Zakho, Jewish: Wedding, Home, Passover

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Oz Aloni	Aloni, Oz. 2014. The Neo-Aramaic Speaking Jewish Community of Zakho: A Survey of the Oral Culture. Saarbrücken: Lambert.	Zakiyya Ben Nahum; Batia Aloni.

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0:00	ZBN: ʾáya wèla,ˈ kúllu gò...ˈ ʾə̀zġaz,ˈ jiràne wélan,ˈ ʿaràbae,ˈ məšəlmàne,ˈ làswa ḥanafíyyát,ˈ kúllu láswalu ḥanafíyyat dəd ṃàya.ˈ BA: kmá ʾ̣òḍe ʾə́swa lóxun?ˈ ZBN: ʾarbá-xamšá ʾ̣òḍe ʾə́swalan,ˈ kúd xá múx ʾ̣òḍa wélu,ˈ kúd gúrre go xà-ʾ̣oḍa wéle.ˈ ᴴharè,ˈ kól ha-məšpaḥá yàḥadᴴ k-oyàwa.ˈ kalÃ sa,ˈ xÉ™tnawÃ se,...ˈ ... go xa hə́nna wèloxun,ˈʾe, ᴴšxunát kùrdim,ᴴˈ xá,ˈ xá ᴴḥèderᴴ wèla.ˈ ʾə́sra nəfáre g-damxìwa go-day-ᴴḥéder.ᴴˈ BA: ᴴnaxòn,ᴴˈ ZBN: u-k-eséwa ᴴʾorḥímᴴ ší, u-ʾə̀swa dúka.ˈ ᴴʾavalᴴ bés be bábi rùwwa wèle.ˈ rā́ba rùwwa wéle.ˈ xzé kèf wéla l-táma,ˈ ʾe,ˈ u-kùllu xá,ˈ xá ᴴyádᴴ wèlu,ˈ kúllu g-ʿazríwa xá-ta-d-aw xèt,ˈ ʾeˈ kùlluˈ ᴴle-mašál šxúnaᴴ d-ʾə́swa dəd kurdiná(y)e dèni,ˈ ᴴḥatunàᴴˈ - tmanyá yòme g-ozíwa ᴴḥatùna.ᴴˈ xá yóma p-ṭalbìwala,ˈ u-xá yóma g-əmrìwa,ˈ g-ə́be mašəmʾìla,ˈ u... u-g-ozìwaˈ ᴴšabàt,ᴴˈ m-qábel ᴴḥatúnaᴴ g-ozíwa ᴴšabàt,ᴴˈ mnablíwa xá ṣenìyya,ˈ u-b-ḍóḷa u-zə̀rna,ˈ g-ezíwa kəz ᴴhorímᴴ dəd ᴴkalà,ᴴˈ u-xá-lele ḥə́nna g-ozíwa hil bə̀noke,ˈ u... u-xá-lele g-əmrìwa,ˈ nabène,ˈ yaʿani ᴴben ḥínna ve-zè,ˈ hafsaká yom ʾeḥàd,ᴴˈ ᴴve...ᴴ ʾána k-íʾan ᴴminhagímᴴ dèni d-kùrdi,ˈ ʾu... BA: ʾát gúrrax ʾàxxa,ˈ ZBN: ʾána hàxxaˈ hè,ˈ u-xaráe g-markwíwala kàlo l-mahìne,ˈ BA: ʾa... ZBN: rəš mahìne,ˈ ᴴsùs.ᴴˈ BA: u-k-šaqlìwala lˈ-bés be ᴴḥàtan?ᴴ ZBN: hè,ˈ g-šaqlíwala b-daréwala go ḥušès,ˈ rəš hə̀nna,ˈ mahìne,ˈ u-g-malúšiwala júlle dəd ᴴkalà,ᴴˈ súdra u-kùrtak,ˈ u-hèleke,ˈ u-ṃə́ḷye də̀hwa,ˈ u-pošíya b-rèša,ˈ u-g-doqíwala tre-tré k-masqíwala g-daréwala ʾəl ᴴsùs,ᴴˈ u-kúd-xa k-xá ʾála g-da[w]ə́qwa ʾìza,ˈ g-doqíwa ᴴsùs,ᴴˈ BA: ʾa!... ZBN: u-g-nablíwala ᴴbáit ḥatàn.ˈ bètaḥᴴˈ BA: gŭ́le, gŭ́le hwéla ʾàxx[a],ˈ ʾem,ˈ gúrra ʾàxxaˈ yan gúrra go zàxo?ˈ ZBN: gŭ́le xási gúrra go zàxo!ˈ BA: ʾàˈ go zàxo,ˈ ZBN: go záxo gúrra gòra,ˈ ᴴkèn,ᴴˈ láswa ᴴʾúl[am],ᴴ má ʾə́swa ᴴʾulàm?ᴴ...ˈ ʾaz-ʾe g-nablìwalaˈ be-bàbe,ˈ kúllu bnása, u-baxtása g-jamʿíwa ʾəl ᴴkalà,ᴴˈ u-xə́tna g-yatúwa ʾə́med gùre.ˈ xaráe šoʾá yòme,ˈ lá qablíwa ʾózawa [ʾozənwa?] čǜ-məndi.ˈ BA: ḍóḷa u-zə̀rne,ˈ ZBN: ḍóḷa u-zə́rne-la kud-yóm g-dayə̀qwa,ˈ u-lá k-šòqiwaˈ kála ʾozàwaˈ ᴴklúmˈ klúmˈ klúmᴴˈ naḥqáwa ʾel čù-məndi.ˈ híl ᴴʾaḥaréyᴴ tmanyá yòme.ˈ tmanyá yóme xaráe k-palxáwa ᴴʿavodát...ˈ pÃ¡...á´´ˈ [laughter] BA: hè,ˈ ᴴpàrex,ᴴˈ hè,ˈ ZBN: ᴴʿavodá kášaᴴ k-palxàwa.ˈ ᴴkèn.ᴴˈ BA: kúd gúrra skə́nna be-xəmyàna,ˈ ZBN: be-xəmyànaˈ kúllu skə́nnu ᴴyàḥad.ᴴˈ kúd ᴴməšpáḥaᴴ ʾə̀swa,ˈ ʾéswa xa-ʾəsràˈ ᴴməšpaḥòtᴴˈ go-xá bèsa.ˈ ʾə́swa batàneˈ rùw̄̄w̄̄eˈ u-xa-ḥòšˈ u-ᴴməsavívᴴ kúl̄̄l̄̄uˈ ʾ̣ọ̀ḍe.ˈ u-kúd xá u-ʾ̣ọ́ḍa dìde.ˈ u-b-léle b-yasqíwa g-damxìwa,ˈ u-b-yóma kúl̄̄l̄̄u mə́zġaz g-ezèwa.ˈ xá g-ewə́zwa nèhraˈ u-xá gə-mbašə̀lwaˈ u-xá k-xayə̀ṭwa.ˈ u-xá g-ezə́lwa g-meséwa ṃạ̀ya,ˈ há?ˈ BA: damet-xmása g-naṣyạ́ẉa məd-kàlsa,ˈ má g-ozìwa?ˈ ZBN: wī́!ˈ xá ᴴbalagánᴴ koyáwa ṇaṣùṣa,ˈ garšáwa xmàsa,ˈ ʾəl kàlsa,ˈ g-ozáwa fasadúsa béna u-bén gòra,ˈ ᴴbalagánᴴ ṇaṣúṣa g-ozìwa,ˈ u-l-tám xmàsa wéla hə́nna,ˈ BA: á´´kovÃ¡Ê¿at.á´´ˈ ZBN: á´´kovÃ Ê¿at.á´´ˈ mád ʾamráwa xmása,ˈ ᴴzèhu zé.ᴴˈ ʾáya wèla.ˈ ʾamráwa b-axlétun átta, b-axlìwa,ˈ ʾamráwalu lá k-əxlétun átta là k-əxlíwa.ˈ g-ə́be yapètunˈ masètun.ˈ k-esèwa,ˈ hə̀nna,ˈ ᴴḥagìm,ᴴˈ ʾe... pə̀sḥa,ˈ kúl̄̄l̄̄ùˈ mqábel pə̀sḥa,ˈ bəd-tré šabàṯa,ˈ ṭḷàha,ˈ g-ezíwa ʾəl xawòra,ˈ g-əmrìwale,ˈ jắlal,ˈ ʾe... jắlal kəstàye,ˈ hàdax múx,ˈ dáx ᴴba-hàrᴴ wéle,ˈ la wéleˈ ᴴyámᴴ rùwwa,ˈ múx jằlal,ˈ g-ezìwa,ˈ g-ozíwa néhra l-táma, ḥráme gə-mxalíwalu maḥfùre,ˈ ᴴməzronìmᴴˈ kúllu gə-mxalìwalu,ˈ g-daréwalu go ṃàyaˈ gə-mxalìwalu,ˈ g-daréwalu reš qàṭre,ˈ híl g-wešìwa.