Sephardi Crossword Puzzle

3. The author of "L'chah Dodi" (one of the loveliest religious poems ever written).
5. Religious poem written by Spanish Jews.
8. An approach to religion that helps human beings connect to the divine.
9. A Language that began as a mixture of Hebrew and Spanish, as well as Arabic, and took on more words from other languages when Jews were forced into exile from Spain.
11. A city in Spain.
12. an acronym for Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon; a well know Jewish philosopher who influenced Torah scholars of the Middle Ages.
13. A Jew who converted to Christianity either willingly or by force, but secretly continued to practice Judaism, Also called New Christians- mostly those that secretly converted.

1. Closet; a place in a synagogue or school where sacred books (Torah scrolls, siddurim, books of Mishna or Talmud, etc.) that can no longer be used because old/torn/unreadable/ and stored; in preparation for burial.
2. A Jew of a Spanish/ Portuguese descent; after being exiled from Spain in 1492, may have gone to North Africa and continued the traditions of Spain.
4. A palace/fortress in the city on Granada with hundreds of rooms.
6. The Roman name for Spain and Portugal; Now these 2 countries make up the Iberian Peninsula.
7. Prime Minister; important and close advisor to the king/sultan/leader, such as Hasdai ibn Shaprut and Samuel NaNagid.
8. People lived between the Black Sea and the Caspian; the king converted to Judaism around 800 C.E.; most of the population followed.
10. Sephardic word/term for a rabbi-leader of a congregation.