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Al-Muhtawi

ספר הנעימות

Al-Muhtawi — work by Joseph ben Abraham.

Ma'amar Yikkawu ha-Mayim

מאמר יקוו המים

Ma'amar Yikkawu ha-Mayim — work by Samuel ibn Tibbon.

Al-Tamyiz

מחכימת פתי

Al-Tamyiz — work by Joseph ben Abraham.

Givat Shaul

גבעת שאול

Givat Shaul — work by Šaul Barach.

Revue Orientale

A periodical published in Brussels at irregular intervals. It was edited in French and was devoted to Jewish scholarship. It was founded and directed by Eliakim [Carmoly](/articles/4051-carmoly-eliakim), who was also the author of most of the articles…

Rosh Ha-shanah

Eighth treatise of the order Mo'ed ; it contains (1) the most important rules concerning the year of the calendar with a description of the inauguration of the months by the nasi and the ab bet din ; (2) the laws on the form and use of the shofar and on the service during the…

LeDavid Emet

לדוד אמת

Collection of halakhic rules (including laws of scribes) from the Hida.

Likutei Torah/Torah Or

תורה אור ולקוטי תורה

Collection of Hassidic discourses (maamarim) by Shneur Zalman of Liadi.

Sha'arei Tevunah

שערי תבונה

Sha'arei Tevunah — work by Yaakov Israël Kanievsky (the Steipler).

Da'at Kedoshim

דעת קדושים

Halakhic work on the laws of Torah scrolls and sacred objects (Yoreh De'ah).

Ohel Moshe

אהל משה

Ohel Moshe — work by Moshe Rosen.

Kehilot Yaakov

קהילות יעקב

Kehilot Yaakov — work by Yaakov Israël Kanievsky (the Steipler).

Love, Work and Death

Work by Ariel Toaff.

At the Mind’s Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities

מעבר לאשמה ולכפרה

Literary work by Jean Améry.

Sefer ha-ma'alot

ספר המעלות

Work by Shem Tov Falaquera.

The Advertisement

Literary work by Natalia Ginzburg.

Birkat Shmuel

ברכת שמואל

Birkat Shmuel — work by Boruch Ber Leibowitz.

She'elot u-Teshuvot Yad Natan

שו"ת יד נתן

She'elot u-Teshuvot Yad Natan — work by Natan Ortner.

Nombres, Livre des

Fourth book of the Pentateuch. In the Septuagint version, it bears the title Ἀριθμοί; in the Vulgate, "Numeri"; this title derives from the commandment given by God, contained in the first chapter, to number the children of Israel. In Jewish literature, it is…

Torat HaBayit

תורת הבית

Writing of Salomon ibn Aderet.

The Schweitzer album: a portrait in words and pictures

Work by Erica Anderson (published in 1965).

Shaar ha-Kavanot (La porte des intentions)

שער הכוונות

Writing of Isaac Louria, in Hebrew.

Beit Yosef

בית יוסף

Writing by Yossef Karo (published in 1550).

שבט הלוי (Chevet ha-Levi, responsa, 11 vol.)

שבט הלוי

Work by Shmuel Wosner, in Hebrew.