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A ritual among members of this cultural group to protect children from fairies included singing a verse about a dove and evolved into the fijola ceremony. Families of this group sew clothes for a newborn in the kortar fashadura ceremony and for the soon-to-be dead in the kortar mortaja. The Xueta (“SHWAY-tuh”) community and many groups of anusim are both descended from members of this group. (-5[1])Members of this group practice a rite influenced by the work of (*) Isaac Luria, (-5[1])the Edot HaMizrach. This group often can’t mix fish and dairy but can consume kitniyot, or legumes and grains, during Passover. Mizrahis are often conflated with this Ladino-speaking group, which developed after the Alhambra Decree. For 10 points, name this group of Jews with Iberian ancestry, the second largest after the (10[1])Ashkenazim. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Sephardim [or Sepharadim; or Sephardic Jews; or Sephardi Jews; accept Sephardic Judaism or Sephardi Judaism; prompt on Spanish Jews or Portuguese Jews or Iberian Jews; prompt on conversos or marranos; prompt on Mizrahi with “what group do they share their rite with?”]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Religion>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Allan LeeStanfordBerkeley C64-5
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley ABerkeley B78-5
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley CStanford12910
Swapnil GargBerkeley BBerkeley A13010

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2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%0%107.67
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y786%0%43%109.50
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%0%100%129.50
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