Adio Kerida (Goodbye my Beloved), a sad song about the expulsion of Sephardic Jews from Spain and Portugal, two countries they called home, echoed cheerfully through the walls of Edirne Great Synagogue during its re-opening ceremony. When this meaningful song was sung altogether once again at the end of the ceremony, some had tears in their eyes and some had their hands on their hearts. However, this five hundred years old requiem that symbolizes the yearning of Sephardic Jews had a whole different meaning, this time. All the Jews of this land and especially the Thrace Jews who were expelled from their homes in 1934, sang this song as “one”, with pure joy. And this time the tears that ran down their eyes were tears of joy instead of tears of sadness.