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Anussim or Crypto Jews: Customs and Practices

Many customs from their Jewish past have cret into the behavior of these people. A lot of them do not know why they do these things or may know that they have Jewish blood in theor families. Some have no … Continue reading

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Crypto Jews and Anussim

Many customs from their Jewish past have cret into the behavior of these people. A lot of them do not know why they do these things or may know that they have Jewish blood in theor families. Some have no … Continue reading

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Porto Portugal

The Porto community was reestablished due to the emergence of Captain Basto Baros n the 192’s when he announced that he was a annus. He was a charismatic leader that went to Morocco to official convert and have a brit … Continue reading

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Bio Dr. Ari Greenspan

Dr. Ari Greenspan Ari Greenspan, DMD Dr. Greenspan is a co-founder of the Ptil Tekhelet Association. He is a US trained dentist, with a practice in Jerusalem. He is a practicing mohel, shochet and sofer, and has worked for more … Continue reading

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Bio’s

Ari Zivotofsky Ari Zivotofsky was born in NYC and grew up on Long Island. He attended the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County (HANC) for 10 years followed by an enlightening year in public school. He subsequently studied in Yeshivat Har … Continue reading

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Belmonte Portugal

The Jews of Belmonte were Cryto Jews or anussim for all the centuries of the inquisition. We spent Pesach there in 2009 which allowed me the priviledge of getting to know then and their families, seeing their way of life … Continue reading

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Halachic Adventures

Where Halacha, Science, History,Archeology combine with hands on old world expertise. Since 1981 Dr. Ari Zivotofsky and Dr. Ari Greenspan have been studying,researching and discovering mesora and lost traditions. This site contains the data of years of work in practical … Continue reading

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