ˈ u-báser g-wešìwa,ˈ ᴴʾazᴴ kúllu g-daʾapìwalu,ˈ pappukìn.ˈ u-g-daréwalu rəš xmàra u-k-eséwa ʿasə̀rtā̄,ˈ líšanu bəš yeríxa-le mən ʾàqlu.ˈ BA: flìše,ˈ he,ˈ ZBN: ta pə̀sḥa.ˈ ᴴʾavalᴴ pə́sḥa pə̀sḥa wéla go ʿíraq,ˈ lá wéla mux ʾàxxa,ˈ xá yàrxa,ˈ tré yárxe m-qábel pə́sḥa g-yatwíwa g-ozíwa láxma raqìqa,ˈ šoʾá tmanyá baxtàsa.ˈ g-yatwíwa,ˈ u-g-ozíwa láxma ràqiqa.ˈ xá g-e[w]ə́zwalu hàdxaˈ xá bə́ž rùwwe,ˈ xá bə́ž rùwwe,ˈ ʾə́d lá mə̀lxa.ˈ g-ozíwā̄,ˈ má ʾamrànaxˈ tre ṭḷ[áh]a guníyye kúd ᴴməšpaḥà.ᴴˈ g-jamʿíwaˈ g-ozíwa láxma raqíqa ta tmanyá yòme.ˈ ᴴʾazᴴ ʾə́swa ʾə̀rxeˈ də́d məšəlmàne wéla,ˈ ʾavál ta ᴴpèsaḥ,ᴴˈ m-qábel ᴴpésaḥ,ᴴˈ tré šabàsaˈ ṭḷàha,ˈ g-ozíwala, ʿaġàla,ˈ u...ˈ u-k-taxníwa qàmxa ʾáxnan,ˈ k-taxnáxwa qàmxa l-tám.ˈ e xə́ṭṭe gə-mxalìwala,ˈ u-g-mawišìwala.ˈ žnít g-ezíwa ʾel e hə̀nna,ˈ ʾəl ṭaḥùne,ˈ g-taxnìwala.ˈ žnít k-séwa g-yapèwa.ˈ ʾè wéla,ˈ ᴴbètaḥ.ᴴˈ BA: ᴴʾázᴴ ʾə̀rxeˈ ᴴmexonát tḥìnaᴴ híla?ˈ ZBN: hé,ˈ ᴴmexonát tḥína,ᴴ k-taxnàwā̄,ˈ ʿolám qámxe u-mə́ndi k-taxnàwa.ˈ BA: ʾatta-kúd k-palə̀xwa,ˈ kúllu pàreˈ g-meséwalu tá... xmàse?ˈ ZBN: hè,ˈ hè,ˈ kúllu ᴴyàḥadᴴ wélu.ˈ mád yawáwalu xmàsu,ˈ ʾáya wèla.ˈ ʾáni lá-g-naḥqíwa ʾəl čú-mə̀ndi.ˈ kalása, làʾ!ˈ kúllu k-palxíwa ᴴyàḥad,ᴴˈ u-kúllu xmása u-xəmyàna wélu.ˈ ʾəbéwa xà-məndi,ˈ xmása b-amráwa, hàllula.ˈ xá mə́ndi zonàwa,ˈ g-əbéwa xmása mʿamràwa.ˈ BA: ṃáṭo xá məndí...? ZBN: ᴴmàšehu nagíd rot͡sá liknót...ᴴ BA: ᴴló!ᴴ sqíla mə̀rax,ˈ xá-məndi g-əbàwa,...? ZBN: xá-məndi ʾebàwa,ˈ xmása gə-nheláwa [gə-hənna-wa?] ṭáḷa qavʿàwa.ˈ lá-mṣáwa mnóša zonáwa čù-məndi.ˈ BA: wáy wáy wày,ˈ ZBN: hílla xmàsa,ˈ ʾamráwa hè,ˈ ʾàya wéla.ˈ <span class=aramaic>ZBN: ʾáya wèla,ˈ kúllu gò...ˈ ʾə̀zġaz,ˈ jiràne wélan,ˈ ʿaràbae,ˈ məšəlmàne,ˈ làswa ḥanafíyyát,ˈ kúllu láswalu ḥanafíyyat dəd ṃàya.ˈ BA: kmá ʾ̣òḍe ʾə́swa lóxun?ˈ ZBN: ʾarbá-xamšá ʾ̣òḍe ʾə́swalan,ˈ kúd xá múx ʾ̣òḍa wélu,ˈ kúd gúrre go xà-ʾ̣oḍa wéle.ˈ ᴴharè,ˈ kól ha-məšpaḥá yàḥadᴴ k-oyàwa.ˈ kalÃ sa,ˈ xÉ™tnawÃ se,...ˈ ... go xa hə́nna wèloxun,ˈʾe, ᴴšxunát kùrdim,ᴴˈ xá,ˈ xá ᴴḥèderᴴ wèla.ˈ ʾə́sra nəfáre g-damxìwa go-day-ᴴḥéder.ᴴˈ BA: ᴴnaxòn,ᴴˈ ZBN: u-k-eséwa ᴴʾorḥímᴴ ší, u-ʾə̀swa dúka.ˈ ᴴʾavalᴴ bés be bábi rùwwa wèle.ˈ rā́ba rùwwa wéle.ˈ xzé kèf wéla l-táma,ˈ ʾe,ˈ u-kùllu xá,ˈ xá ᴴyádᴴ wèlu,ˈ kúllu g-ʿazríwa xá-ta-d-aw xèt,ˈ ʾeˈ kùlluˈ ᴴle-mašál šxúnaᴴ d-ʾə́swa dəd kurdiná(y)e dèni,ˈ ᴴḥatunàᴴˈ - tmanyá yòme g-ozíwa ᴴḥatùna.ᴴˈ xá yóma p-ṭalbìwala,ˈ u-xá yóma g-əmrìwa,ˈ g-ə́be mašəmʾìla,ˈ u... u-g-ozìwaˈ ᴴšabàt,ᴴˈ m-qábel ᴴḥatúnaᴴ g-ozíwa ᴴšabàt,ᴴˈ mnablíwa xá ṣenìyya,ˈ u-b-ḍóḷa u-zə̀rna,ˈ g-ezíwa kəz ᴴhorímᴴ dəd ᴴkalà,ᴴˈ u-xá-lele ḥə́nna g-ozíwa hil bə̀noke,ˈ u... u-xá-lele g-əmrìwa,ˈ nabène,ˈ yaʿani ᴴben ḥínna ve-zè,ˈ hafsaká yom ʾeḥàd,ᴴˈ ᴴve...ᴴ ʾána k-íʾan ᴴminhagímᴴ dèni d-kùrdi,ˈ ʾu... BA: ʾát gúrrax ʾàxxa,ˈ ZBN: ʾána hàxxaˈ hè,ˈ u-xaráe g-markwíwala kàlo l-mahìne,ˈ BA: ʾa... ZBN: rəš mahìne,ˈ ᴴsùs.ᴴˈ BA: u-k-šaqlìwala lˈ-bés be ᴴḥàtan?ᴴ ZBN: hè,ˈ g-šaqlíwala b-daréwala go ḥušès,ˈ rəš hə̀nna,ˈ mahìne,ˈ u-g-malúšiwala júlle dəd ᴴkalà,ᴴˈ súdra u-kùrtak,ˈ u-hèleke,ˈ u-ṃə́ḷye də̀hwa,ˈ u-pošíya b-rèša,ˈ u-g-doqíwala tre-tré k-masqíwala g-daréwala ʾəl ᴴsùs,ᴴˈ u-kúd-xa k-xá ʾála g-da[w]ə́qwa ʾìza,ˈ g-doqíwa ᴴsùs,ᴴˈ BA: ʾa!... ZBN: u-g-nablíwala ᴴbáit ḥatàn.ˈ bètaḥᴴˈ BA: gŭ́le, gŭ́le hwéla ʾàxx[a],ˈ ʾem,ˈ gúrra ʾàxxaˈ yan gúrra go zàxo?ˈ ZBN: gŭ́le xási gúrra go zàxo!ˈ BA: ʾàˈ go zàxo,ˈ ZBN: go záxo gúrra gòra,ˈ ᴴkèn,ᴴˈ láswa ᴴʾúl[am],ᴴ má ʾə́swa ᴴʾulàm?ᴴ...ˈ ʾaz-ʾe g-nablìwalaˈ be-bàbe,ˈ kúllu bnása, u-baxtása g-jamʿíwa ʾəl ᴴkalà,ᴴˈ u-xə́tna g-yatúwa ʾə́med gùre.ˈ xaráe šoʾá yòme,ˈ lá qablíwa ʾózawa [ʾozənwa?] čǜ-məndi.