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ספר שאלות ותשובות יום טוב צחלון

ספר שאלות ותשובות יום טוב צחלון

This is a book of responsa on the tractate Baba Metsiʼa of the Babylonian Talmud printed in Venice. Dimensions: 29.50 cm × 21.00 cm. Publisher: Stamperia Vendramin. Place of publication: Venice, Italy. 265 page(s).

[Book Section – History – Middle Eastern Politics]

This book includes reprints of newspaper articles dealing with Israel and Egypt. Quotes are from the following issues: Al-Sharq al-Ausaṭ (Feb. 27, 1985) and Al-Anwār (Feb. 28, 1985), which discuss the sale of Egyptian oil. Dimensions : 25.20 cm × 16.70 cm. 47 page(s).

Joseph ben Uzziel

Supposed author of a cabalistic work frequently cited by Recanati in his commentary on the Pentateuch, under the title of « Baraita de-R. Yosef b. 'Uzziel », which is entitled « Mishnat Yosef b. 'Uzziel » in Neubauer, « Cat. Bodl. Hebr. MSS. » (No. 1947, 3a). Neubauer describes…

Yael's House

הבית של יעל

Children's album by Miriam Roth.

Hot Corn

תירס חם

Children's album by Miriam Roth.

[Book Section - Prayer Book]

This is part of a prayer book for the three pilgrimage festivals. There is no publication information. Dimensions : 18.00 cm × 12.50 cm. 2 page(s).

Chidushei Maharam Schiff – Signatures and Gloss of Rabbi Yisrael Lifshitz author of Tiferet Yisrael

Chidushei Halachot, on Tractates Beitzah, Bava Metzia, Ktubot, Chullin and Gittin, by Rabbi Meir [Maharam] Schiff. Brin, [1798]. On title page, a number of signatures of Yisrael Lifshitz, more inscriptions and a long gloss in his handwriting at the top of Leaf 84/2 [partially cutoff]. Rabbi Yisrael Lifshitz (1782-1861), son of Rabbi Gedalya Lifshitz, author of Regel Yeshara and grandson of Rabbi Yisrael Lifshitz Rabbi of Kliva. A Torah genius, a leading scholar of Ashkenazi Jewry, he served in the rabbinate for over 50 years, in the communities of Dessau, Danzig and others. He is renowned for his large work Tiferet Yisrael on the six Sidrei Mishna. [1], 90 leaves + 12 leaves of Part 2. 35 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Restored tears on first leaves and tears to several more leaves. Part 2 on Tractates Bava Kama, Bava Batra, Sanhedrin and Shabbat, do not appear in the Bibliography Institute CD listings, but in the copy of Otzar HaChochma a copy of 20 leaves appears after Part 1 (this copy is missing in the middle of Tractate Shabbat).

Handwritten Notes Found Inside Edition of Jeremiah

School Certificate

Avnei Tzedek

אבני צדק

Avnei Tzedek — work by Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum.

Yetev Panim

ייטב פנים

Yetev Panim — work by Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum.

Le Judaïsme Réformiste du Point de Vue du Juif Réformiste

« Reform » an improper term. By Reform of Judaism is meant this phase of Jewish religious thought which, as a consequence of the Mendelssohnian period and in consequence of efforts made during the fifth decade of the nineteenth century to ensure civil emancipation and…

Shomron Kol Titten

Dramatic elegy by Solomon ibn Gabirol, sung at the conclusion of the order of Ḳinot according to the Polish rite, at the evening and morning services of the Fast of Ab, and annexed as a private meditation to the order of the Sefaradim for the Fast of Ṭebet. The first verse is a quatrain…

Shofeṭ Kol Ha-areẓ

Important [Pizmon](/articles/12196-pizmon) composed of six verses, each ending with a phrase from Num. xxviii. 23. Bearing the seal of the acrostic « Shelomoh », it is often attributed to Solomon ibn Gabirol ; but by Zunz (« Literaturgesch. » p. 312) it is…

Zera'im

The first order of the Mishnah, containing eleven tractates: Berakot, Pe'ah, Demai, Kil'ayim, Shebi'it, Terumot, Ma'aserot, Ma'aser Sheni, Ḥallah, 'Orlah, and Bikkurim. With the exception of the first, all of these tractates deal, as the name of the order indicates, with the laws governing…

Imrei Binah

אמרי בינה

Writing by Dovber Schneuri, in Hebrew.

Pnei Yehoshua

פני יהושע

Talmudic novellae by Jacob Joshua Falk.

Jude, Der

Periodische Blätter für Religion und Gewissensfreiheit: Weekly review published in Altona, Germany, from April 10, 1832 to December 31, 1833, by Gabriel Riesser. Its primary objective was to advocate for the social emancipation of Jews in Europe. Complete reports…

Lehodot uLehallel

להודות ולהלל

Lehodot uLehallel — work by Shlomo Brevda.

Yoducha Ra'ayonai

יודוך רעיוני

Piyyout by Israël Najara.

Ya'alah Ya'alah

יעלה יעלה

Piyyut by Israël Najara.

Juges, Livre des

# In the Hebrew canon, the second book of the Former Prophets, placed between Joshua and Samuel. § I. Name: The book derives its name from the fact that it deals with the 'Judges,' a term which, according to statements found in the book (comp. ii. 11-19 and the recurring formulas…

Salomon, Testament de

Pseudepigraphic treatise on the forms and activities of demons and effective charms against them. Excerpts from the work are given by Fabricius (« Codex Pseudepig. Vet. Test. » i. 1047) according to the notes of Gilbertus Gaulminus on the treatise of Psellus « De…

Magid Mishneh al ha-Torah

מגיד משנה על התורה

Magid Mishneh al ha-Torah — work by Menashe Klein.