Astrolabe

Printed birth amulet. The decorative borders are composed of printers’ devices and decorations that were used by printers in Fürth (Bavaria), so it is assumed that this amulet was printed in that city…

What makes a book like this more than just a collection of excerpts, strung together interchangeably? What makes it a book? If I were to say it had been a matter of selection, who would venture to…

What is the pipe (kaneh) of the heart? Rabbah b. R. Isaac, in the name of Rav [said]: The fat on the walls of the lung. Amemar, in the name of R. Nahman [said]: There are three pipes: one leads to the…