The Talmudic Encyclopedia’s New Volume (19)
A short time ago the 19th volume of the Talmudic Encyclopedia was published. The appearance of each new volume of this monumental work is a Yoma Tava LeRabbanan, a day […]
A short time ago the 19th volume of the Talmudic Encyclopedia was published. The appearance of each new volume of this monumental work is a Yoma Tava LeRabbanan, a day […]
At The N.Y. Public Library (Conclusion) Books displayed in the second section, which is devoted to the Oral Tradition, include a volume of the first complete edition of the Babylonian […]
Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Kasovsky, who died recently at the age of eighty- eight, was one of the many great and brilliant scholars with which Jerusalem was blessed in the last […]
While still a child I had read his article on Joseph Trumpeldor, the one- armed hero of Tel Hai, who had died with these words on his lips: “It is […]
Next Sunday evening, the Radzin Beth HaMidrash of Boro Park will mark the sheloshim of Rabbi Mordchai Yosef Lainer, the Radziner Rebbe. The late Rebbe was a direct descendant and […]
The Haggadah of which a reproduction is presented here was written and illustrated in Vienna in the year 1751 by Aaron Schreiber Herlingen, a well-known artist-scribe. Schreiber, who hailed from […]
The Haggadah, which is reproduced here, was printed in Venice in 1716. It is richly illustrated and includes a Judeo-Italian translation of the text and the Seder instructions as well […]
In the summer of 1863 the Trieste Italian-Jewish monthly ״Corriere Israelitico״ began to carry announcements of the forthcoming publication of a splendid edition of a Haggadah with illustrations, a new […]
For centuries after the invention of printing in Europe, the use of handwritten books was still widespread. There were always individuals who preferred, particularly on festive occasions, to use a […]
Jews settled in Karlsruhe, Germany, not long after its establishment in 1715 by Karl Wilhelm, the margrave of Baden-Durlach, who called upon people to come there irrespective of their religious […]