Rare Books Workshop in collaboration with the Jewish Public Library
On Tuesday, 8 December at 1:00pm, join Elis Ing, curator of Jewish collections within Rare Books and Special Collections at the 成人VR视频 Library, and colleagues from the , as they come together as part of the Jewish Public Library鈥檚 ongoing series of rare books workshops.
Free, registration is required. Visit the听听to register.
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The 鈥渕enu鈥� for this workshop includes:
鈥� The Brant Shpigl (1676) A highly-instructive ethics manual written especially for young women and girls -- 鈥� by someone who was neither of those things, Mosheh Henokhs Yerushalmi Altshuler.
鈥� Ma始amar ha-hokhmah (1782) : A collection of treatises by the kabbalist Moses Chaim Luzzatto, and printed by the Proops Family printing dynasty.
鈥� 岣瞖hilat Ya驶a岣硂v (1763): A long biblical Yiddish poem originally written in 1692 based on the Sefer ha-Yashar, an 11th century Midrashic work. The author was suspected of being a secret disciple of the false messiah, Shabbetai Zevi.
鈥� Di Freye harfe : a zamelbukh fun lieder (1906): the saga of the largest and one of the most illustrious printing family from Vilna, the Romms.
鈥� The Zohar (1815) Its authorship contentious, its use and study reserved for initiates, the printing of this edition has a labyrinth of dramatic and tragic narratives.
We are grateful to the Dr. Michael D. Paul Rare Books Initiative for its support of this event.
