Sanandaj, Jewish: Festivals

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Sanandaj. Gorgias Neo-Aramaic Studies vol. 10. Gorgias Press, 2009	Ḥabib Nurani	Jerusalem

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0:00	pătirèˈ ʾaná daʿwát konóx lelé pătiré hál lăxà!ˈ mən-axare Purìm,ˈ Lelangè kəmrex-ʾàxni,ˈ našè,ˈ ʾənšé-u gurèˈ hár-kas hewalèˈ ga-belá yătùwaˈ tămisì dóqwa.ˈ belăké gbé tămā́m tamíz holìle,ˈ gard-u-xakéf doqìle,ˈ qaḷiyé napṣì,ˈ došăké napṣì,ˈ belá holíle ba-jā́m báqa pătirè.ˈ ʾéa ʾăwăḷèf.ˈ bàr-d-oˈ gbéwa hezíwa zărá šaqlì,ˈ zărăké hămènwale-oˈ ga-béla dána dána găbènwale,ˈ tămíz holìwale.ˈ nóšu lablíwale ʾorxèl.ˈ ga-dóka ʾorxél reš-kepè-yelu,ˈ tre-képe réša lə̀xle.ˈ máe mən-láʿel kénwa tèx.ˈ păré ba-taxtè-hitwa.ˈ ʾay-păré măčiriwalu-ò,ˈ ba-fəšár-e d-o-màeˈ ʾay-haràˈ ʾo-kepé tre-kepé kəmríwalu harà,ˈ čeriwà-uˈ ʾay-zăràˈ ṭaxnìwaleˈ kolíwale ba-qamxà.ˈ lá-hezi qámxa šaqlì,ˈ qámxa ké kašér la-hăwè.ˈ gbé zăràˈ nóšu tarṣìle,ˈ nóšu tamíz holìle,ˈ nóšu ṭaxnìle,ˈ ləxmá pèsax holí gaéf,ˈ maṣṣá tarṣì,ˈ kašèr hăwé.ˈ léle pătirè,ˈ léle pătiré yătíwa baqá pəsḥà.ˈ pəsḥá pasḥìwa.ˈ kŭ́le našé ʾăgadà qărénwala,ˈ ham-gurè,ˈ ham-yalè.ˈ bàr-d-oˈ yătìwaˈ ʾarbá băraxòtˈ ʾarbá pyaḷé šătènwa,ˈ băraxá kəmrìwa.ˈ čəkma məndixané ké gbé hamrí băraxà,ˈ pəsrá rešà-yele,ˈ ḥălìq-yela,ˈ ḥălìq tarṣíwa.ˈ ga-ʾIrā̀nˈ ya-ga-tămā́m-e mamlăkăté ke-xarə̀j m-Israyel-yénˈ lelé pătiré trè lelé-ya.ˈ b-Israyél xà lelé-ya.ˈ ʾonyexáe ya-ga-golà-yenˈ yáni xárəj m-ʾIsráyəl-yen trè lelé doqíla.ˈ ʾaxnì-čˈ trè lelé doqə́xwala.ˈ bár-d-o kyáwa lelé réša šatà.ˈ ʾo-lelè-čˈ pəsrá tìm,ˈ məšxà kəxlíwa.ˈ ga-tămā́m ʾay-haftàˈ ké pătiré xirtè-ya,ˈ šóa yomèˈ hìč-kasˈ dəvré xalwá là kxə́lwa.ˈ hìč kas,ˈ čún ʾáxni nóšan là kewalánˈ xalwăké hămèxile,ˈ lá tarṣèxile.ˈ kəmrèxwaˈ ʾay-našèˈ ʾay-bšəlmanèˈ ke-xálwa zábni ta-didànˈ ʾay-xalwàˈ mən-d-ó tortàˈ yá mən-d-ó ʾərbá dəwqà-yˈ ga-xa-pătiḷà dəwqá-yˈ ké pătiḷăké mumkə́n-ye pəsrá bəšlăwélu gàef.ˈ pas-ʾéa baqa-dídan kašér là-y.ˈ ʾaxní g-o-mŭdắt-e tămàmefˈ dəvré xaláw là kəxlə́xwaˈ hìč,ˈ ta-lelé reš-šatà.ˈ léle reš-šatá xa-səfrá šăwénwa rŭwà,ˈ mən-d-ày-lag reš-ay-beláˈ ta-reš-o-belá.ˈ xanăwadé yătìwaˈ našé daʿwát kolìwa.ˈ duxwà tarṣíwa.ˈ haḷwà tarṣíwa.ˈ xurma-u-rùn tarṣíwa.ˈ dušà mătíwa.ˈ kărà mătíwa.ˈ guptà mătíwa.ˈ mastà mătíwa.ˈ ʾənyexáe kŭ́le mătíwalu tămā́m-e réša səfrá zamṭíwa mən-d-ay-jóra məndixàne.ˈ ləxmàˈ hàr-kasˈ ga-təlḥà xanăwadé,ˈ ʾarbà xanăwadéˈ ḥatmán ga-belèfˈ tănurà-hitwa.ˈ čəkmá lelé qắme pătirèˈ baxtá hulálta hìtwaˈ kyàwaˈ ləxmăké kolawalè-o.ˈ náše ʾo-belá nóšu komăkáf kolìwa.ˈ ləxmăké koliwàle-o,ˈ xa-báxta xét dăyáwale ba-tănurà.ˈ tănurăké ba-ṣiwè malqíwala.ˈ ləxmá koliwale-ò,ˈ šaṭxiwale-ò,ˈ ráq xàrwaˈ ta-léle pătirè.ˈ híč-kas ləxmá bazā́r là šăqə́lwa ba-pătiré.ˈ hìč-kas,ˈ kŭ́le maṣṣáe belà kolíwa.ˈ ba-d-ó mudătàˈ ga-d-ó šoa-yomèˈ lá guptà,ˈ lá mastàˈ hár-či ké mən-xalwá-yele lá kəxlèxwale.ˈ pătirèˈ ʾaná daʿwát konóx lelé pătiré hál lăxà!ˈ mən-axare Purìm,ˈ Lelangè kəmrex-ʾàxni,ˈ našè,ˈ ʾənšé-u gurèˈ hár-kas hewalèˈ ga-belá yătùwaˈ tămisì dóqwa.ˈ belăké gbé tămā́m tamíz holìle,ˈ gard-u-xakéf doqìle,ˈ qaḷiyé napṣì,ˈ došăké napṣì,ˈ belá holíle ba-jā́m báqa pătirè.ˈ ʾéa ʾăwăḷèf.ˈ bàr-d-oˈ gbéwa hezíwa zărá šaqlì,ˈ zărăké hămènwale-oˈ ga-béla dána dána găbènwale,ˈ tămíz holìwale.ˈ nóšu lablíwale ʾorxèl.ˈ ga-dóka ʾorxél reš-kepè-yelu,ˈ tre-képe réša lə̀xle.ˈ máe mən-láʿel kénwa tèx.ˈ păré ba-taxtè-hitwa.ˈ ʾay-păré măčiriwalu-ò,ˈ ba-fəšár-e d-o-màeˈ ʾay-haràˈ ʾo-kepé tre-kepé kəmríwalu harà,ˈ čeriwà-uˈ ʾay-zăràˈ ṭaxnìwaleˈ kolíwale ba-qamxà.ˈ lá-hezi qámxa šaqlì,ˈ qámxa ké kašér la-hăwè.ˈ gbé zăràˈ nóšu tarṣìle,ˈ nóšu tamíz holìle,ˈ nóšu ṭaxnìle,ˈ ləxmá pèsax holí gaéf,ˈ maṣṣá tarṣì,ˈ kašèr hăwé.ˈ léle pătirè,ˈ léle pătiré yătíwa baqá pəsḥà.ˈ pəsḥá pasḥìwa.ˈ kŭ́le našé ʾăgadà qărénwala,ˈ ham-gurè,ˈ ham-yalè.ˈ bàr-d-oˈ yătìwaˈ ʾarbá băraxòtˈ ʾarbá pyaḷé šătènwa,ˈ băraxá kəmrìwa.ˈ čəkma məndixané ké gbé hamrí băraxà,ˈ pəsrá rešà-yele,ˈ ḥălìq-yela,ˈ ḥălìq tarṣíwa.ˈ ga-ʾIrā̀nˈ ya-ga-tămā́m-e mamlăkăté ke-xarə̀j m-Israyel-yénˈ lelé pătiré trè lelé-ya.ˈ b-Israyél xà lelé-ya.ˈ ʾonyexáe ya-ga-golà-yenˈ yáni xárəj m-ʾIsráyəl-yen trè lelé doqíla.ˈ ʾaxnì-čˈ trè lelé doqə́xwala.ˈ bár-d-o kyáwa lelé réša šatà.ˈ ʾo-lelè-čˈ pəsrá tìm,ˈ məšxà kəxlíwa.ˈ ga-tămā́m ʾay-haftàˈ ké pătiré xirtè-ya,ˈ šóa yomèˈ hìč-kasˈ dəvré xalwá là kxə́lwa.ˈ hìč kas,ˈ čún ʾáxni nóšan là kewalánˈ xalwăké hămèxile,ˈ lá tarṣèxile.