El Otro Camino
This major event happened in Spain the same week Christopher Columbus’s first voyage began.
What is the Spanish Expulsion?
We do not eat "pan" on Pesach.
What is bread?
Dona Gracia Nasi is known for this heroic act that saved this type of Jew.
What is set up an underground system to get convsersos out of Christian Europe and into the Ottoman Empire.
This is the year the Jews were expelled from Spain.
What is 1492.
This slow-cooked stew is traditionally eaten on Shabbat after cooking overnight.
What is dafina (or hamin)?
This Hebrew word means Spain and is the origin of “Sephardic.”
What is Sephard?
At the seder, we dip the "amargo" herb.
What is bitter?
After Dona Gracia Nasi was imprisoned, this person wrote to the Sultan to help save her.
Who is her nephew?
Many Jews fled here first due to its proximity.
What is Portugal?
This fried dough pastry, soaked in honey or syrup, is popular during Hanukkah.
What are bimuelos?
This city became a major Sephardic center in the Ottoman Empire.
What is Istanbul?
On pesach, the charoset is very "dulse".
What is sweet?
This book was created thanks to Dona Gracia's efforts.
What is the Ferrara Bible?
Built in 1655, this was built in Amsterdam by the Jewish community.
What is the Great Synagogue?
On Passover, Sephardic Jews may eat this legume, unlike many Ashkenazi traditions.
What is kitniyot?
This country protected many of its Jewish citizens during WWII.
What is Bulgaria?
El anyo ke viene en Yerushalayim!
Next year in Jerusalem!
This is Dona Gracia Nasi's Hebrew name.
What is Hannah?
At its peak, this region covered: Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and parts of the Middle East and North Africa.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This soup is often flavoured with lemon and egg in Sephardic cuisine.
What is avgolemono soup?
“El Otro Camino” means this in English.
What is "the other way"?
The Israelites left Egypt in an "apresurarse".
What is a hurry?
This is why Dona Gracia Nasi is considered a zionist revolutionary.
What is helped to build Tiberias into a self-sufficient community?
Tzfat became even more popular after the Spanish expulsion. Among them is this Rabbi, who wrote the famous Lecha Dodi, which is still sung during Kabbalat Shabbat.
Who is Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz?
This preserved citrus fruit is commonly used in Moroccan Sephardic dishes.