North African Sephardim / Sephardic Jews - a brief history!

Exiled Iberian Jewish families of the late 15th century and North African Maghrebi Jewish communities formed the North African Sephardim who are known as Sephardi Jews.
Sephardic Jews are descendants of Jews who lived in Spain or Portugal (the Iberian Peninsula), under the Roman Empire until their persecution and expulsion in the last decades of the 15th century.

When Sephardim eventually arrived in North Africa, they experienced unpleasant living conditions: Judah Hayyat, a refugee recalled:
"They smote me, they wounded me, they took away my veil from me and threw me into a deep pit with snakes and scorpions in it. They presently sentenced me to be stoned to death, but promised that if I changed religion they would make me captain over them...But the G-d in whom I trust frustrated their design....G-d stirred up the spirit of the Jews in Chechaouen, and they came thither to redeem me"

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