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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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Judaism, Land of Israel
History is being preserved at the National Library of Israel with the conservation of two pages from an original Gutenberg Bible.
The sweet and (un)savory story behind the traditional dish.
Diaspora, Judaism
Come view select items from the National Library of Israel’s Islamic manuscript collection.
Take a musical voyage through three melodies written to different verses from the “Avinu Malkeinu” prayer, embarking from the widespread Ashkenazi tune, passing through a familiar Chassidic niggun and ending with Max Janowski’s melody.
Whether it is in school, yeshiva or university, the Gemara (Talmud) page looks exactly the same: Gemara text in middle, and Rashi and Tosafot commentary in both sides.
Today, 500 years ago, Pope Leo X approved the printing of the first complete edition of the Babylonian Talmud.
The journey of the “Rothschild Haggadah” began 550 years ago with the artist Yoel ben Shimon in Northern Italy and ended in Jerusalem, the capital of the Jewish people
The Haggadot collection at the National Library is the largest in the world and we’ve collected them here in a special online exhibition.
A Timeless Script in 360°
The Valmadonna Collection is a treasure trove of rare Jewish manuscripts. We are proud to present a copy of the Prague Haggadah, one of the earliest published Haggadot in the world.
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