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Jewish Abend-post

Journal in Yiddish, published daily except on Saturday and Jewish holidays, founded in New York on February 3, 1899 by Jacob Saphirstein and Joseph L. Rosenbaum; currently (1904) published by the Jewish Press Publishing Company. Its first editor was George…

[Book Section - Masekhet Menuḥot, Talmud Bavli]

This is a tractate of the Babylonian Talmud. It discusses offerings in the Temple in Jerusalem. There is no publication information. Dimensions: 34.20 cm × 23.40 cm. 6 page(s).

חנוך לנער

חנוך לנער

This is part of a book about Jewish Law and Jewish stories for children. There is no publication information. Dimensions: 18.60 cm × 14.00 cm. 3 page(s).

ספר עין יעקב

ספר עין יעקב

This is a book of commentary on Jewish literature. There is no date of publication. Dimensions: 18.60 cm × 12.90 cm. Publisher: Bi-Defus ṿe-Hotsaʼot ha-Almanah ṿe-ha-Aḥim Rom. Place of publication: Vilna, Lithuania. 5 page(s).

שבט מוסר

שבט מוסר

This is a book of Jewish ethics. There is no publication information. Dimensions : 16.20 cm × 12.50 cm. 3 page(s).

L'exponent Juif

A weekly newspaper published in Philadelphia and Baltimore since 1887, the date of its founding by the Jewish Exponent Publishing Company. Charles Hoffman is its editor, and Ephraim Lederer assistant director. It represents American Judaism in its broadest sense, and also…

Commentaire Juif

A weekly published in Baltimore, Md., since May 29, 1895. Its first editor-in-chief was Max Myers; he was replaced by Louis H. Levin. The theological position of the "Comment" is conservative, but it readily welcomes a free exchange of opinions between Radicals…

Book Covers

These are groups of book covers. 1 page(s).

[Book Section - Book of Deuteronomy]

This is from the biblical book of Deuteronomy. There is no publication information. Dimensions : 17.00 cm × 12.10 cm. 1 page(s).

[Book Section - Book of Writings]

This is part of the biblical Books of Writings. Included is Chronicles. There is no publication information. Dimensions: 37.50 cm × 23.30 cm. 2 page(s).

גנת אגוז

גנת אגוז

These are two books bound together, both about Ḳabalah. The first has no publication information; the second book is Ginat Egoz. Dimensions : 30.40 cm × 19.80 cm. Publisher : Eliyahu bar Ḥayim ṿa-Ḥavero Eliyahu Zeliḳman. Place of publication : Hanau, Germany. 3 page(s).

תיקון חומשה באב

תיקון חומשה באב

This is a section of a book that is from the Zohar, a Ḳabalistic book. Included is section of commentaries from the Torah. There is no publication information. Dimensions: 19.00 cm × 13.00 cm. 34 page(s).

[Prayer Book]

This is part of a prayer book, or Maḥzor, for the Jewish New Year. There is no publication information. Dimensions: 19.60 cm × 12.60 cm. 3 page(s).

[Book Section - Genesis]

This is part of the biblical book of Genesis. There is no publication information. Dimensions : 12.10 cm × 9.30 cm. 4 page(s).

תפלה קודם האדרא

תפלה קודם האדרא

This is a book about Ḳabalah. There is no publication information. Dimensions : 18.70 cm × 12.10 cm. 5 page(s).

[Book Section - History]

This is a damaged book in Arabic that mentions the Palestinians, the Jews, and America. There is no publication information. Dimensions : 27.10 cm × 19.50 cm. 2 page(s).

אבקת רוכל לרבי מכיר שר חסד – שקלוב, תקנ"ה

אבקת רוכל לרבי מכיר שר חסד – שקלוב, תקנ"ה

אבקת רוכל, "חדושים רבים גדולים ונוראים" [ליקוטים בעניין הקץ, מלחמות ימות המשיח, העולם הבא ותחיית המתים], רבי מכיר ב"ר יצחק שר חסד [תלמיד רבי יהודה בן הרא"ש]. שקלוב, [תקנ"ה 1795]. בעמ' לא-לב הוסיפו המדפיסים "מרגניתא דבי רב" – העתקה של "מרגניתא של רבי מאיר" מתוך ספר "ראשית חכמה" לרבי אליהו די וידאש. לב דף [חסר: דף יב]. 16 ס"מ. מצב טוב-בינוני. כתמים. קרעים בדף השער. סימני עש. הדבקת נייר. חתימה בכת"י: "חיים כ"ץ". מהאוסף הפרטי של ד"ר ישראל מהלמן – "גנזי ישראל".

[Prayer Book]

This is a prayer book for morning, afternoon, and evening services for sabbath and weekdays. There is no publication information. Dimensions: 14.50 cm × 11.40 cm. 2 page(s).

[Prayer Book]

This is a prayer book with afternoon and evening prayers for the Sabbath and weekdays. There is no publication information. Dimensions: 14.20 cm × 10.30 cm. 2 page(s).

[Book Section - Prayer Book]

This is part of a prayer book, or Maḥzor, for Yom Kipur. There is no publication information. Dimensions : 18.70 cm × 12.90 cm. 1 page(s).

Wir Juden

Essay by Joachim Prinz (1934) on Jewish identity and Zionism, published in Nazi Germany.

[Prayer Book - Three Pilgrimage Festivals]

This is a prayer book with liturgy for the three pilgrimage festivals and the new Jewish month. There is no publication information. Dimensions: 18.50 cm × 12.30 cm. 9 page(s).

Our Economic and Other Problems

Collection of essays/discourses by Otto Hermann Kahn.

[Commentary on Torah]

This is an incomplete commentary on the Torah; Genesis and parts of Exodus are missing. There is no publication information. Dimensions : 22.80 cm × 14.30 cm. 3 page(s).