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manuscripts, hebrew -- 19th century -- texts.27
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Cordovero, Moses Ben Jacob (1522-1570)4
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קורדובירו, משה4
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Archive Judaica Item

[Karaite letters and documents].

[15th–19th century]

English title supplied by cataloguer. Variant titles: Mikhtavim Ḳaraʾim. מכתבים קראים. Igrot Ḳaraʾiyot. אגרות קראיות. MS Roth 609/3 (361mm x 168mm), verso is blank...

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[Letters, sermons, notes and hymns in Ladino and Hebrew].

[18th–20th century]

Title supplied by cataloguer. Variant titles: Teʿudot. תעודות. Mikhtavim. מכתבים. Reshimot. רשימות. Heʿarot. הערות. Igrot. אגרות. Derashot. דרשות. Derush. ...

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[196 letters of Jewish scholars, 1859, 1871, 1902–1966 (originals), among them 166 letters to Cecil Roth].

[1859–1966]

Title supplied by cataloguer. Summary: This letter collection was classified by Cecil Roth as MS Roth 266 and described as “Letters of Jewish scholars: S. Poznanski, M. Kalisch, E. N. Adler, A. ...

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[26 letters and documents by and pertaining to British chief rabbis, 1831-1959 (bulk, 1934–1949) (originals). 1 letter by Jacob Barnett, 1864? (original)].

Adler, Nathan Marcus (1803-1890); Adler, Hermann Nathan (1839-1911); Brodie, Sir Israel (1895-1979); Hertz, Joseph H (1872-1946)

1831-1959

Title supplied by cataloguer. Variant title: Letters by chief rabbis of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire (subsequently Commonwealth). Contents: 1 short letter (English), 28...

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[Letter, 15th century?, Karaite community in Cairo to Karaite community in Jerusalem].

[15th–16th century]

English title supplied by cataloguer. Variant titles: Mikhtav Ḳaraʾi. מכתב קראי. Igeret Ḳaraʾi. אגרת קראי. Oversized narrow sheet with some text and address on verso. A...

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[28 Responsa, letters, and documents pertaining to the Jews of Italy, 17th–19th century (originals, copies and drafts); including an autograph letter in Italian by Isaac Lampronti to Manouel Redi, 1698].

Benjamin ben Eliezer ha-Kohen Vitale of Reggio (1651-1730); Basan, Yeshaʻyahu ben Yiśraʼel Ḥizḳiyahu (1739); Noṿairah, Menaḥem ben Yitsḥaḳ (1717-1777); Lampronti, Isaac Hezekiah ben Samuel (1679-1756)

[17th–19th century]

English title derived from Roth, “Catalogue”, in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 305. Variant titles: Sheʾelot u-teshuvot. שאלות ותשובות. Sheʾelot u...

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[25 letters and documents pertaining to the Jews of Italy, 1662–1852 (originals, drafts and copies)].

Zacuto, Moses ben Mordecai (1620-1697)

[1662–1852]

Title supplied by cataloguer. Variant titles: Igrot u-teʿudot shel Yehude Iṭalyah. אגרות ותעודות של יהודי איטליה. Mikhtavim. מכתבים. Heter sheḥiṭah. התר ...

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[Ashkenazic epitaphs, letters, documents, sermons, et cetera, 18th–19th century (originals and copies), including a commendatory letter (Metz 1781) and a personalised Hebrew-Gregorian calendar for the year 613 (1852–1853)].

[18th–19th century]

Title supplied by cataloguer. Variant titles: Igrot u-teʿudot shel Yehude Ashkenaz. אגרות ותעודות של יהודה אשכנז. Mikhtavim. מכתבים. Luaḥ 613. לוח תרי׳׳...

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[Deeds, documents and letters pertaining to the Jews in Palestine, 1632–1957 (bulk 1749–1889) (originals and copies)].

Danby, Herbert (1889-)

1632–1957

English title supplied by cataloguer. Variant titles: Igrot u-teʿudot be-nogeʿa la-Yehudim be-Erets Yiśraʿel. אגרות ותעודות בנוגע ליהודים בארץ ישראל. Mikhtavim...

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[Letter, 4 March 1801, Joshua van Oven to Patrick Colquhoun, Esq., regarding the amelioration of the condition of the Jews in London (copy)].

Van Oven, Joshua

1801

Title derived from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 242. As of 2020, MS Roth 242 missing. This description is based on the microfilm of MS Roth 243 ...

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[25 responsa, letters, and sermons, 18th–19th century, in Sephardic, Mughrabi and Italian Hebrew hands (originals, copies and drafts)].

[18th–19th century]

English title derived from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 303. Variant titles: Sheʾelot u-teshuvot. שאלות ותשובות. Shut (Sh. u-t.)...

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