ˈ BA: ḍóḷa u-zə̀rne,ˈ ZBN: ḍóḷa u-zə́rne-la kud-yóm g-dayə̀qwa,ˈ u-lá k-šòqiwaˈ kála ʾozàwaˈ ᴴklúmˈ klúmˈ klúmᴴˈ naḥqáwa ʾel čù-məndi.ˈ híl ᴴʾaḥaréyᴴ tmanyá yòme.ˈ tmanyá yóme xaráe k-palxáwa ᴴʿavodát...ˈ pÃ¡...á´´ˈ [laughter] BA: hè,ˈ ᴴpàrex,ᴴˈ hè,ˈ ZBN: ᴴʿavodá kášaᴴ k-palxàwa.ˈ ᴴkèn.ᴴˈ BA: kúd gúrra skə́nna be-xəmyàna,ˈ ZBN: be-xəmyànaˈ kúllu skə́nnu ᴴyàḥad.ᴴˈ kúd ᴴməšpáḥaᴴ ʾə̀swa,ˈ ʾéswa xa-ʾəsràˈ ᴴməšpaḥòtᴴˈ go-xá bèsa.ˈ ʾə́swa batàneˈ rùw̄̄w̄̄eˈ u-xa-ḥòšˈ u-ᴴməsavívᴴ kúl̄̄l̄̄uˈ ʾ̣ọ̀ḍe.ˈ u-kúd xá u-ʾ̣ọ́ḍa dìde.ˈ u-b-léle b-yasqíwa g-damxìwa,ˈ u-b-yóma kúl̄̄l̄̄u mə́zġaz g-ezèwa.ˈ xá g-ewə́zwa nèhraˈ u-xá gə-mbašə̀lwaˈ u-xá k-xayə̀ṭwa.ˈ u-xá g-ezə́lwa g-meséwa ṃạ̀ya,ˈ há?ˈ BA: damet-xmása g-naṣyạ́ẉa məd-kàlsa,ˈ má g-ozìwa?ˈ ZBN: wī́!ˈ xá ᴴbalagánᴴ koyáwa ṇaṣùṣa,ˈ garšáwa xmàsa,ˈ ʾəl kàlsa,ˈ g-ozáwa fasadúsa béna u-bén gòra,ˈ ᴴbalagánᴴ ṇaṣúṣa g-ozìwa,ˈ u-l-tám xmàsa wéla hə́nna,ˈ BA: á´´kovÃ¡Ê¿at.á´´ˈ ZBN: á´´kovÃ Ê¿at.á´´ˈ mád ʾamráwa xmása,ˈ ᴴzèhu zé.ᴴˈ ʾáya wèla.ˈ ʾamráwa b-axlétun átta, b-axlìwa,ˈ ʾamráwalu lá k-əxlétun átta là k-əxlíwa.ˈ g-ə́be yapètunˈ masètun.ˈ k-esèwa,ˈ hə̀nna,ˈ ᴴḥagìm,ᴴˈ ʾe... pə̀sḥa,ˈ kúl̄̄l̄̄ùˈ mqábel pə̀sḥa,ˈ bəd-tré šabàṯa,ˈ ṭḷàha,ˈ g-ezíwa ʾəl xawòra,ˈ g-əmrìwale,ˈ jắlal,ˈ ʾe... jắlal kəstàye,ˈ hàdax múx,ˈ dáx ᴴba-hàrᴴ wéle,ˈ la wéleˈ ᴴyámᴴ rùwwa,ˈ múx jằlal,ˈ g-ezìwa,ˈ g-ozíwa néhra l-táma, ḥráme gə-mxalíwalu maḥfùre,ˈ ᴴməzronìmᴴˈ kúllu gə-mxalìwalu,ˈ g-daréwalu go ṃàyaˈ gə-mxalìwalu,ˈ g-daréwalu reš qàṭre,ˈ híl g-wešìwa.ˈ u-báser g-wešìwa,ˈ ᴴʾazᴴ kúllu g-daʾapìwalu,ˈ pappukìn.ˈ u-g-daréwalu rəš xmàra u-k-eséwa ʿasə̀rtā̄,ˈ líšanu bəš yeríxa-le mən ʾàqlu.ˈ BA: flìše,ˈ he,ˈ ZBN: ta pə̀sḥa.ˈ ᴴʾavalᴴ pə́sḥa pə̀sḥa wéla go ʿíraq,ˈ lá wéla mux ʾàxxa,ˈ xá yàrxa,ˈ tré yárxe m-qábel pə́sḥa g-yatwíwa g-ozíwa láxma raqìqa,ˈ šoʾá tmanyá baxtàsa.ˈ g-yatwíwa,ˈ u-g-ozíwa láxma ràqiqa.ˈ xá g-e[w]ə́zwalu hàdxaˈ xá bə́ž rùwwe,ˈ xá bə́ž rùwwe,ˈ ʾə́d lá mə̀lxa.ˈ g-ozíwā̄,ˈ má ʾamrànaxˈ tre ṭḷ[áh]a guníyye kúd ᴴməšpaḥà.ᴴˈ g-jamʿíwaˈ g-ozíwa láxma raqíqa ta tmanyá yòme.ˈ ᴴʾazᴴ ʾə́swa ʾə̀rxeˈ də́d məšəlmàne wéla,ˈ ʾavál ta ᴴpèsaḥ,ᴴˈ m-qábel ᴴpésaḥ,ᴴˈ tré šabàsaˈ ṭḷàha,ˈ g-ozíwala, ʿaġàla,ˈ u...ˈ u-k-taxníwa qàmxa ʾáxnan,ˈ k-taxnáxwa qàmxa l-tám.ˈ e xə́ṭṭe gə-mxalìwala,ˈ u-g-mawišìwala.ˈ žnít g-ezíwa ʾel e hə̀nna,ˈ ʾəl ṭaḥùne,ˈ g-taxnìwala.ˈ žnít k-séwa g-yapèwa.ˈ ʾè wéla,ˈ ᴴbètaḥ.ᴴˈ BA: ᴴʾázᴴ ʾə̀rxeˈ ᴴmexonát tḥìnaᴴ híla?ˈ ZBN: hé,ˈ ᴴmexonát tḥína,ᴴ k-taxnàwā̄,ˈ ʿolám qámxe u-mə́ndi k-taxnàwa.ˈ BA: ʾatta-kúd k-palə̀xwa,ˈ kúllu pàreˈ g-meséwalu tá... xmàse?ˈ ZBN: hè,ˈ hè,ˈ kúllu ᴴyàḥadᴴ wélu.ˈ mád yawáwalu xmàsu,ˈ ʾáya wèla.ˈ ʾáni lá-g-naḥqíwa ʾəl čú-mə̀ndi.ˈ kalása, làʾ!ˈ kúllu k-palxíwa ᴴyàḥad,ᴴˈ u-kúllu xmása u-xəmyàna wélu.ˈ ʾəbéwa xà-məndi,ˈ xmása b-amráwa, hàllula.ˈ xá mə́ndi zonàwa,ˈ g-əbéwa xmása mʿamràwa.ˈ BA: ṃáṭo xá məndí...? ZBN: ᴴmàšehu nagíd rot͡sá liknót...ᴴ BA: ᴴló!ᴴ sqíla mə̀rax,ˈ xá-məndi g-əbàwa,...? ZBN: xá-məndi ʾebàwa,ˈ xmása gə-nheláwa [gə-hənna-wa?] ṭáḷa qavʿàwa.ˈ lá-mṣáwa mnóša zonáwa čù-məndi.ˈ BA: wáy wáy wày,ˈ ZBN: hílla xmàsa,ˈ ʾamráwa hè,ˈ ʾàya wéla.ˈ	ZBN: That is how it was. Everybody [lit. all of them] together [lit. in together]. We were neighbors. Arabs, Muslims. There were no taps. No one had [lit. all of them did not have] water taps. BA: How many rooms did you have? ZBN: We had four-five rooms. Each one [of them] was like a room [=each room was separate]. Whoever got married had his own room [lit. each (one who) married was in one room]. After all, all of the family used to live [lit. be] together. Daughters in law, his sons in law,... ... You used to live in one, eh, [in] the Kurdish neighborhood [in Jerusalem], one, there was [only] one room. Ten persons used to sleep in that room. BA: Right, ZBN: And guests used to come and they have [also] had place. But the house of the family of my father [back in Zakho] was large. Very large it was. Look, it was joyous there [lit. joy was there]. Eh, and all were one hand [=cooperating, mutually helping]. Everyone [lit. all of them] was helping one another. Eh, everyone, for instance the neighborhood of Kurds [=Kurdish Jews] that was [there], [that neighborhood] of ours. [or: the neighborhood of our Kurds (=Kurdish Jews) that was (there)],... A wedding - they used to hold each wedding for eight days [lit. eight days they used to make a wedding]. [On] a certain [lit. one] day they would ask for her hand, and [on another] day they would say [=plan, decide], [today is the day we] should [perform the ritual of] informing her [about her future marriage, lit. make her hear]. And they used to hold [lit. make] a [ceremonial] Shabbat, before the wedding they would hold [lit. make] a [ceremonial] Shabbat. They would carry a metal tray [with jewellery henna and the bride price] , and with Dola and Zurne they would go to the parents of the bride. And another [lit. one] night they would do Henna, until the morning. And... And one night they would say [=decide that this night will be], a Between. Meaning between Henna and this, a break of one day. And... I know? [=What else can I tell] our customs, [the customs] of the Kurds [=Kurdish Jews]. And... BA: You were married here, ZBN: I [was married] here, yes. And afterwards they would put the bride on a horse. BA: Oh... ZBN: On top of a horse, a horse. BA: And they would take her to the house of the family of the groom? ZBN: Yes, they would take her [and] put her in a [???], on top of this, horse. And they would dress her up in bride's clothes. A shirt and a robe, and a vest, and covered [lit. filled] with gold, and a turban on her head. And they would grab her two-two [=in pairs] [and] lift her [and] put her on the horse. And each one would hold her on one side, [and] they would hold [firm] the horse,... BA: Oh!... ZBN: ...and they would take her to the groom's house. Sure. BA: Gule, Gule was born here? Um, was married here or was she married in Zakho? ZBN: My sister Gule was married in Zakho! BA: Oh, in Zakho, ZBN: She married her husband in Zakho, yes. There has not been a [wedding] hall, what hall has there been [in Zakho]? So she [the bride], they would take her to his [the groom's] family house. All of the girls and the women gathered around the bride, and the groom would sit with the men. After that, [for] seven days, they would not permit her to do anything [any domestic work]. BA: [They would celebrate with] Dola and Zurne, ZBN: It was Dola and Zurne, playing every day [lit. every day pounding]. And they would not let the bride do anything, nothing, nothing, [they would not let her] touch any thing. Up until eight days afterwards. Eight days afterwards she would work hard... Hard labour... BA: Yes, hard labour, yes, ZBN: She would do difficult work. Yes. BA: Whoever got married lived at her father in law's house [?] ZBN: [Yes] her father in law's house. They all lived together. Each family was, was about ten families [living] in one house. There were very large houses. And a courtyard [for each house] and rooms all around it. And each one [=each nuclear family] had his room [lit. and each one and his room]. And at night[s] they would go up [on their beds] and in the day[s] everyone went [out and work] together. One would do the laundry, and one would cook, and one would