5 Mind-Blowing Differences Between Sephardic & Ashkenazi Jews

5 Mind-Blowing Differences Between Sephardic & Ashkenazi Jews | Big Jewish Ideas

Mar 2024 30

While about 93% of American Jews identify with Ashkenazi heritage, Israel and the globe are home to a diverse mix of Sephardic, Mizrahi, and other Jewish communities.

Yet, media often presents an Ashkenormative image, overshadowing the reality that a significant number of Jews worldwide don’t fit into this category.

In North America, the major Jewish communities are Ashkenazi – with ties to countries like Germany, France, and Eastern Europe – and Sephardic, from Portugal and Spain. But that’s just part of the story – globally, there exists a vibrant mosaic of other Jewish cultures, including Mizrahi Jews from the Middle East, Ethiopian Jews, and numerous others.

Despite their unique languages, cuisines, and even some Jewish customs, all these groups share the core connection of Judaism and are part of a singular, global peoplehood.

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00:00 US Jewish demography
00:37 What are Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews?
01:22 What is Jewish food?
02:36 What do Jewish prayers sound like?
03:52 Languages that Jews speaks
04:30 Laws & traditions
06:08 Movements (Reform, Conservative, Orthodox)
07:07 Outro

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For those asking about the origins of Jews, sorry for the confusion! This video talks about the divergence and development of the Ashkenazi and Sefardi groups. They all originated in the land of Israel, when they were all just Jews (or actually, part of 12 different Biblical tribes). Following different exiles, when some Jews were exiled to the Iberian Peninsula, and some to the Danube Valley, Rhineland areas, and subsequently other parts of Europe, they started developing into the group we call "Sefardi" and "Ashkenazi" – so that’s where those named groups originate from. We unpack it more in this video, with a more accurate map: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw0G9COpeMY&t=24s

@amberinthebox4462

The ones from spain andbthebother sidenof the meditereaneans music sounds more middle eastern then the ashkanazi. It just has a more middle eastern vibe. But i guess they lived closer to it for more time where the ines that went up europ and into russia spent more time aeay fromnthe area. And have more european vibr

@Station.5113

Yes, European Jews are not of ancient Hebrew genetics they are of European genetics

@emzims

My dad is Ashkenazi and my mom is Sephardic, but I never really got to experience Sephardic culture because my grandma (who converted to Judaism in her 20s) didn’t know anything about the food, etc, and my grandfather died when I was two and my mom never learned how to make the food and all that, I dont even think my grandpa knew how to. On the other side, my dads mom makes food and celebrations all the time.

@rockzilla5150

ashkeNAZI. Yep hitlers mob.

@JasBen-hh3ff

"Sephardic Jews originally came from Portugal and Spain" (wihile highlighting the entire Middle East and North Africa. You have a channel that can be used to spread peace, so why do you keep ignoring any potential for good detail about Arabs/Muslims? Ignoring that Sephardic Jews often lived much better in the Middle East and North Africa than Ashkenazi Jews in Europe. While the reason is apparent (living within a religion that deems you responsible for crucifying their prophet), it can also be seen in the emergence of movements. As your video pointed, External difficulties have often led to the emergence of religious movements rather than their absence within a religion.

@vincentanderson8435

I was going to say something but I get it keep the lie going no matter what tell a bigger 1 ok

@jughound7923

Isaac's Oldest Son is the Sasquatch People ( not the European ) Ask the Native Americans if the Sasquatch People are real , Then you will have found the Edomite.

@BlakeAlexander12

How about how neither are Biblical Jews

#10

@antwanwilliams6893

It's only one type of jew and thats the bloodline of judah and none of these groups are true jews they are cinverts that are thevies .

#11

@GabiFloquet

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#12

@sindust150

It’s crazy how you white people try to keep black folks out of it. None of the are Jews! They are all Europeans. There skin it white boy the are white and not true jews

#13

@satchidaanandavigraha

om namachchivaaya om

#14

@preapple

aipac induced ashke-nazi are the racist oppressors….pushing settler colonist apartheid in the west bank and gaza….

