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Journal Juif Pour la Science et la Vie

Quarterly publication issued in Breslau from 1862 to 1873 (11 vol.) by Abraham Geiger. Geiger's original intention was to title it « Zeitschrift Biblischer und Jüdischer Wissenschaft », and he was partly led to publish the « Zeitschrift » because of the refusal to…

Kalilah Wa-dimnah

(Redirected from BIDPAI FABLES IN HEBREW.) Collection of Indian fables that has been translated into most of the languages of the ancient world. It appears to have been composed in India around 300 of the Christian era as a Brahminical rival to Buddhist fable collections, and includes…

משפט שלום - חתימת המהרש"ג

משפט שלום - חתימת המהרש"ג

ספר משפט שלום, על שו"ע חושן משפט, מהגאון רבי שלום מרדכי שבדרון - המהרש"ם, עם קונטרס משמרת שלום מבנו רבי יצחק אב"ד חאצמער. פיעטרקוב, תרס"ב 1902. בראש השער חתימת רבי "שמעון גרינפעלד" - המהרש"ג, אב"ד סעמיהאלי (תרכ"א-תר"ץ), תלמיד ה"קול אריה", המהר"ם שיק וה"דברי חיים" מצאנז. כיהן עשרות שנים ברבנות ובראשות הישיבה בסעמיהאלי (סנמיהלי) ונחשב לאחד מגדולי רבני הונגריה [באותו הדור היו שאמרו, כי שלשה המה גדולי הרבנים בהונגריה: רבינו המהרש"ג, רבי ישעיה זילברשטיין מוויטצען ורבי מרדכי ווינקלר בעל "לבושי מרדכי]. השאיר אחריו למעלה מאלפיים תשובות בהלכה, שרובם נדפסו בשלשת חלקי "שו"ת מהרש"ג". רישום בעלות מפורט: "...חביב בעיני הספה"ק בחתימתו של הגה"ק שר התורה המרש"ג מסעמיהאלי". [2], 58; 200-3 pp. 31.5 cm. Dry and brittle paper, good-moderate condition. Nice cloth binding.

KANTOR, DER JÜDISCHE, Hebdomadaire pour l'ensemble des intérêts de tous les chanties et employés du culte

Weekly; published in Bromberg, Prussia, from 1879. Its editor is A. Blaustein, founder of the Society of German Israelite Cantors. It deals with matters of interest for the cantors (ḥazzanim), and contains articles on synagogue music and…

Otzar HaKavod

אוצר הכבוד

Otzar HaKavod — work by Ṭodros ben Yosef ha-Levi Abulʿafiyah.

Shlavey HaSulam

שלבי הסולם

Shlavey HaSulam — work by Baruch Ashlag.

Eifoh Shlomo

איפה שלמה

Eifoh Shlomo — work by Shlomo Brevda.

Sherston's Progress

Third part of Siegfried Sassoon's autobiographical trilogy.

Dargot HaSulam

דרגות הסולם

Dargot HaSulam — work by Baruch Ashlag.

The Soul of Kol Nikon

Fantastic tale by Eleanor Farjeon.

Ḳinnim

Name of a tractate of the Mishnah in the Ḳodashim series. The law of the Pentateuch ordains the sacrifice of two turtledoves or two young pigeons for a person who has been healed of an issue (Lev. xv. 14-15, 28-29). A similar sacrifice is prescribed for poor lepers…

Rois, Livres des

—Biblical Data: Fourth book of the second canonical division of the Hebrew Bible, the Prophets (). It contains a history of the kings of Judah and Israel from the last days of David…

Ḳodashim

# Position in the Mishnah. Name of the fifth of the six orders ("sedarim") of the Mishnah, so called because all the tractates that compose it contain regulations and laws concerning sacrifices, priestly contributions, and other matters relating to…

Ḳohelet Musar

Hebrew weekly; founded in Berlin in 1750 by Moses Mendelssohn (he was only twenty-one years old at that time) and T. Bock. Only two issues appeared; they contained philosophical and moral reflections from the Leibnitz-Wolff school.

Israeli Artists – Various Documents

1. Identity Card in the name of Menachem Schmidt (painter Menachem Shemi). Haifa, 1920s. Shemi's biographies indicate that he was born in 1897, while this identity card states that he was born in 1896. 2-3. Two official forms of the Palestine government, regarding publication of a newspaper. With Gabriel Talpir's personal data and his signature. 4. Printed emblem, "Jewish Artists Union". 5-8. "General Exhibition of Eretz Israel Artists" catalogue, in "Habima" art gallery, Tel Aviv, 1943. List of works exhibited. Attached: two entrance tickets to the exhibition of 1942 and one ticket of 1943. Various sizes and conditions.

Kokebe Yiẓḥaḳ

Hebrew Annuaire; published in Vienna from 1845 to 1872 by M. Stern, and from 1872 to 1873 by M. Weissmann (Chajes). The annuaire was dedicated to literary history, philology, exegesis, and Hebrew poetry, and contains many remarkable dissertations by Jellinek,…

Megillot, Les Cinq

(Redirected from FIVE SCROLLS.) The "five scrolls" ()—the Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther. At the time of the formation of the canon of the Hagiographa, these five books…

Shulchan HaTahor

שולחן הטהור

Work of piety by Aharon Roth (Reb Arele) on eating, charity and the fulfillment of mitzvot.

Senz'olio contro vento

Autobiographical collection by Rita Levi-Montalcini (1996).

[Prayer Book - Three Pilgrimage Festivals]

This is a prayer book for the three pilgrimage festivals. There is no publication information. Dimensions: 18.20 cm × 12.80 cm. 5 page(s).

חדושי רשב"א

חדושי רשב"א

This is from a commentary on the Talmud, tractate Ketuvot, which discusses marriage laws, by the medieval rabbi Solomon ben Abraham Adret, known as the Rashba. There is no publication information. Dimensions: 20.30 cm × 15.30 cm. 3 page(s).

Mekilta De-rabbi Shim'on

# MEKILTA DE-RABBI SHIM'ON Halakhic midrash on Exodus from the school of R. Akiba. No midrash bearing this name is mentioned in talmudic literature; however, medieval authors refer to a work they call either "Mekilta de-R. Simeon b. Yoḥai"…

Vulgate

# Earlier Latin translations. Latin version of the Bible authorized by the Council of Trent in 1546 as the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church. It was the product of the work of Jerome, one of the most learned and erudite of the leaders of the Church of the early centuries…

Temple D'hérode

(Redirected from ULAM.) In the eighteenth year (20-19 BCE) of his reign, Herod rebuilt the Temple on a more magnificent scale. There is abundant evidence that he shared the passion for construction that animated many powerful men of this era. He…