Testimony Date: December 1998 Location: Bat Yam, Israel Language: Italian [ Full text] [ Abstract] [Excerpt in RealAudio] Shlomo Gean: Lived in Benghazi until 1961.           Abstract: Shlomo Gean describes daily life for Jews in Libya; Italian and Jewish schools; Shabbat celebration, Holy Day customs and prayers; life cycle customs; and synagogues. There are descriptions of Arab customs, and Jewish-Arab relationships regarding life and work. Shlomo relates some Aliyah experiences, including getting travel documents and his own work experiences. Excerpt Shlomo: Click for RealAudio sound There we ate together, we ate as a family...Friday night, [H] it is a mitzva to eat fish [I] they made Hraimi, just a custom, even here they say [H] haohel dag, byom dag, nitzal mdag [I] that means, who eats fish, on the day [H] dalet, [A] arba (four) gimel (three), [I] seven, the seventh day, Saturday, nitzal mdag=medinah shel gehinam (he is saved mdag [literaly from fish, but here mdag=medinah shel gehinam=from hell]. Full text...         [ Libya] [The Jews] [ Museum] [ Newsletter] [ Testimonies] [Home] [ Information] [Help] Copyright © VR Films LLC. All rights reserved. For additional information, please contact me. Best viewed with a JavaScript compatible browser (Netscape 3 and over or Internet Explorer 4 and over).