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Judeo-Persian Haggadah from Kaifeng
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. . . and caused us to reach this appointed time.On the first night, one should recite the blessing “who has kept us alive . . .” But on the second night, one should not read it.Blessed are…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Kaifeng, Qing Dynasty (Kaifeng, China)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Print, Haggadah, Passover, Diaspora

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Print & book culture
Facing-page manuscript with Judeo-Persian text.
Polyglot Bible (Constantinople)
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This is the frontispiece and first page of the Constantinople Polyglot Bible, the first of two multilingual editions of the Pentateuch printed by Eliezer Soncino in Constantinople. It contained the…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1546

Subjects:

Print, Bible, Jewish languages, Translation, Diaspora

Categories:

Print & book culture
Printed page of Hebrew text in center and decorative border around page with urns, flowers, vines, and faces.
Igerot Shadal (Letters of Samuel David Luzzatto)
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I am a friend to all lovers of Torah and wisdom and my only desire and my complete salvation rest in disseminating the sources of the Torah in order that the earth will be full of the knowledge of God…

Contributor:

Samuel David Luzzatto

Places:

Padua, Austrian Empire (Padova, Italy)

Date:

1851

Subjects:

Prayer & liturgy, Print, Diaspora, Ritual & observance, Scholarship

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters