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The illustrated Haggadah, a facsimile of which is presented here, was produced in 1719 by the scribe Meshullam Zimel. He was one of the 18th century artist-scribes, who wrote and […]

The Jewish community of Frankfurt on the Main was one of the oldest and most important in Germany. A Jewish community was already in existence there in the twelfth century. […]

One of the causes of the renaissance of the illumination of Haggadoth, Esther scrolls and other religious manuscripts during the eighteenth century, was the rise of new circles of wealthy […]

The Haggadah, which is reproduced here, was printed in Amsterdam in 1662.  It was modeled on Haggadoth published in Venice several decades earlier. In 1599 an illustrated Haggadah, reflected the […]

Rabbis, scholars and writers used to send on Purim—in addition to the traditional Mishloah Manot—spiritual food to their dear ones: a song, a study, even an entire book, they had […]

Rashi, Ibn Ezra and the Ramban are the great early commentators of the Pentateuch.  Unlike the two others, the commentary of the Ramban is multi-dimension.  It offers the student simple […]

Several months ago I reviewed in this column a book on the “Noda Biyehuda” by A. L. Gelman.  The following lines will be devoted to another book on Yeheskel Landau, […]

  I would like to write today a few lines about the Epistle of the Humility, said to have been sent by the Ramban (Moshe Ben Nachman) to his son. […]