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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.

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Sefer Shulchan HaPanim (ספר שלחן הפנים)
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo
Mosheh ben Shelomoh…

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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. 

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Bar Mitzvah Speech
Morris Tarragano
(New York, 1933)
Ladino, English

Morris Tarragano’s family, as…

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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.

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Sefer Tikkun Sofrim u-Mikra Sofrim (ספר תקון סופרים ומקרא…

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In Memory of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Reference Services Research Coordinator, Center for Jewish History

Above image: President Reagan with Ovadia Yosef, Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel. Early 1980s. AMIT records, I-521, from the collections of the American Jewish Historical Society.

The partner organizations of the Center for Jewish History have many works penned by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, including:

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