sew. And one would go [and] bring water. What? BA: When the mother in law quarrelled with the daughter in law, what would they do? ZBN: Wi! [It has been] one mess, there would be a fight, the mother in law would fight with the daughter in law, she [the mother] would spark a dispute between her [the daughter in law] and her husband. They would make a mess, a fight. And there [in Zakho] the mother in law was this, BA: the person who made the decisions. ZBN: the person who made the decisions. Whatever the mother in law would say, that was it. That was that. [Whenever] she said 'eat now', they would eat, [whenever] she told them 'do not eat now', they would not eat. 'You should bake, launder'. [Whenever] this, the Festivals came, eh... Passover, Everyone, before Passover, two [or] three weeks [before], used to go to the river. It is called [lit. they say to it] the stream, eh... the stream of the old Christian neighborhood of Zakho. It was like, like in the mountain[s]. It was not a large sea, it was like a [small] brook. They would go, [and] make laundry there, they would wash the blankets, the carpets, mattresses, they would wash all of them, put them in the water, wash them. They would put them on the rocks, until they were dried. And after they would dry, they would fold all of them, poor [women]. And they would put them on a donkey and come back [to town] [very late] in the evening. Their tongue longer than their feet. BA: Exhausted, yes, ZBN: for Passover. But, Passover was indeed Passover [back] in Iraq. It was not like [it is] here. One month, two months before Passover, they used to sit [and] make thin bread. seven [or] eight women. They would sit and make thin bread. One would make them [the units of bread] as [big as] that. One, bigger. One, [even] bigger. Without salt. They would make, what shall I tell you, two [or] three sacks [for] each family. They would gather [and] prepare thin bread for eight day [the eight days of Passover]. So, there was a mill, it belonged to Muslims [lit. of Muslims it was], but for Passover, before Passover, two [or] three weeks, they would kosher it for Passover [lit. do _ag_a_la (=Heb. hag_ala) to it]. And they would mill flour, we would mill flour there. Eh, They would wash the wheat and dry it. Only then they would go to eh this, to the mill, [and] mill it. And then they would come [bake] and bake. This [is how it] was, sure. BA: So ___rxe is a milling machine? ZBN: Yes, milling machine, it used to mill... abundance [lit. Heb. world] of flours and things it used to mill. BA: Now, whoever worked, would bring all the money to... the mother in law? ZBN: Yes, yes, everyone was together. Whatever the mother in law would give them, that was it. They [the daughters in law] would not touch a thing. Daughters in law, no! Everyone would work together, and all of it was [for] the mother and father in law [or: and all was the mother and father in law. =they were the decisive factor in all things]. [When someone] wanted something, the mother in law would say, give it to her. [If] she [=one of the daughters in law] would buy anything, the mother in law felt compelled [lit. there was a need] to boss around and criticize her. BA: How [did you say it?], [if she would buy] anything...? ZBN: Let's say she wants to buy anything... BA: No! You said in nicely, [if] she wanted something,...? ZBN: [If] she wanted anything, the mother in law would manage her [and] decide for her [or: the mother in law would this to her, decide]. She could not buy anything by herself. BA: Way way way. ZBN: Until she, the mother in law, would say yes, that was it.

