“Hayya Ga’on’s” Pitron ḥalomot (Dream Interpretation)

Poster with man swinging hammer toward hands holding crucifix, Hebrew Bible, and Torah scroll, with captions in Yiddish.

Religion Is an Obstacle to the Five-Year Plan

This poster, designed by an unknown artist, presents in a clear, graphic manner the goal of the Soviet campaign to eradicate religious life. The texts in Yiddish emphasize the need to bring an end to…

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Ta‘ame sukkah (Discourse on Sukkot): Account of His Printing Problems

And in it they will find a commentary appropriate to everyone and in it many precious midrashim, sharp pilpulim, light and weighty, Sinai and uprooter of mountains (Berakhot 64a, that is both breadth…

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Square-shaped ivory relief of a face in a triple-recessed frame.

Ivory Relief of a Woman at a Window, Samaria

This ivory relief bears a common motif, found in ivories from Syria and nearby areas as well: a woman stares straight out from a window set in a triply recessed frame with a balustrade in front. Her…

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“Hayya Ga’on’s” Pitron ḥalomot (Dream Interpretation)

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