

[@MrsSparkle]

Loved all the information, great presentation. I never realize the Jesuit connection.

[@GazilionPT]

29:50 The image is not very clear (too small), but the coat of arms could be from the Costa family.

[@RoxanaSaldanha]

Boa tarde. Maravilhoso tema. Obrigada. Mas, por favor verifique as porcentagens dos proprietários de Engenhos de cana de açúcar em Pernambuco, Brasil. Era a maioria, 90%.

[@mmmnn2]

Thanks to Ton and David, and specially to Yehonatan Elazar for this presentation. This was a must presentation for all of you who are investigating about portuguese - sephardic jews. Very nice and straight forward. Sadly it is just a very brief introduction, and I encourage you to go on and do other like this one to educate us the descendants of Portuguese Jews. About the slavery, it's not a new thing in Judaism, just that the portuguese community continue to have slaves. In the Tora there is a non-jewish slave "Ebed Kenaani that must undergo circumcision, and ritual bath {tevila}) and the Ebed Ibri (jewish slave) there is also Ger Toshav (is a dweller that has to obey to certan rules, but without the same parameters of the Kenaani) , and the Ama Ibria. Every one of them have they halachot, and you can check them out in the Mishne tora of the Rambam for your convenience. This is not the kind of slavery that is known in the west, as a very cruel thing, but according to the Halacha, and when the non-jewish slave is set free he is a jew, he could be set free for multiple reasons that the Torah teaches us of course not to mistreat the slave. I'm not going to get into details here, and I'm not preaching slavery, but writing the facts. Nevertheless a sin is also to set them free for no reason as is stated in the Talmud gittin: "Rav Yehuda says that Shmuel says: Anyone who emancipates his slave violates a positive mitzva, as it is stated: “Of them may you take your bondmen forever” (Leviticus 25:46). This is a positive mitzva requiring that one subjugate slaves their entire lives. Therefore, it is prohibited to emancipate them." and I could go on, but what I wanted to show you is that is really prohibited to free them, and the Rabbi Farar that you quoted is right according to Halacha. And the word "pecado" is also used in the jewish world. Thanks!

[@RoxanaSaldanha]

And, of course they was the elite. Even has bought nobres títulos.