First Lady "Lady Bird" Johnson at the White House with SCW student Anne Lazarus, the first recipient of a research scholarship sponsored by the Women's Branch of the Orthodox Union and named for Mr... Show moreFirst Lady "Lady Bird" Johnson at the White House with SCW student Anne Lazarus, the first recipient of a research scholarship sponsored by the Women's Branch of the Orthodox Union and named for Mrs. Johnson. Also pictured is Mrs. Nathan Walder of the Women's Branch of the OU. Show less
Includes a question posed to the author regarding a custom of some women to sew the parchment sheets of Torah scrolls with catgut. Many pages and spaces are blank; apparently only notes or an outli... Show moreIncludes a question posed to the author regarding a custom of some women to sew the parchment sheets of Torah scrolls with catgut. Many pages and spaces are blank; apparently only notes or an outline for a fuller work. Written in author's own handwriting; Ashkenazic script; undated. 5-35 lines to a page. Show less
The beginning is missing until the middle of the laws of circumcision. Part 2 is a compilation of halakhot copied from earlier legal texts, some no longer extant. It contains Talmudic laws includin... Show moreThe beginning is missing until the middle of the laws of circumcision. Part 2 is a compilation of halakhot copied from earlier legal texts, some no longer extant. It contains Talmudic laws including those concerning marriage and damages. Three or four manuscripts of this text are believed to be extant and none is identical to the others. Aaron ben Jacob ha-Kohen of Lunel was a Provençal scholar who lived during the end of the 13th and the first half of the 14th cent. Written in Byzantine semi-cursive script in black ink on alternating quires of parchment and paper. Some damage and repairs, missing text. Vellum over tree calf marbled paper boards; rubbed. For detailed contents, see Sotheby's important Hebrew manuscripts from the Montefiore endowment, New York, October 27 & 28, 2004 (Sale no. 8040), p. 158-159. Montefiore no. 131. Previous owners: Mordecai Samuel Ghirondi; Solomon Halberstam. Show less
A book of genealogies intended to outline the historical development of the Oral Law and to establish the chronology of the sages who had transmitted it. This manuscript covers the period of the am... Show moreA book of genealogies intended to outline the historical development of the Oral Law and to establish the chronology of the sages who had transmitted it. This manuscript covers the period of the amoraim. Abraham Zacuto is renowned as an astronomer whose tables were used by Columbus. His work on genealogy has laid the foundations for scholarly research by succeeding generations. Partly in Oriental cursive script and partly in later (17th cent.) Sephardic cursive script. Brown ink. Text is incomplete; fols. 1-149 lacking; dampstaining; several leaves unbound. Binding defective. Sassoon no. 755. Previous owners: Mordechai Zachor; Shelomo ha-Kohen; David Solomon Sassoon. Show less
This is the only known copy of the important halakhic work, Sefer ha-ʻItim, which deals with the laws of the Sabbath and festivals. Written in Sephardic semi-cursive script in brown ink. Montefiore... Show moreThis is the only known copy of the important halakhic work, Sefer ha-ʻItim, which deals with the laws of the Sabbath and festivals. Written in Sephardic semi-cursive script in brown ink. Montefiore no. 126. Manuscript previously owned by: Israel Moses Hazzan, rabbi of Alexandria, Corfu, and Rome in 1848-1862 who added glosses; Samuel David Luzzatto, who added notes at the beginning; and Solomon Halberstam. Show less
Written in Germany in the author's own handwriting and dated 6 Tamuz 335 [1575]. Ashkenazic script; 25 lines to a page. Includes: Mishle shivʻim ḥakhamim (leaves 83b-93), in Yiddish and Hebrew, un... Show moreWritten in Germany in the author's own handwriting and dated 6 Tamuz 335 [1575]. Ashkenazic script; 25 lines to a page. Includes: Mishle shivʻim ḥakhamim (leaves 83b-93), in Yiddish and Hebrew, undated, in Yaʻaḳov Hailbuṭ's own writing, and possibly by him. Second work includes notes added during the Nineteenth century by the Hebrew grammarian Isaac Berlin, on manuscript and on separate sheets. Leaf numbers later written in pencil; text on both sides of leaves. Show less
Contents: Sefer mitsṿot ḳaṭan (p. 2-18, 45-214) -- Text of daily prayer service (p. 19-45) -- Divorce document (p. 102b) issued in Paris, Kislev 5232 [1471] -- Divorce document (p. 103a) issued in ... Show moreContents: Sefer mitsṿot ḳaṭan (p. 2-18, 45-214) -- Text of daily prayer service (p. 19-45) -- Divorce document (p. 102b) issued in Paris, Kislev 5232 [1471] -- Divorce document (p. 103a) issued in Ulm, Germany, Adar 5048 [1288]. Includes marginal notes by Perez ben Elijah of Corbeil. Includes: Seder tefilot shel kol ha-shanah. Written on parchment; 30-35 lines to a page; Ashkenazic script. Show less
Interview with Jacobson, who briefed shlichim (emissaries) to Jews in the USSR, working with Lishkat Hakesher (Israel's Liaison Bureau, also known as Nativ). Recorded in Jerusalem, Israel.
