The name Sephardi means "Spanish" or "Hispanic", derived from Sepharad (Hebrew: סְפָרַד‎, Modern: Sfarád, Tiberian: Səp̄āráḏ), a Biblical location. The location of the biblical Sepharad points to the Iberian peninsula, then the … See more

The divisions among Sephardim and their descendants today are largely a result of the consequences of the royal edicts of expulsion. Both the Spanish and Portuguese crowns … See more

The most typical traditional language of Sephardim is Judeo-Spanish, also called Judezmo or Ladino. It is a Romance language derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish), with many borrowings from Turkish, and to a lesser extent from Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, … See more

Early history
The precise origins of the Jewish communities of the Iberian peninsula are unclear. There is fragmentary and inconclusive … See more

Narrow ethnic definition
In the narrower ethnic definition, a Sephardi Jew is one descended from the Jews who lived in the See more

Pre-1492
Prior to 1492, substantial Jewish populations existed in most Spanish and Portuguese provinces. Among the larger Jewish populations … See more

The doctrine of galut is considered by scholars to be one of the most important concepts in Jewish history, if not the most important. In Jewish … See more