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(0:00)<span class=aramaic>ZBN: ʾáya wèla,ˈ kúllu gò...ˈ ʾə̀zġaz,ˈ
jiràne wélan,ˈ ʿaràbae,ˈ məšəlmàne,ˈ
làswa ḥanafíyyát,ˈ kúllu láswalu ḥanafíyyat dəd ṃàya.ˈ
BA: kmá ʾ̣òḍe ʾə́swa lóxun?ˈ
ZBN: ʾarbá-xamšá ʾ̣òḍe ʾə́swalan,ˈ kúd xá múx ʾ̣òḍa wélu,ˈ kúd gúrre go xà-ʾ̣oḍa wéle.ˈ
ᴴharè,ˈ kól ha-məšpaḥá yàḥadᴴ k-oyàwa.ˈ
kalÃ sa,ˈ xÉ™tnawÃ se,...ˈ 
...
go xa hə́nna wèloxun,ˈʾe, ᴴšxunát kùrdim,ᴴˈ xá,ˈ xá ᴴḥèderᴴ wèla.ˈ ʾə́sra nəfáre g-damxìwa go-day-ᴴḥéder.ᴴˈ
BA: ᴴnaxòn,ᴴˈ
ZBN: u-k-eséwa ᴴʾorḥímᴴ ší, u-ʾə̀swa dúka.ˈ
ᴴʾavalᴴ bés be bábi rùwwa wèle.ˈ
rā́ba rùwwa wéle.ˈ
xzé kèf wéla l-táma,ˈ
ʾe,ˈ u-kùllu xá,ˈ xá ᴴyádᴴ wèlu,ˈ kúllu g-ʿazríwa xá-ta-d-aw xèt,ˈ
ʾeˈ kùlluˈ ᴴle-mašál šxúnaᴴ d-ʾə́swa dəd kurdiná(y)e dèni,ˈ
ᴴḥatunàᴴˈ - tmanyá yòme g-ozíwa ᴴḥatùna.ᴴˈ
xá yóma p-ṭalbìwala,ˈ 
u-xá yóma g-əmrìwa,ˈ g-ə́be mašəmʾìla,ˈ u...
u-g-ozìwaˈ ᴴšabàt,ᴴˈ m-qábel ᴴḥatúnaᴴ g-ozíwa ᴴšabàt,ᴴˈ
mnablíwa xá ṣenìyya,ˈ u-b-ḍóḷa u-zə̀rna,ˈ g-ezíwa kəz ᴴhorímᴴ dəd ᴴkalà,ᴴˈ
u-xá-lele ḥə́nna g-ozíwa hil bə̀noke,ˈ u...
u-xá-lele g-əmrìwa,ˈ
nabène,ˈ
yaʿani ᴴben ḥínna ve-zè,ˈ hafsaká yom ʾeḥàd,ᴴˈ
ᴴve...ᴴ ʾána k-íʾan ᴴminhagímᴴ dèni d-kùrdi,ˈ ʾu...
BA: ʾát gúrrax ʾàxxa,ˈ
ZBN: ʾána hàxxaˈ hè,ˈ
u-xaráe g-markwíwala kàlo l-mahìne,ˈ
BA: ʾa...
ZBN: rəš mahìne,ˈ ᴴsùs.ᴴˈ
BA: u-k-šaqlìwala lˈ-bés be ᴴḥàtan?ᴴ
ZBN: hè,ˈ g-šaqlíwala b-daréwala go ḥušès,ˈ rəš hə̀nna,ˈ
mahìne,ˈ
u-g-malúšiwala júlle dəd ᴴkalà,ᴴˈ
súdra u-kùrtak,ˈ u-hèleke,ˈ u-ṃə́ḷye də̀hwa,ˈ u-pošíya b-rèša,ˈ
u-g-doqíwala tre-tré k-masqíwala g-daréwala ʾəl ᴴsùs,ᴴˈ
u-kúd-xa k-xá ʾála g-da[w]ə́qwa ʾìza,ˈ g-doqíwa ᴴsùs,ᴴˈ
BA: ʾa!...
ZBN: u-g-nablíwala ᴴbáit ḥatàn.ˈ bètaḥᴴˈ
BA: gŭ́le, gŭ́le hwéla ʾàxx[a],ˈ ʾem,ˈ gúrra ʾàxxaˈ yan gúrra go zàxo?ˈ
ZBN: gŭ́le xási gúrra go zàxo!ˈ 
BA: ʾàˈ go zàxo,ˈ
ZBN: go záxo gúrra gòra,ˈ ᴴkèn,ᴴˈ
láswa ᴴʾúl[am],ᴴ má ʾə́swa ᴴʾulàm?ᴴ...ˈ ʾaz-ʾe g-nablìwalaˈ be-bàbe,ˈ kúllu bnása, u-baxtása g-jamʿíwa ʾəl ᴴkalà,ᴴˈ
u-xə́tna g-yatúwa ʾə́med gùre.ˈ
xaráe šoʾá yòme,ˈ
lá qablíwa ʾózawa [ʾozənwa?] čǜ-məndi.ˈ
BA: ḍóḷa u-zə̀rne,ˈ
ZBN: ḍóḷa u-zə́rne-la kud-yóm g-dayə̀qwa,ˈ
u-lá k-šòqiwaˈ kála ʾozàwaˈ ᴴklúmˈ klúmˈ klúmᴴˈ naḥqáwa ʾel čù-məndi.ˈ
híl ᴴʾaḥaréyᴴ tmanyá yòme.ˈ tmanyá yóme xaráe k-palxáwa ᴴʿavodát...ˈ
pÃ¡...á´´ˈ [laughter]
BA: hè,ˈ ᴴpàrex,ᴴˈ hè,ˈ
ZBN: ᴴʿavodá kášaᴴ k-palxàwa.ˈ
ᴴkèn.ᴴˈ
BA: kúd gúrra skə́nna be-xəmyàna,ˈ
ZBN: be-xəmyànaˈ kúllu skə́nnu ᴴyàḥad.ᴴˈ
kúd ᴴməšpáḥaᴴ ʾə̀swa,ˈ ʾéswa xa-ʾəsràˈ ᴴməšpaḥòtᴴˈ go-xá bèsa.ˈ
ʾə́swa batàneˈ rùw̄̄w̄̄eˈ u-xa-ḥòšˈ u-ᴴməsavívᴴ kúl̄̄l̄̄uˈ ʾ̣ọ̀ḍe.ˈ
u-kúd xá u-ʾ̣ọ́ḍa dìde.ˈ
u-b-léle b-yasqíwa g-damxìwa,ˈ u-b-yóma kúl̄̄l̄̄u mə́zġaz g-ezèwa.ˈ
xá g-ewə́zwa nèhraˈ u-xá gə-mbašə̀lwaˈ u-xá k-xayə̀ṭwa.ˈ u-xá g-ezə́lwa g-meséwa ṃạ̀ya,ˈ há?ˈ
BA: damet-xmása g-naṣyạ́ẉa məd-kàlsa,ˈ má g-ozìwa?ˈ
ZBN: wī́!ˈ 
xá ᴴbalagánᴴ koyáwa ṇaṣùṣa,ˈ garšáwa xmàsa,ˈ ʾəl kàlsa,ˈ g-ozáwa fasadúsa béna u-bén gòra,ˈ
ᴴbalagánᴴ ṇaṣúṣa g-ozìwa,ˈ u-l-tám xmàsa wéla hə́nna,ˈ 
BA: á´´kovÃ¡Ê¿at.á´´ˈ
ZBN: á´´kovÃ Ê¿at.á´´ˈ
mád ʾamráwa xmása,ˈ ᴴzèhu zé.ᴴˈ
ʾáya wèla.ˈ
ʾamráwa b-axlétun átta, b-axlìwa,ˈ ʾamráwalu lá k-əxlétun átta là k-əxlíwa.ˈ
g-ə́be yapètunˈ masètun.ˈ
k-esèwa,ˈ hə̀nna,ˈ ᴴḥagìm,ᴴˈ
ʾe... pə̀sḥa,ˈ
kúl̄̄l̄̄ùˈ mqábel pə̀sḥa,ˈ
bəd-tré šabàṯa,ˈ ṭḷàha,ˈ 
g-ezíwa ʾəl xawòra,ˈ g-əmrìwale,ˈ
jắlal,ˈ ʾe...
