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Bible. A.T. Pentateuque (hébreu) Russie

פרוש הגדה של פסח

Maalot HaTorah

מעלות התורה

אגרת אל עזריה אוטולנגי

Hébreu 1378. Naphtali Zvi Hirsch ben Aharon Yoshua Eli. Drašwṯ

נפתלי צבי הירש בן אהרן יושע אלי. דרשות

כתובה. הראת, אפגניסטן. תקפ"ט

Fundamenta nova theoriae functionum ellipticarum

Scientific treatise by Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi. (1829)

קשר גודל

Geschichte und Würdigung der Musik bei den Hebräern

Geschichte und Würdigung der Musik bei den Hebräern — work by Joseph Levin Saalschütz (1829).

Hébreu 1378. Naphtali Zvi Hirsch ben Aharon Yoshua Eli. Drašwṯ

נפתלי צבי הירש בן אהרן יושע אלי. דרשות

פרוש מסכת אבות

HaKtav VeHaKabalah

הכתב והקבלה

19th-century commentary by an opponent of Reform Judaism meant to demonstrate how the oral tradition is derived from the biblical text.

יוסף בסדר

Festpredigten für alle Feyertage des Herrn

Festpredigten für alle Feyertage des Herrn — work by Gotthold Salomon (1829).

Responsa of the Hatam Sofer — Guardian of Tradition

שו"ת חתם סופר

The Responsa of the Hatam Sofer constitute the most important legal monument of 19th-century Orthodox Judaism. His famous axiom — "innovation is forbidden by the Torah" — summarizes his position of absolute resistance to emerging liberal Judaism reforms. His Pressburg yeshiva became the model of Orthodox education in Central Europe.

Beit Aharon

בית אהרן

Foundational 19th-century work of the Karliner chasidic sect consisting of Torah insights of its leaders, compiled by the fourth Karliner rebbe.

Lehem ha-Bikkurim (Hebrew grammar)

לחם הביכורים

Minchat Ani on Pesach Haggadah

מנחת עני על הגדה של פסח

19th-century commentary by German scholar Rabbi Yaakov Ettlinger, author of the Talmud commentary Arukh LaNer.

Contributions à la revue Kerem Ḥemed

כרם חמד

Articles by Samuel Vita della Volta (1830s–1840s).

Afra de-Avraham — Abraham Ankawa

Afra de-Avraham — "Dust of Abraham" — collection of homilies by Abraham ben Mordekhaï Ankawa, remaining in manuscript. The nature of the work (homilies) is given by the Jewish Encyclopedia (1906), taken up by Encyclopedia.com (single source). The work figures among Ankawa's unpublished works, alongside Millel le-Avraham. Provenance: 1 Personal library of Abraham Ankawa 2 Ankawist descendants / Tlemcen-Oran-Salé family network Codicological note — origin Maghreb; script: Maghrebi; editorial status: Unpublished. — Source: Mémoires des Manuscrits Juifs du Moyen-Âge Maghrébin (MMJMM), https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/to-locate-ankawa-afra-de-avraham.

Motar Kinnim

מותר קנים על משנה קינים

19th-century commentary on tractate Kinnim by Rabbi Yitzchak Aizik Safrin of Komarna.

Über die Stellung der Bekenner des mosaischen Glaubens in Deutschland

Essay/political pamphlet by Gabriel Riesser. (1830-1831 (Altona, 2nd ed. 1831))

Beit Yaakov on Torah

בית יעקב על התורה

Sermons of Rabbi Yaakov Leiner, based on the teachings of his father, the Izhbitzer, and published by his son, Rabbi Gershon Leiner.

Otsar Ḥokhmah — Abraham Ankawa

Otsar Ḥokhmah — an unpublished work by Abraham ben Mordekhaï Ankawa (1810–1890), dayan of Salé then founder of a Talmudic academy in Tlemcen. The Jewish Encyclopedia (1906), taken up by Encyclopedia.com (sole source), specifies its nature: an abridgment of the Otzrot Ḥayyim by Ḥayyim Vital (Lurianic kabbalah). It appears in the list of Ankawa's unpublished works. Provenance: 1 Personal library of Abraham Ankawa 2 Ankawa descendants / Tlemcen-Oran-Salé family network Codicological notice — origin Maghreb; script: Maghrebi; editorial status: Unpublished. — Source: Mémoires des Manuscrits Juifs du Moyen-Âge Maghrébin (MMJMM), https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/to-locate-ankawa-otsar-hokhmah.