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Judaism
Leifheit bat Asher owned a copy of the oldest printed Jewish prayer book. Was she also called to the Torah?
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This is how the Jewish Legion soldiers of the British army set up a Seder in Benghazi, Libya in 1943.
The 16th century editor of the Prague Haggadah had a wicked sense of humor!
A glimpse at a remnant from an 11th century prayer book discovered in the Cairo Genizah
Did you know that Maimonides’ first public activity in Egypt was a large-scale mission to get Jews out of Crusader captivity?
This was what happened when the Purim merriment of the Jews of Amsterdam mixed with a desire for revenge against the Spanish.
The Azores Megillah at the National Library of Israel provides beautiful and early textual evidence of Jewish life in the Azores, and it has has recently been digitized for the first time.
Take a look at the Scroll of Esther of Ferrara, Italy, whose magnificent illustrations show the expected fate of anyone who threatens to harm the people of Israel.
Judaism, Land of Israel
The fascinating series of photographs documents ceremonies and traditions, some of which no longer exist in mainstream Judaism.
On the secret behind the Chabad Book of Niggunim and about the Chassid Shmuel Zalmanov who was selected for the mission of rescuing the niggunim from oblivion.
If you were a young Rabbi trying to win over members of a new community during a religious crisis, what would you do?
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