jắlal kəstàye,ˈ hàdax múx,ˈ
dáx ᴴba-hàrᴴ wéle,ˈ la wéleˈ ᴴyámᴴ rùwwa,ˈ múx jằlal,ˈ
g-ezìwa,ˈ
g-ozíwa néhra l-táma, ḥráme gə-mxalíwalu maḥfùre,ˈ
ᴴməzronìmᴴˈ kúllu gə-mxalìwalu,ˈ g-daréwalu go ṃàyaˈ gə-mxalìwalu,ˈ
g-daréwalu reš qàṭre,ˈ 
híl g-wešìwa.ˈ
u-báser g-wešìwa,ˈ ᴴʾazᴴ kúllu g-daʾapìwalu,ˈ pappukìn.ˈ
u-g-daréwalu rəš xmàra u-k-eséwa ʿasə̀rtā̄,ˈ líšanu bəš yeríxa-le mən ʾàqlu.ˈ
BA: flìše,ˈ he,ˈ
ZBN: ta pə̀sḥa.ˈ
ᴴʾavalᴴ pə́sḥa pə̀sḥa wéla go ʿíraq,ˈ lá wéla mux ʾàxxa,ˈ
xá yàrxa,ˈ tré yárxe m-qábel pə́sḥa g-yatwíwa g-ozíwa láxma raqìqa,ˈ 
šoʾá tmanyá baxtàsa.ˈ
g-yatwíwa,ˈ u-g-ozíwa láxma ràqiqa.ˈ xá g-e[w]ə́zwalu hàdxaˈ xá bə́ž rùwwe,ˈ xá bə́ž rùwwe,ˈ ʾə́d lá mə̀lxa.ˈ
g-ozíwā̄,ˈ má ʾamrànaxˈ tre ṭḷ[áh]a guníyye kúd ᴴməšpaḥà.ᴴˈ 
g-jamʿíwaˈ g-ozíwa láxma raqíqa ta tmanyá yòme.ˈ
ᴴʾazᴴ ʾə́swa ʾə̀rxeˈ də́d məšəlmàne wéla,ˈ ʾavál ta ᴴpèsaḥ,ᴴˈ m-qábel ᴴpésaḥ,ᴴˈ tré šabàsaˈ ṭḷàha,ˈ g-ozíwala, ʿaġàla,ˈ 
u...ˈ u-k-taxníwa qàmxa ʾáxnan,ˈ k-taxnáxwa qàmxa l-tám.ˈ e xə́ṭṭe gə-mxalìwala,ˈ u-g-mawišìwala.ˈ 
žnít g-ezíwa ʾel e hə̀nna,ˈ ʾəl ṭaḥùne,ˈ g-taxnìwala.ˈ žnít k-séwa g-yapèwa.ˈ
ʾè wéla,ˈ ᴴbètaḥ.ᴴˈ
BA: ᴴʾázᴴ ʾə̀rxeˈ ᴴmexonát tḥìnaᴴ híla?ˈ 
ZBN: hé,ˈ ᴴmexonát tḥína,ᴴ k-taxnàwā̄,ˈ ʿolám qámxe u-mə́ndi k-taxnàwa.ˈ 
BA: ʾatta-kúd k-palə̀xwa,ˈ kúllu pàreˈ g-meséwalu tá... xmàse?ˈ
ZBN: hè,ˈ hè,ˈ kúllu ᴴyàḥadᴴ wélu.ˈ
mád yawáwalu xmàsu,ˈ ʾáya wèla.ˈ ʾáni lá-g-naḥqíwa ʾəl čú-mə̀ndi.ˈ kalása, làʾ!ˈ
kúllu k-palxíwa ᴴyàḥad,ᴴˈ u-kúllu xmása u-xəmyàna wélu.ˈ
ʾəbéwa xà-məndi,ˈ xmása b-amráwa, hàllula.ˈ 
xá mə́ndi zonàwa,ˈ g-əbéwa xmása mʿamràwa.ˈ
BA: ṃáṭo xá məndí...?
ZBN: ᴴmàšehu nagíd rot͡sá liknót...ᴴ 
BA: ᴴló!ᴴ sqíla mə̀rax,ˈ xá-məndi g-əbàwa,...?
ZBN: xá-məndi ʾebàwa,ˈ xmása gə-nheláwa [gə-hənna-wa?] ṭáḷa qavʿàwa.ˈ
lá-mṣáwa mnóša zonáwa čù-məndi.ˈ
BA: wáy wáy wày,ˈ
ZBN: hílla xmàsa,ˈ ʾamráwa hè,ˈ ʾàya wéla.ˈ

Translation:

(0:00)ZBN: That is how it was. Everybody [lit. all of them] together [lit. in together].
We were neighbors. Arabs, Muslims.
There were no taps. No one had [lit. all of them did not have] water taps.
BA: How many rooms did you have?
ZBN: We had four-five rooms. Each one [of them] was like a room [=each room was separate]. Whoever got married had his own room [lit. each (one who) married was in one room].
After all, all of the family used to live [lit. be] together. 
Daughters in law, his sons in law,...
...
You used to live in one, eh, [in] the Kurdish neighborhood [in Jerusalem], one, there was [only] one room. Ten persons used to sleep in that room.
