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Habacuc, Livre de

Content. — Biblical data: One of the twelve books of the minor prophets. It divides easily into two parts: (1) ch. i. and ii.; (2) ch. iii. The first part is a « massa » (a prophecy of condemnation). But contrary to usage in the other books…

To Remain a Jew

להישאר יהודי

Memoirs of Yitzchok Zilber on the preservation of Judaism in the Soviet Union.

מזרח-קמיע מודפס – סגולה מהמגיד מטוריסק – טורונטו, קנדה

מזרח-קמיע מודפס – סגולה מהמגיד מטוריסק – טורונטו, קנדה

מזרח – קמיע, מודפס בצבעים כחול ואדום. [טורונטו, קנדה]. לחשים, שמות קדושים וצירופי-אותיות, פרשת הקטורת וקטעי-תפלה. צורת כף היד עם צירופי אותיות ושמות. "שמירה סגולה הזאת נתנה מאת המקובלים הקדמונים ולאחרונה יצאה לאור בהוספה מאת המגיד הקדוש מעיר טוריסק זצ"ל בארץ רוסיא צוהל החסידים שלו לתלותה בבית במקום נקי". בצדו האחורי מודעה מודפסת ביידיש, אודות חשיבות קניית ה"שמירה-סגולה" הזאת, מאת הרב יודל רוזנברג מטורונטו-קנדה [מחבר "נפלאות מהר"ל"]. 44 ס"מ, מצב טוב. קמטים וקרעים בשוליים. נקב לתליה בחלקו העליון. מספר כתמים כהים.

Blank Tickets from the Meir Tawieg Synagogue

This is a booklet of blank tickets in Judeo-Arabic from the Meir Tawieg Synagogue in Baghdad. Dimensions: 21.30 cm. 3 page(s).

Ra'aytu al-yatāmā lā yasuddu fuqūrahum

Arabic poem attributed to Samaw'al ibn 'Ādiyā, poet from pre-Islamic Arabia.

[Book Section - Prayer Book]

This is a prayer book for one of the three pilgrimage festivals, Shavuot. There is no publication information. Dimensions : 18.30 cm × 11.40 cm. 2 page(s).

Aade Ad Chug Shamayim

אאדה עד חוג שמים

Liturgical poem (piyyut) by Elʻazar Hakalir.

The American Hebrew

# Origin and Management A weekly journal whose first issue was published in New York on November 21, 1879. It was founded mainly through the efforts of F. de Sola Mendes, who, together with Philip Cowen, the journal's editor since its first issue, interested several…

The Oath to the Red Flag

Dictionnaires, Hébreux

The oldest known work providing a lexical overview of a part of the Hebrew language, with commentaries, is the dictionary of biblical proper names (Ερμενεία Εβραικῶν ΟΝομάτων) attributed to Philo of Alexandria, and in any case the work of a Greek Jew. Origen, in the…

Euripides and the Spirit of His Dreams (trad. de Paul Decharme)

Translation by James Loeb (translator).

Un universo inquieto

Collection of writings by Rita Levi-Montalcini (2001).

[Book Section - Jewish Law]

This is from a book about Jewish law. There is no publication information. Dimensions : 21.90 cm × 15.00 cm. 2 page(s).

The Emperor and the Kite

Picture book for children by Jane Yolen inspired by a Chinese tale.

אוסף אמצעי תשלום - מזון

אוסף אמצעי תשלום - מזון

60 means of payment and food vouchers. Among them: food ration slips from the Ministry of Defense, the General Committee "Knesset Israel", the Jewish Agency and others, as well as several items from before the establishment of the state, including a "ration card" from 1945 and a card for the wheat storehouse by Jamal Pasha, 1917. Varying size and condition.

Baraïta de R. Phinehas B. Jair

**1.** See Midrash Tadshe. **2.** A Baraita printed by Grünhut, in "Sefer ha-Liḳḳuṭim," ii. 20_b_\-21_a_. It contains the words of R. Phinehas b. Jair and R. Eliezer ha-Gadol on the messianic times and on the different degrees of piety given in Soṭah ix. 15. The…

Archives Israélites

# ARCHIVES ISRAÉLITES French Jewish review founded in 1840 by Samuel Cahen, author of a French translation of the Hebrew Bible. The first issue appeared in January 1840 in the form of an octavo pamphlet of sixty-four pages, entitled « Archives Israélites de…

[Book Section - Book of Psalms]

This is from the biblical book of Psalms including commentaries. There is no publication information. Dimensions: 23.40 cm × 16.10 cm. 2 page(s).

[Book Section - Prayer Book, Three Pilgrimage Festivals]

This is a prayer book for the three pilgrimage festivals. There is no publication information. Dimensions : 18.20 cm × 13.50 cm. 200 page(s).

And the Moon is Dripping Madness

Two Horses by the Light Line

The Information Eater

There is no Real Woman in Israel

Between Boulders of Basalt and Foundation