ˈ kəmrèxwaˈ ʾay-našèˈ ʾay-bšəlmanèˈ ke-xálwa zábni ta-didànˈ ʾay-xalwàˈ mən-d-ó tortàˈ yá mən-d-ó ʾərbá dəwqà-yˈ ga-xa-pătiḷà dəwqá-yˈ ké pătiḷăké mumkə́n-ye pəsrá bəšlăwélu gàef.ˈ pas-ʾéa baqa-dídan kašér là-y.ˈ ʾaxní g-o-mŭdắt-e tămàmefˈ dəvré xaláw là kəxlə́xwaˈ hìč,ˈ ta-lelé reš-šatà.ˈ léle reš-šatá xa-səfrá šăwénwa rŭwà,ˈ mən-d-ày-lag reš-ay-beláˈ ta-reš-o-belá.ˈ xanăwadé yătìwaˈ našé daʿwát kolìwa.ˈ duxwà tarṣíwa.ˈ haḷwà tarṣíwa.ˈ xurma-u-rùn tarṣíwa.ˈ dušà mătíwa.ˈ kărà mătíwa.ˈ guptà mătíwa.ˈ mastà mătíwa.ˈ ʾənyexáe kŭ́le mătíwalu tămā́m-e réša səfrá zamṭíwa mən-d-ay-jóra məndixàne.ˈ ləxmàˈ hàr-kasˈ ga-təlḥà xanăwadé,ˈ ʾarbà xanăwadéˈ ḥatmán ga-belèfˈ tănurà-hitwa.ˈ čəkmá lelé qắme pătirèˈ baxtá hulálta hìtwaˈ kyàwaˈ ləxmăké kolawalè-o.ˈ náše ʾo-belá nóšu komăkáf kolìwa.ˈ ləxmăké koliwàle-o,ˈ xa-báxta xét dăyáwale ba-tănurà.ˈ tănurăké ba-ṣiwè malqíwala.ˈ ləxmá koliwale-ò,ˈ šaṭxiwale-ò,ˈ ráq xàrwaˈ ta-léle pătirè.ˈ híč-kas ləxmá bazā́r là šăqə́lwa ba-pătiré.ˈ hìč-kas,ˈ kŭ́le maṣṣáe belà kolíwa.ˈ ba-d-ó mudătàˈ ga-d-ó šoa-yomèˈ lá guptà,ˈ lá mastàˈ hár-či ké mən-xalwá-yele lá kəxlèxwale.ˈ	Passover—I invite you to come here on the eve of Passover! After Purim—we call it Lelange—people, women and men, everybody who could, would stay in the house and do cleaning. They had to make the whole house clean, remove the dust, shake the carpets, shake the mattresses, in order to make the house into a mirror for Passover. This is the beginning. Afterwards they had to go and buy wheat, bring the wheat back, sort it grain by grain in the house, clean it. They would themselves take it to the mill. There the (grinding by) mill was on two stones, two stones on top of one another. Water would come down from above. There were propellers made of wood. It (the water) would turn the propellers. By the pressure of the water, the grindstones—the stones, the two stones were called grindstones—would turn and grind the wheat, make it into flour. They would not go and buy flour, flour that was not kosher. They had to make flour themselves, clean it themselves, grind it themselves, make Passover bread with it, make unleavened bread, so that it would be kosher. On the eve of Passover, on the eve of Passover they would sit for the purpose of the Passover ceremony. They performed the Passover ceremony. Everybody read the Aggadah, both men and children. Then they would sit, four blessings—they would drink four cups and say the blessing. There were several things over which they had to say a blessing, whether it was the meat of the head, the _ḥaroset_ (mixture of nuts and dates, sesame). In Iran, or in all the countries that are outside of Israel, the night of Passover is two nights, but in Israel it is one night. Those who are in the exile, that is outside of Israel, celebrate it for two nights. We also celebrated it for two nights. After that came the New Year’s Eve. On that night the meat was finished and they used to eat dairy food. During the whole of the week of Passover, seven days, nobody ate dairy products, nobody, because we could not fetch milk ourselves or prepare it. We would say those people, those Muslims, who sell milk to us, have taken the milk from the cow or from the sheep and have kept it in a container in which they may have cooked meat. So this for us was not kosher. During the whole period we did not eat milk products, nothing, until New Year’s Eve. On New Year’s Eve we spread out a large cloth, from this side, on this (side of) the house, to that (side of) the house. The family would sit, they would invite people. They made _duxwa_. They made sweets. They made dates and egg. They put out honey. They put out butter. They put out cheese. They put out yoghurt. They put all these things out and filled the whole surface of the cloth with such things. As for bread—in (every) three families, in (every) four families there was sure to be somebody who had an oven in his house. A few days before Passover, there was a Jewish woman who came and opened out the bread (dough). The people of the house helped her. They opened out the bread and another woman put it onto (the sides of) the oven. They heated the oven with wood. They opened out and spread out the bread, and it (dried and) became stiff (and was kept like this) until the eve of Passover. Nobody bought bread in the market at Passover. Nobody. Everybody made unleavened bread at home. At that period, on those seven days (of Passover), we did not eat cheese, yoghurt or anything that was made from milk.

