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 Chesed L’Avraham (ספר חסד לאברהם)
Avraham ben R. Shalom Tubiana
Ṿalansi (Izmir, 1764)
Hebrew
A truly Sephardic item, the…
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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Seder Ta’aniyot (סדר תעניות)
Girard Yohan Yanson Uve-Vet Yisra’el Mondovi (Amsterdam, 1771)
Hebrew, Spanish
Beginning in the late 17th century, Amsterdam…
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…
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…