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Everyone knows that Sephardics and Ashkenazis wrap tefillin differently. But how did/do Romaniotes (from parts of Greece, mainly Ioannina) wrap it?

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    I assume you're referring to standing versus sitting while putting on the hand-tefillin, but can you [edit] to make that clearer? – msh210 Aug 01 '18 at 05:24
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    Like this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KLecUbnjirI – Kazi bácsi Aug 01 '18 at 08:01
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    @Kazibácsi So basically they wrap tefillin like most Sepharadim. – ezra Aug 01 '18 at 12:40
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    @ezra This is what I definitely see there, although I'm not an expert. You should also note that many Italian Jews are sefardim themselves (like Livorno, most of Venice). Unfortunately I can't ask my Roman friends now, but ב"נ I'll do later on. – Kazi bácsi Aug 01 '18 at 15:06
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    @msh210 I actually assumed OP is asking about the wrapping on the hand. – Oliver Aug 01 '18 at 16:42
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    I'd venture to assume the tefilin-wrapping was like the Sefardic tradition. Much of the Romaniote communities in Greece (aside from Ioannina; Patras, Preveza, Crete, Chalcis) were overwhelmed by Sefardim after the Spanish expulsion and, save for the liturgy in which nusach 'Roma' and nusach 'Italki' kept some old traditional peculiarities, they adopted Sefardic ritual. – Oliver Aug 01 '18 at 16:53
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    @Oliver Here he says that this knot probably comes from Firenze, which was prone to "Sefardisation." I've asked a Roman guy now. – Kazi bácsi Aug 02 '18 at 15:36

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