Sephardic Journeys: Sefer Shulchan HaPanim The rare books and artifacts in this exhibit, Sephardic Journeys, reflect a rich tradition of scholarship and culture shaped by migrations, and they invite, in turn, reflection upon the physical, emotional and spiritual journeys of Jewish history. Item above: Sefer Shulchan HaPanim (ספר שלחן הפנים)Joseph ben Ephraim KaroMosheh ben Shelomoh Ashkenazi (Venice, 1712)Hebrew, Ladino While intending to write a…
Sephardic Journeys: Bar Mitzvah Speech The rare books and artifacts in this exhibit, Sephardic Journeys, reflect a rich tradition of scholarship and culture shaped by migrations, and they invite, in turn, reflection upon the physical, emotional and spiritual journeys of Jewish history. Item above:Bar Mitzvah SpeechMorris Tarragano(New York, 1933)Ladino, English Morris Tarragano’s family, as many Sephardim after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, immigrated…
Sephardic Journeys now open in The David Berg Rare Book Room The rare books and artifacts in this exhibit, Sephardic Journeys, reflect a rich tradition of scholarship and culture shaped by migrations, and they invite, in turn, reflection upon the physical, emotional and spiritual journeys of Jewish history. Item above: Sefer Tikkun Sofrim u-Mikra Sofrim (ספר תקון סופרים ומקרא סופרים)Isaac ben Abba Mari, Ya’aḳov…
by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History Hanukkah Lamp. Galicia or Ukraine, ca. 1800. Silver: cast, filigree, engraved. The Max Stern Collection, Yeshiva University Museum. This lamp is of the Ba’al Shem Tov type, named after the founder of Hasidism, who, tradition tells us, owned a Hanukkah lamp of this type. This made it very popular in the…