BA: Right,
ZBN: And guests used to come and they have [also] had place.
But the house of the family of my father [back in Zakho] was large.
Very large it was.
Look, it was joyous there [lit. joy was there].
Eh, and all were one hand [=cooperating, mutually helping]. Everyone [lit. all of them] was helping one another. 
Eh, everyone, for instance the neighborhood of Kurds [=Kurdish Jews] that was [there], [that neighborhood] of ours. [or: the neighborhood of our Kurds (=Kurdish Jews) that was (there)],... 
A wedding - they used to hold each wedding for eight days [lit. eight days they used to make a wedding].
[On] a certain [lit. one] day they would ask for her hand,
and [on another] day they would say [=plan, decide], [today is the day we] should [perform the ritual of] informing her [about her future marriage, lit. make her hear].
And they used to hold [lit. make] a [ceremonial] Shabbat, before the wedding they would hold [lit. make] a [ceremonial] Shabbat.
They would carry a metal tray [with jewellery henna and the bride price] , and with Dola and Zurne  they would go to the parents of the bride. 
And another [lit. one] night they would do Henna, until the morning. And... 
And one night they would say [=decide that this night will be],
a Between.
Meaning between Henna and this, a break of one day.
And... I know? [=What else can I tell] our customs, [the customs] of the Kurds [=Kurdish Jews]. And... 
BA: You were married here,
ZBN: I [was married] here, yes.
And afterwards they would put the bride on a horse.
BA: Oh...
ZBN: On top of a horse, a horse.
BA: And they would take her to the house of the family of the groom?
ZBN: Yes, they would take her [and] put her in a [???], on top of this,
horse.
And they would dress her up in bride's clothes.
A shirt and a robe, and a vest, and covered [lit. filled] with gold, and a turban on her head.   
And they would grab her two-two [=in pairs] [and] lift her [and] put her on the horse. 
And each one would hold her on one side, [and] they would hold [firm] the horse,... 
BA: Oh!...
ZBN: ...and they would take her to the groom's house. Sure.
BA: Gule, Gule was born here? Um, was married here or was she married in Zakho?
ZBN: My sister Gule was married in Zakho!
BA: Oh, in Zakho,
ZBN: She married her husband in Zakho, yes.
There has not been a [wedding] hall,  what hall has there been [in Zakho]? So she [the bride], they would take her to his [the groom's] family house. All of the girls and the women gathered around the bride,
and the groom would sit with the men.
After that, [for] seven days,
they would not permit her to do anything [any domestic work].
BA: [They would celebrate with] Dola and Zurne, 
ZBN: It was Dola and Zurne, playing every day [lit. every day pounding]. 
And they would not let the bride do anything, nothing, nothing, [they would not let her] touch any thing.
Up until eight days afterwards. Eight days afterwards she would work hard... 
Hard labour...
BA: Yes, hard labour, yes,
ZBN: She would do difficult work.
Yes.
BA: Whoever got married lived at her father in law's house [?]
ZBN: [Yes] her father in law's house. They all lived together.
Each family was, was about ten families [living] in one house.
There were very large houses. And a courtyard [for each house] and rooms all around it.
And each one [=each nuclear family] had his room [lit. and each one and his room].
And at night[s] they would go up [on their beds] and in the day[s] everyone went [out and work] together.
One would do the laundry, and one would cook, and one would sew. And one would go [and] bring water. What? 
BA: When the mother in law quarrelled with the daughter in law, what would they do?
ZBN: Wi!
[It has been] one mess, there would be a fight, the mother in law would fight with the daughter in law, she [the mother] would spark a dispute between her [the daughter in law] and her husband.
They would make a mess, a fight. And there [in Zakho] the mother in law was this,
BA: the person who made the decisions.
ZBN: the person who made the decisions.
Whatever the mother in law would say, that was it.
That was that.
[Whenever] she said 'eat now', they would eat,
[whenever] she told them 'do not eat now', they would not eat.
'You should bake, launder'.
[Whenever] this, the Festivals came,
eh... Passover,
Everyone, before Passover,
two [or] three weeks [before],
used to go to the river. It is called [lit. they say to it]
the stream, eh...
the stream of the old Christian neighborhood of Zakho.  It was like,
like in the mountain[s]. It was not a large sea, it was like a [small] brook.
They would go,
[and] make laundry there, they would wash the blankets, the carpets,  
mattresses, they would wash all of them, put them in the water, wash them.
They would put them on the rocks,
until they were dried.
And after they would dry, they would fold all of them, poor [women]. 
And they would put them on a donkey and come back [to town] [very late] in the evening. Their tongue longer than their feet.
BA: Exhausted, yes,
ZBN: for Passover.
But, Passover was indeed Passover [back] in Iraq. It was not like [it is] here.
One month, two months before Passover, they used to sit [and] make thin bread.  
seven [or] eight women.
They would sit and make thin bread. One would make them [the units of bread] as [big as] that. One, bigger. One, [even] bigger. Without salt.
They would make, what shall I tell you, two [or] three sacks [for] each family.
They would gather [and] prepare thin bread for eight day [the eight days of Passover].
So, there was a mill, it belonged to Muslims [lit. of Muslims it was], but for Passover, before Passover, two [or] three weeks, they would kosher it for Passover [lit. do _ag_a_la (=Heb. hag_ala) to it]. 
And they would mill flour, we would mill flour there. Eh, They would wash the wheat and dry it.
Only then they would go to eh this, to the mill, [and] mill it. And then they would come [bake] and bake. 
This [is how it] was, sure.
BA: So ___rxe is a milling machine?
ZBN: Yes, milling machine, it used to mill... abundance [lit. Heb. world] of flours and things it used to mill.  
BA: Now, whoever worked, would bring all the money to... the mother in law?
ZBN: Yes, yes, everyone was together. 
Whatever the mother in law would give them, that was it. They [the daughters in law] would not touch a thing. Daughters in law, no!
Everyone would work together, and all of it was [for] the mother and father in law [or: and all was the mother and father in law. =they were the decisive factor in all things].
[When someone] wanted something, the mother in law would say, give it to her.
[If] she [=one of the daughters in law] would buy anything, the mother in law felt compelled [lit. there was a need] to boss around and criticize her. 
BA: How [did you say it?], [if she would buy] anything...?
ZBN: Let's say she wants to buy anything...
BA: No! You said in nicely, [if] she wanted something,...?
ZBN: [If] she wanted anything, the mother in law would manage her [and] decide for her [or: the mother in law would this to her, decide].
She could not buy anything by herself.
BA: Way way way.
ZBN: Until she, the mother in law, would say yes, that was it.