Sephardic Vocabulary Crossword

Language spoken by Sephardic Jews in Spain and Portugal
An advisor to the king or prime minister; also someone with a high position in the government
Germanic tribe that conquered Iberia from the Romans and persecuted the Jews
European peninsula including Spain and Portugal
A storage area in a synagogue where worn out sacred writings containing the name of G-d are kept before burial
Jews whose ancestors originated in the Iberian Peninsula
People living between the Black and Caspian seas who converted to Judaism in the 1000's
One of greatest Jewish scholars of all time, also known as Rambam
Sephardi religious poems often used in the siddur as introductions to prayers.
A Jew in Spain or Portugal who converted to Christianity, usually under threat of death
Jewish mysticism
Sephardic rabbi or leader
City in Spain that was the main center of Jewish literary and intellectual life
Spanish Jewish physician considered the greatest of all the medieval Hebrew poets
Palace and fortress in Granada Spain that served as the royal court of Ferdinand and Isabella