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Established in 1616 as part of a yeshiva in Amsterdam, the Ets Ḥayim library continues to function to this day, making it the oldest operational Jewish library in the world. It moved to its current…
This sheet by the calligrapher and scribe Iehudah Machabeu presents samples of different “lettering,” including Hebrew (at the top), Arabic, Greek, Castilian, English, French, Italian, and Latin. It…
The library should be set up in the center of the district it serves, preferably on a quiet street where there is less noise and dust. Dry premises must…
The question of family names in general and of Jewish family names in particular is interesting in many ways. Unfortunately, Jewish scholarship has thus far devoted very little attention to this…
Established in 1616 as part of a yeshiva in Amsterdam, the Ets Ḥayim library continues to function to this day, making it the oldest operational Jewish library in the world. It moved to its current…
Schedule of Lectures and Cl[asses] at the Courses of Oriental StudiesDaysTimesSubjectsLecturersSaturday8–?History of the Oral Torah [i.e., early rabbinic literature]Dr. L. S. KatsenelsonSunday8–10 a.m…