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Jewish cantillation and song of the Isle of Djerba (manuscript) : music examples.

Jewish cantillation and song of the Isle of Djerba (manuscript) : festival songs.

Recueil de commentaires sur le Talmud

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Recueil de commentaires sur le Talmud

‫ קובץ

Jewish cantillation and song of the Isle of Djerba (manuscript) : 2nd proofs.

Jewish cantillation and song of the Isle of Djerba (manuscript) : 1st proofs.

Jérôme Bel de Blois. Hoc volumen complectitur observationes...

Jérôme Bel de Blois. Hoc volumen complectitur observationes...

Japhet ben Elie Ha-lévi (10..-11..). Commentaire de la Genèse. Hébreu 278. Japhet ben Elie Ha-Lévi (10..-11..). Commentaire sur la Genèse (tome 2).

Japhet ben Elie Ha-lévi (10..-11..). Commentaire de la Genèse. ‫ יפת בן עלי, הלוי‫ פרוש התורה ליפת בן עלי (בראשית) ‬

Recueil de deux traités de médecine

Recueil de deux traités de médecine

"שיויתי" / קמע גדול מצויר ביד – הֵרָאט, אפגניסטן

"שיויתי" / קמע גדול מצויר ביד – הֵרָאט, אפגניסטן

Large "shiviti" for wall hanging, with kabbalistic motifs and letter combinations for protection and safekeeping. Herat, western Afghanistan, [late 19th or early 20th century]. Ink on paper. Large and impressive "shiviti". Its top features Star of David ornaments, tablets of the covenant and crowns; in its center, ten psalms written in the form of large menorahs and Stars of David; in the margins and beneath the menorahs, psalms in the form of arches. In its lower section appears a lengthy text in Hebrew and Hebrew-Arabic/Persian, interspersed with kabbalistic letter combinations; there also appears the name of the scribe: "--- the young Messiah Ashgari the small, dust beneath the feet of the wise, inhabitant of Herat Afghanistan... for the peace of the righteous, worthy youth A—Samuel Ḥai --- Simeon may he live long, he and all his household and family and all --- and his relatives and all that is his...". At the end of the text appears the verse "[The Almighty] Shaddai bless you, and make you fruitful and multiply; and you shall be, a multitude of peoples" – a charm for fertility. 59×49 cm, in a 71.5×61 cm frame. Fair to poor condition. Stains. Tears, some with damage to the text (particularly in the margins) – underwent professional conservation. Creases and fold marks. Not examined outside the frame.

Me'ah She'arim (Sha'arei Simha)

מאה שערים

Le Cantique des Cantiques

# THE SONG OF SONGS (French version: Le Cantique des Cantiques) One of the Five Megillot. The Hebrew title, , is commonly understood to mean "the most excellent of songs, composed by Solomon…

Japhet ben Elie Ha-lévi (10..-11..). Commentaire de la Genèse. Hébreu 277 Japhet ben Elie Ha-Lévi (10..-11..). Commentaire de la Genèse (tome 1)

Japhet ben Elie Ha-lévi (10..-11..). Commentaire de la Genèse. ‫ יפת בן עלי, הלוי. ‫ פרוש התורה ליפת בן עלי (בראשית)

Japhet ben Elie Ha-lévi (10..-11..). Commentaire de la Genèse. Hébreu 277 Japhet ben Elie Ha-Lévi (10..-11..). Commentaire de la Genèse (tome 1)

Japhet ben Elie Ha-lévi (10..-11..). Commentaire de la Genèse. ‫ יפת בן עלי, הלוי. ‫ פרוש התורה ליפת בן עלי (בראשית)

קבלה

Shkhol ve-Kishalon

שכול וכישלון

Hebrew novel by Yosef Haïm Brenner.

דרשות;קבלה

Enoch, Livres D'

Apocryphal works attributed to Enoch. From Gen. v. 24 ("Enoch walked with God" and "God took him"), a cycle of Jewish legends about Enoch was derived, which, joined to apocalyptic speculations naturally attributed to a man credited with superhuman knowledge,…

לימוד ל"ג בעומר

לימוד ל"ג בעומר

This is part of a book about the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba-Omer. There is no publication information. Dimensions: 18.80 cm × 13.50 cm. 2 page(s).

Japhet ben Elie Ha-lévi (9..-10..).Commentaire sur Lamentations et Esther

שלשה כרוזי מחאה - הרב קוק

שלשה כרוזי מחאה - הרב קוק

* The Chief Rabbinate of the Land of Israel against football on Saturday - printed proclamation of the letter of the Chief Rabbis Rabbi Jacob Meir and Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, Tammuz 5691 (1931). * "Toward the Bearers of Light" - small printed proclamation by Rabbi S. B. Shulman in the name of Rabbi Kook against football games on Saturday. * "Public Protest" - printed proclamation by Rabbi Kook against the words of Itamar Ben-Avi against our people and our Holy Torah. Jerusalem, Kislev 5693 (1932). 3 proclamations, varying size and condition.