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Archive Judaica File

[Toldot Yeshu]. [תולדות ישו]. [The life of Jesus].

[18th–19th century]

Hebrew title derived from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 253. English title supplied by cataloguer. Variant title: Toledot Yeshu. Roth, "Catal...

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[Sefer Torah (ḳeṭaʿim)]. [(ספר תורה (קטעים]. [Two strips of a Pentateuchal scroll cut into shape by a cobbler as soles for shoes].

[no date]

Hebrew title supplied by cataloguer. English title derived from Roth, “Catalogue”, in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 517. Contains part of text from Exodus 26:20–...

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[Hagadah shel Pesaḥ ke-minhag Ḳaraʾim (ḥeleḳ)]. [הגדה של פסח כמנהג קראים (חלק)]. [Karaite Passover Eve service (part)].

[17th century]

Hebrew title supplied by cataloguer. English title derived from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 614, and by cataloguer. Variant title: Seder haga...

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[Tefilot u-fiyuṭim be-khitve yad ḳeṭanim shonim]. [תפלות ופיוטים בכתבי יד קטנים שונים]. [Small miscellaneous liturgical manuscripts].

[18th-19th century]

Hebrew and English titles supplied by cataloguer. Bibliographical note: Roth, “Catalogue”, in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 55. National Library of Israel (NLI),...

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[Tefilot le-Furim sheni?]. [?תפלות לפורים שני] (Missing).

[18th century]

Hebrew title supplied by cataloguer who could not see the item which is missing, In his catalogue, Roth only implied the title of MS Roth 255a by "idem" which refers to the title of the preceding en...

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[Mevo sheʿarim / me-et Ḥayim Viṭal ; ʿim hagahot Mosheh Zakut (Remez), Yaʿaḳov Ṭsemaḥ, Yaʿaḳov Marag’i (ha-Rim), Avraham Azulai (A.A.), ṿe-Natan Shapira (Naśi)]. [‏מבוא שערים‏ ‏/‏ מאת חיים ויטל ; עם הגהות מאת משה זכות (הרמ׳׳ז), יעקב צמח, יעקב מרג'י (הרי׳׳ם), אברהם אזולאי (א׳׳א) ונתן שפירא (נשי׳׳א‏)‏].

Zacuto, Moses ben Mordecai (1620-1697); Zemaḥ, Jacob ben Ḥayyim

[17th–18th century]

Title supplied by cataloguer. Folios 75-164 of the composite codex MS Roth 404; incomplete; written in two hands. Roth identifies the work as "עץ חיים of Hayim Vital Calabrese" (see Roth, "C...

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Tselot shabatot ha-shavuʿot. צלות שבתות השבעות. [Samaritan liturgy for the 7 Shabatot preceding the Feast of Weeks].

[19th–20th century]

Hebrew title supplied from heading on folio [1v]. English title supplied by cataloguer. Variant titles: Tselot shevʿa shavuʿot. צלות שבע שבועות. Maḥazor minhag Shomronim le-Shavu...

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[Segulot, leḥashim u-ḳemeʿot]. סגולות, לחשים וקמיעות]‏]. ‎[‎100‎ ‎magical prescriptions : for invisibility, for epilepsy, stone, et cetera].

[17th century]

Hebrew title supplied by cataloguer. English title derived from Roth, “Catalogue”, in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 728,i. Variant titles: סגלות וקמעות...

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[Shiṿiti]. [שויתי]. [Amulet : Psalm 67 in form of menorah].

[18th–19th century]

Title supplied by cataloguer. Variant titles: Shivisi. שוויתי. Ḳemeʿah. קמיעה with Cabbalistic designs (description by Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (N...

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[Sefer Asaṭir]. [ספר אסאטיר]. [Samaritan book of legends about Adam, Noah, Abraham and Moses].

[19th–20th century]

Title supplied by cataloguer. Variant titles: Sefer Asaṭir. ספר אסטיר. Āl-Asāṭīr. اﻻﺳﺎﻃﻴﺮ. There are words or short passages written in Arabic script interspersed i...

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[2 parashiyot ha-shavuʿah ke-minhag Shomronim : Ṿa-yiḳḥu li terumah; Ṿe-zeh ha-davar]. [ב׳ פרשיות השבוע כמנהג שומרונים : ויקחו לי תרומה, וזה הדבר]. [Miniature codex with 2 weekly Torah portions (Samaritan) : Exodus 25–28 and Exodus 28–31:17].

[19th century]

Title supplied by cataloguer. Miniature codex. Contents: 1. folios 1v–19r: ויקחו לי תרומה. 2. folios 19r–33r: וזה הדבר. State of text: Relatively well preserved; item...

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