Text: Sepharad – Did you know?

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Did you know?
-The song Dror Yikra was written by Dunash ben Labrat, a medieval Jewish poet in Spain.
-The Ladino language, which was prevalent in the Ottoman Empire, originated in Spain.
-The Jews of Belmonte, Portuguese conversos, clandestinely preserved their Jewish customs for 500 years.
-The last name Ashkenazi is common among the descendants of the Jews expelled from Spain.