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כתבי קדש עשרים וארבעה נביאים אחרונים

IJA Number: 1487 · Language: Hebrew

This is volumes four, five, and six of a twelve volume set of the biblical books of Prophets and Writings including rabbinic commentaries. Included are the biblical books of Isiah (incomplete and missing the title page), Jeremiah, and Ezekiel.

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נביאים ראשונים

IJA Number: 1399 · Language: Hebrew

This is the second of four volumes of the Hebrew Bible printed in Venice in 1524 by Daniel Bomberg and is the oldest book in the collection. It is known as the Second Great Rabbinic Bible. This text became the standard masoretic text and was the first printed Hebrew Bible with marginal masorah. This volume is incomplete: it only includes the books of Joshua, Judeges, and I and II Samuel (through chapter 5); it is missing I and II Kings. The text includes commentaries by Rashi, David Kimhi (Radak), and Levi ben Gershon (Ralbag), an Aramaic translation of the text, and the Messorah notes.

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ספר לשון חכמים חלק שני

IJA Number: 981 · Language: Hebrew

This is part two of a liturgical texts and poems written by the famous Baghdadi Rabbi Joseph Ḥayyim, known as the Ben Ish Ḥai. The first half of the book (which may not be part one of Sefer Leshon Ḥakhamim) is handwritten. Included are many small handwritten notes.

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סדר תפלה

IJA Number: 830 · Language: Hebrew

This is a prayer book for the Baghdadi and other Sephardi communities printed in Livorno. Included are prayers for all the services (morning, afternoon, and evening) for Sabbath, holidays (including the three pilgrimage holidays), and weekdays.

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חק לישראל ספר ויקרא

IJA Number: 729 · Language: Hebrew

This is a book of Leviticus with various rabbinic commentaries. It is part of a series. There are several books in the collection.

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[Book Section - Hebrew Literature]

IJA Number: 1087 · Language: Hebrew

This is likely a modern Israeli school text book or book on Hebrew literature. The only text discernible is by the Israeli poet and author Hayyim Nahman Bialik. There is no publication information.

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אלפא ביתא: ותרגילי מקרא למתחילים

IJA Number: 340 · Language: Hebrew

This is a Hebrew primer used in Baghdad. There are many copies in the collection.

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מחזור לראש השנה

IJA Number: 1012 · Language: Hebrew

This is a prayer book, or Maḥzor, for the Jewish New Year printed in Livorno. It is in the Sephardic custom.

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סדר חמש תעניות: כמנהג ק״ק בגדאד ואגפיה וכל הנלוים אליה

IJA Number: 2592 · Language: Hebrew

This is a prayer book for the five fast days printed in Baghdad.

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סדר חקת עולם

IJA Number: 108 · Language: Hebrew

This is a sidur in the Sefardi style printed in Jerusalem.

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ספר שתי גלת הכתרת

IJA Number: 1022 · Language: Hebrew

This is an eighteenth century book printed in Prague of commentary on the some books of the Hebrew Bible. Included here are the books of Esther, Ruth, and Lamentations.

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ספר בן יהוידע חלק רביעי

IJA Number: 869 · Language: Hebrew

This is part four of a five volume commentary on the Babylonian Talmud by the Baghdadi rabbi known as the Ben Ish Ḥai.

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משכיות כסף

IJA Number: 768 · Language: Hebrew

This is a book published in Amsterdam of an adaptation of a late 13th Century Hebrew Grammarian, Salomo Da-Piera. It is a Hebrew dictionary with additions by Mordekhai Tamah, Abraham ben Isaac Bedersi and Meir ben Abulafia.

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סדור מנחת ירושלם

IJA Number: 815 · Language: Hebrew

This is a prayer book for the afternoon and weekday service according to the Baghdadi custom. There are many copies of this book in the collection.

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מקראות גדולות כרך חמשה עשר ספר תהילים

IJA Number: 763 · Language: Hebrew

This is the fifteenth volume of a set of the Hebrew Bible that includes text and commentaries. It includes the biblical book of Psalms.

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כתבי קדש עשרים וארבעה נביאים אחרונים כרך חמישי ישעיה

IJA Number: 369 · Language: Hebrew

This is volume five of a twelve volume set of the biblical books of Prophets and Writings including commentaries. This is the book of Isaiah.

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שלחן ערוך ארח חיים

IJA Number: 383 · Language: Hebrew

This is an edition of the Oraḥ Ḥayim, a book of Jewish law from the Shulḥan ʻArukh, including commentaries.

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[Book Section - Prayer Book]

IJA Number: 1111 · Language: Hebrew

This is part of a prayer book for the three pilgrimage festivals, specifically with liturgy for Passover. There is no publication information.

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כגן הירק

IJA Number: 3622 · Language: Aramaic

This is a commentary on the Ḳabalistic work, the Zohar.

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Tiq for Torah Scroll

IJA Number: 3841 · Language: Hebrew

This is a tiq, or Torah scroll holder, used for reading the Torah in synagogue. It is made of wood and covered with velvet. It includes an unadorned glass insert and a painted glass inset for the tiq with a transcription in Hebrew עשאו סלימאן יחזקאל ברוך יצחק חיים סופר היו למנוח אשתו חביבה בת נחום כבאזה Aśu Salima’an Yeḥezḳel Barukh Yitsḥaḳ Ḥayim Sofer Hayu le-Manuaḥ Ishto Ḥavivah bat Naḥum Kabazah.

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[Book Section - Later Prophets]

IJA Number: 1013 · Language: Hebrew

These are the later prophets from the Hebrew Bible. There is no publication information.

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تقرير باعمال المكتب الرئيسي و المكاتب الاقليمية لمقاطعة اسرائيل عن المدة من يوليو ١٩٧٦ إلى ديسمبر ١٩٧٦

IJA Number: 3682 · Language: Arabic

This is a report published by the General Secretary, Main Office for the Boycott of Israel in Damascus. It is titled, “Report on the Work of the Head Office and Regional Offices on the Boycott of Israel, for the Period from July 1976 to December 1976.”

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[Book - Liturgy and Poetry]

IJA Number: 1006 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is a book of liturgy and poetry in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew. There is no publication information.

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[Book Section - Mishnah]

IJA Number: 1002 · Language: Hebrew

This is most of the Mishnah. There is no publication information.

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