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pătirèˈ ʾaná daʿwát konóx lelé pătiré hál lăxà!ˈ mən-axare Purìm,ˈ Lelangè kəmrex-ʾàxni,ˈ našè,ˈ ʾənšé-u gurèˈ hár-kas hewalèˈ ga-belá yătùwaˈ tămisì dóqwa.ˈ belăké gbé tămā́m tamíz holìle,ˈ gard-u-xakéf doqìle,ˈ qaḷiyé napṣì,ˈ došăké napṣì,ˈ belá holíle ba-jā́m báqa pătirè.ˈ ʾéa ʾăwăḷèf.ˈ bàr-d-oˈ gbéwa hezíwa zărá šaqlì,ˈ zărăké hămènwale-oˈ ga-béla dána dána găbènwale,ˈ tămíz holìwale.ˈ nóšu lablíwale ʾorxèl.ˈ ga-dóka ʾorxél reš-kepè-yelu,ˈ tre-képe réša lə̀xle.ˈ máe mən-láʿel kénwa tèx.ˈ păré ba-taxtè-hitwa.ˈ ʾay-păré măčiriwalu-ò,ˈ ba-fəšár-e d-o-màeˈ ʾay-haràˈ ʾo-kepé tre-kepé kəmríwalu harà,ˈ čeriwà-uˈ ʾay-zăràˈ ṭaxnìwaleˈ kolíwale ba-qamxà.ˈ lá-hezi qámxa šaqlì,ˈ qámxa ké kašér la-hăwè.ˈ gbé zăràˈ nóšu tarṣìle,ˈ nóšu tamíz holìle,ˈ nóšu ṭaxnìle,ˈ ləxmá pèsax holí gaéf,ˈ maṣṣá tarṣì,ˈ kašèr hăwé.ˈ léle pătirè,ˈ léle pătiré yătíwa baqá pəsḥà.ˈ pəsḥá pasḥìwa.ˈ kŭ́le našé ʾăgadà qărénwala,ˈ ham-gurè,ˈ ham-yalè.ˈ bàr-d-oˈ yătìwaˈ ʾarbá băraxòtˈ ʾarbá pyaḷé šătènwa,ˈ băraxá kəmrìwa.ˈ čəkma məndixané ké gbé hamrí băraxà,ˈ pəsrá rešà-yele,ˈ ḥălìq-yela,ˈ ḥălìq tarṣíwa.ˈ ga-ʾIrā̀nˈ ya-ga-tămā́m-e mamlăkăté ke-xarə̀j m-Israyel-yénˈ lelé pătiré trè lelé-ya.ˈ b-Israyél xà lelé-ya.ˈ ʾonyexáe ya-ga-golà-yenˈ yáni xárəj m-ʾIsráyəl-yen trè lelé doqíla.ˈ ʾaxnì-čˈ trè lelé doqə́xwala.ˈ