#15

@kevinwaller6572

The sheer lunacy of giving a religious group, a European religious group at that, a land mass, on the truly repugnant insane idea that a God, who doesn't exist and never has, gave it to a particular religious group, is now, finally been seen by the world as an epic mistake….
Theism is humanities greatest failure, and only when the dark age lunacy is finally discarded, as it should have been, long ,long ago….
Sick, in the most epic,vile sort of way…..

#16

@Alisa07l

No nope the chosen was black the creator was black sorry to burst your bubble

#17

@dominikurybak9594

How edifyinig! Thank you for the video…

#18

@peepshow090

The Ashkenazi Jews didn't split from the rest of the Jewish peoples. They are the descendants of khazars a Turkic people who converted to Jewish faith.

#19

@mathewweiss7699

jesus is a classic "false messiah", and fits all the check list to b such a joke. Acording to judaism hes got an hell's full floor just 4 him self and is beeing punished by G'od since then 4 bringing so many inocent people ‏to idolatry. Like all the dumm people here that "believe" in jesus as a messiah , poor souls…

#20

@memzepper6096

Well I’m a Muslim …and I work In a synagogue…it’s the only job I’ve never cheated at 😊
Sephardi food is better !!

#21

@LIKEFUNK

Religion is toxic and not of the sovereign creator, never has been, never will be…end of report!

#22

@Janetjmag

And they massacre, displace and terrorize the indigenous people of that land 💔

#23

@durusveritas

The real Israelites during the times of ancient Egypt were black . So all the rest is just bullshit at most

#24

@svenoscarhansen8847

Wow, this is only digging a couple inches deep. Ashkenazi Jews originated in the area we now called the Ukraine. They are not genetically Jewish, but took on the Jewish religion as a necessity, many hundreds of years ago. The original culture was from a region called Kazaria. A quick research into the Kazarian culture will reveal a lot to those interested. This knowledge needs to be spread. It will clarify a lot concerning history and regional events today.

#25

@commonsense5865

this video is mostly accurate and quite good. BUT IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT IT IS SOMEWHAT MISLEADING BECAUSE MUCH OF WHAT IT DISCUSSES IS PRIMARILY ABOUT ORTHOIDX JUDIASM but almost all the pictures are of non-orthodx or minimlly religious jews

#26

@drsmaq3045

Not adopted the food where they live but rather where they invaded

#27

@huwhitecavebeast1972

All small hats are bad.

#28

@Leni313

Every day I learn something new about the Jewish people, thank you 😊

#29

@ipaint00

If i had to guess..its probably their handed down oral traditions (traditions of men) and geographical locations that caused these differences. In the same way that the talmud has.

#30

@jsigur157

when did the split occur?

#31

Sephardic singing sounds similar to some Islam sounds I've heard

#32

@sarahlouisa5284

You can do the same clip about any religious group.. like Muslims or Christians … !!

#33

@MondoBeno

I grew up in an Ashkenazi home. I had absolutely no knowledge of Sephardim. Next door to our Ashkenazi Knesset (Haverat Yisrael in Queens) was another Knesset, but the people looked different, and it smelled funny from the food they served. They might as well have been another religion, I had no idea who they were, except that our old-timers would say, "It's from another country, that one." Then one day we all went in there for Simchat Torah, and I was shocked! Everything was different. My friends dismissively said, "That's Sephardic," and my mother said, "They're Bukharian." I was like, "How come nobody ever told me about this?!?" The reason? My family thought Sephardic, Persian, Moroccan, and other non-Ashkenazim were sleazeballs.

#34

@user-qm2nq3ul5w

Polish/Khazar= European. Please be honest

#35

@user-fb5jr9ih1w

You forgot they are just Jews by religion not blood.

#36

@skywatcher7272

Those who run the state is what matters and the Sanhedrin are dangerous and that's who runs it

#37

@chuchonchuchon7640

So which ones are committing the current genocide???

#38

@worldadventuretravel

I'm a particular fan of the not-Zionist variety. You know, like the Jewish Voices for Peace Jews, the Not in Our Name Jews, the orthodox Jews, and the ones refusing to fight with the IDF. -by the way, there was never an "Israel." It has always been Palestine.