Sephardic Jews were exiled from which country (Sepharad is the Hebrew name for that country)?
Sepharad themselves as Sephardi Jews (Hebrew, plural: "Sepharadim") and identify Spain as "Sepharad" in modern Hebrew. Sepharad Sepharad ( "Sp̄āraḏ"; also "Sefarad", "Sephared", "Sfard"), is a biblical place name of uncertain location. It is mentioned only once in the Bible, in the Book of Obadiah (, 6th century BC). There are, however, Old Persian inscriptions that refer to two places called "Saparda" (alternative reading: "Sparda"): one area in Media and another in Asia Minor. It is speculated that Sepharad could have been Sardis, whose native Lydian name is "Sfard" or "Sward". Since the period of 2nd century Ancient Rome, Spanish Jews
Sepharad Sepharad Sepharad ( "Sp̄āraḏ"; also "Sefarad", "Sephared", "Sfard"), is a biblical place name of uncertain location. It is mentioned only once in the Bible, in the Book of Obadiah (, 6th century BC). There are, however, Old Persian inscriptions that refer to two places called "Saparda" (alternative reading: "Sparda"): one area in Media and another in Asia Minor. It is speculated that Sepharad could have been Sardis, whose native Lydian name is "Sfard" or "Sward". Since the period of 2nd century Ancient Rome, Spanish Jews gave the name "Sepharad" to the Iberian peninsula. The descendants of Iberian Jews refer to