bár-d-o kyáwa lelé réša šatà.ˈ ʾo-lelè-čˈ pəsrá tìm,ˈ məšxà kəxlíwa.ˈ ga-tămā́m ʾay-haftàˈ ké pătiré xirtè-ya,ˈ šóa yomèˈ hìč-kasˈ dəvré xalwá là kxə́lwa.ˈ hìč kas,ˈ čún ʾáxni nóšan là kewalánˈ xalwăké hămèxile,ˈ lá tarṣèxile.ˈ kəmrèxwaˈ ʾay-našèˈ ʾay-bšəlmanèˈ ke-xálwa zábni ta-didànˈ ʾay-xalwàˈ mən-d-ó tortàˈ yá mən-d-ó ʾərbá dəwqà-yˈ ga-xa-pătiḷà dəwqá-yˈ ké pătiḷăké mumkə́n-ye pəsrá bəšlăwélu gàef.ˈ pas-ʾéa baqa-dídan kašér là-y.ˈ ʾaxní g-o-mŭdắt-e tămàmefˈ dəvré xaláw là kəxlə́xwaˈ hìč,ˈ ta-lelé reš-šatà.ˈ léle reš-šatá xa-səfrá šăwénwa rŭwà,ˈ mən-d-ày-lag reš-ay-beláˈ ta-reš-o-belá.ˈ xanăwadé yătìwaˈ našé daʿwát kolìwa.ˈ duxwà tarṣíwa.ˈ haḷwà tarṣíwa.ˈ xurma-u-rùn tarṣíwa.ˈ dušà mătíwa.ˈ kărà mătíwa.ˈ guptà mătíwa.ˈ mastà mătíwa.ˈ ʾənyexáe kŭ́le mătíwalu tămā́m-e réša səfrá zamṭíwa mən-d-ay-jóra məndixàne.ˈ

