YYA> You don�t know anyone like that? Maybe that has to do with where you live and how much interaction you have with Sephardim and Teimanim aged 70 and up?
Obviously, you know more people like that. Still, I do meet enough of these groups to get some statistics. Otherwise, I would not make such a statement. If you can’t fight off the yetzer hara questioning whether I have substance when I make statements, we can as well stop this Stasi interrogation.
So, if I know 100 Sephardim and 99 of them did not have such experiences, then this is limited to 1%. Now, you know 10 people with such experiences but these are out of1000 sephardim, then it is still 1%. Obviously, there are biases, as not each of them travels to America and I did not visit all communities in Israel, but I also read and talk to people that travel. Anyway, if you can show that such experiences were prevalent – I’ll be happy to listen.