Documents — History

A Place Among the Nations

מקום תחת השמש

Essay on Israel, the Arab World and Israel's Place among Nations (1995).

Fighting Terrorism

מלחמה בטרור

Essay on counter-terrorism strategies (1996).

Bibi: My Story

ביבי - סיפור חיי

Autobiography of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahou (2022).

Kedushat Yom Tov

קדושת יום טוב

Kedushat Yom Tov — work by Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum.

Simchat Yom Tov

שמחת יום טוב

Simchat Yom Tov — work by Yom Tov Algazi.

Sefer Meisharim

ספר מישרים

Sefer Meisharim — work by Yerouham ben Meshoullam.

Inna imra'an amina al-ḥawāditha jāhilun

Arab poem attributed to Samaw'al ibn 'Ādiyā, Jewish poet of pre-Islamic Arabia.

Sefer Toledot Adam ve-Chavah

ספר תולדות אדם וחוה

Sefer Toledot Adam ve-Chavah — ouvrage de Yerouham ben Meshoullam.

Yessod ve-Shoresh ha-Avoda

יסוד ושורש העבודה

Work of devotion and method of prayer by Alexander Susskind of Grodno.

Ohr Yitzchak

אור יצחק

Ohr Yitzchak — work by Yitzchak Abadi.

Ḥeshek Shelomoh

חשק שלמה

Ḥeshek Shelomoh — work by Yohanan Alemanno.

Maaseh Alfes

מעשה אלפס

Maaseh Alfes — work by Benzion Alfes.

In kāna mā ballaghta 'annī fa-lāmanī

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

Ḥay ha-ʻOlamim

חי העולמים

Ḥay ha-ʻOlamim — work by Yohanan Alemanno.

Or le-Tsion

אור לציון

Collection of responsa and Sephardic Talmudic novelties by Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul.

Ma'aseh Toviyyah

מעשה טוביה

Medical and scientific encyclopedia in Hebrew by physician Tobias Cohn, printed in Venice in 1707.

Shemot ha-tsadikim

שמות הצדיקים

List of the names of the righteous compiled by Nathan of Braslav for prayer and study.

Halacha Berura

הלכה ברורה

Halakhic work by David Yossef juxtaposing, on the Shulḥan ʻArukh, the talmudic text and the codified decision.

Yemei Moharanat

ימי מוהרנ"ת

Autobiographical journal of Nathan of Braslav recounting his life and devotion to Rabbi Nahman.

Baruch El Elyon

ברוך אל עליון

Piyyut (Sabbath liturgical hymn) attributed to Baruch ben Samuel of Mainz.

Zikhron Yehuda

זכרון יהודה

Collection of responsa (halakhic consultations) by Juda ben Asher, Rabbi of Toledo.

Ani hu ha-sho'el

אני הוא השואל

Piyyout composed by Baruch ben Samuel of Mainz.

Haggahot Maimuniyyot

הגהות מיימוניות

Halakhic glosses by Meïr HaKohen on the Mishné Torah of Maimonides.

Pe'at HaShulchan

פאת השולחן

Halakhic work by Yisroel ben Shmuel of Chklov on the agricultural laws specific to the Land of Israel.