ləxmàˈ hàr-kasˈ ga-təlḥà xanăwadé,ˈ ʾarbà xanăwadéˈ ḥatmán ga-belèfˈ tănurà-hitwa.ˈ čəkmá lelé qắme pătirèˈ baxtá hulálta hìtwaˈ kyàwaˈ ləxmăké kolawalè-o.ˈ náše ʾo-belá nóšu komăkáf kolìwa.ˈ ləxmăké koliwàle-o,ˈ xa-báxta xét dăyáwale ba-tănurà.ˈ tănurăké ba-ṣiwè malqíwala.ˈ ləxmá koliwale-ò,ˈ šaṭxiwale-ò,ˈ ráq xàrwaˈ ta-léle pătirè.ˈ híč-kas ləxmá bazā́r là šăqə́lwa ba-pătiré.ˈ hìč-kas,ˈ kŭ́le maṣṣáe belà kolíwa.ˈ ba-d-ó mudătàˈ ga-d-ó šoa-yomèˈ lá guptà,ˈ lá mastàˈ hár-či ké mən-xalwá-yele lá kəxlèxwale.ˈ

Translation:

Passover—I invite you to come here on the eve of Passover! After Purim—we call it Lelange—people, women and men, everybody who could, would stay in the house and do cleaning. They had to make the whole house clean, remove the dust, shake the carpets, shake the mattresses, in order to make the house into a mirror for Passover. This is the beginning. Afterwards they had to go and buy wheat, bring the wheat back, sort it grain by grain in the house, clean it. They would themselves take it to the mill. There the (grinding by) mill was on two stones, two stones on top of one another. Water would come down from above. There were propellers made of wood. It (the water) would turn the propellers. By the pressure of the water, the grindstones—the stones, the two stones were called grindstones—would turn and grind the wheat, make it into flour. They would not go and buy flour, flour that was not kosher. They had to make flour themselves, clean it themselves, grind it themselves, make Passover bread with it, make unleavened bread, so that it would be kosher. On the eve of Passover, on the eve of Passover they would sit for the purpose of the Passover ceremony. They performed the Passover ceremony. Everybody read the Aggadah, both men and children. Then they would sit, four blessings—they would drink four cups and say the blessing. There were several things over which they had to say a blessing, whether it was the meat of the head, the _ḥaroset_ (mixture of nuts and dates, sesame). In Iran, or in all the countries that are outside of Israel, the night of Passover is two nights, but in Israel it is one night. Those who are in the exile, that is outside of Israel, celebrate it for two nights. We also celebrated it for two nights.

After that came the New Year’s Eve. On that night the meat was finished and they used to eat dairy food. During the whole of the week of Passover, seven days, nobody ate dairy products, nobody, because we could not fetch milk ourselves or prepare it. We would say those people, those Muslims, who sell milk to us, have taken the milk from the cow or from the sheep and have kept it in a container in which they may have cooked meat. So this for us was not kosher. During the whole period we did not eat milk products, nothing, until New Year’s Eve. On New Year’s Eve we spread out a large cloth, from this side, on this (side of) the house, to that (side of) the house. The family would sit, they would invite people. They made _duxwa_. They made sweets. They made dates and egg. They put out honey. They put out butter. They put out cheese. They put out yoghurt. They put all these things out and filled the whole surface of the cloth with such things.

As for bread—in (every) three families, in (every) four families there was sure to be somebody who had an oven in his house. A few days before Passover, there was a Jewish woman who came and opened out the bread (dough). The people of the house helped her. They opened out the bread and another woman put it onto (the sides of) the oven. They heated the oven with wood. They opened out and spread out the bread, and it (dried and) became stiff (and was kept like this) until the eve of Passover. Nobody bought bread in the market at Passover. Nobody. Everybody made unleavened bread at home. At that period, on those seven days (of Passover), we did not eat cheese, yoghurt or anything that was made from milk.