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Although less than in Ashkenazi Jews, there is a higher incidence of certain hereditary diseases in Sephardi Jews. The most important ones are:

See also Jewish Genetics Center about testing.

their own ritual, which differed widely from the Ashkenazic.

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SephardiIn the strictest sense, a Sephardi Standard Hebrew Sfardi Tiberian Hebrew Spard plural Sephardim Standard Hebrew Sfardim Tiberian Hebrew Spardim is a Jew original to the Iberian Peninsula ( Spain and Portugal: Standard Hebrew Sfarad Tiberian Hebrew Spara	Sephardic JudaismSephardic Judaism as opposed to Ashkenazic Judaism from Eastern Europe, is one of the two major traditions of Judaism. Literally translated from the Hebrew, it means "Spanish. The tradition was heavily influenced by Spanish scholars including Maimonides.	Sephardic musicThe Sephardic Jews are one of the two main ethnicities among Diaspora Jews, the other being the Ashkenazi. Sephardic Jews originally referred just to the Jews in Spain, but now applies to the entire Mediterranean region. The Spanish Jewish community, howe
Sephardi Hebrew languageThe Sephardi Hebrew language is an offshoot of Biblical Hebrew favored for liturgical use by Sephardi Jewish practice. Its phonology was influenced by contact languages such as Ladino, Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish and Arabic. When Eliezer ben Yehuda drafted