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Beauty in Holiness הדור מצוה

The Washington Megillah (038.00.00)

The Washington Megillah
מגלת אסתר (The Washington Scroll of Esther). Vellum. Italy, ca. eighteenth century. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (038.00.00)

The Story of Esther (039.00.00)

The Story of Esther
Avner Moriah. Megillat Esther (Scroll of Esther). Limited edition paper scroll. Jerusalem, ca. 2003. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (039.00.00)

Miniature Ester Scroll (040.00.00)

Miniature Esther Scroll
Megillat Esther (Scroll of Esther). Miniature scroll. Vellum. Jerusalem: Judaica Heirlooms Gallery, [2010?]. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (040.00.00)

The Power of the Tongue ביד הלשון

The Language Spoken by Adam and Eve? (041.00.00)

The Language Spoken by Adam and Eve?
Baron Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont. Alphabeti verè Naturalis Hebraici brevissima delineation (A Brief Delineatio of the True Nature of the Hebrew Alphabet). Sulzbach: Abraham Lichtenthaler, 1667. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (041.00.00)

The First Hebrew Grammar in America (042.00.00)

The First Hebrew Grammar in America
Judah Monis. Dickdook Leshon Gnebreet: A Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue. Boston, 1735. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (042.00.00)

A Haggadah in Hebrew and Marathi (043.00.00)

A Haggadah in Hebrew and Marathi
Passover Haggadah. Pune (Poona), 1874. Hebrew and Marathi. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (043.00.00)

A Haggadah in Hebrew and Amharic (051.00.00)

A Haggadah in Hebrew and Amharic
הגדה של פסח (Hagadah shel Pesah.) Jerusalem: Koren Publishers, 2010. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (051.00.00)

The Constitution of the United States (044.00.00)

The Constitution of the United States
חוקי ארצות הברית (Constitution of the United States). Hebrew and Yiddish. [New York, 1891]. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (044.00.00)

Laws for Granting Citizenship to Women (048.00.00)

Laws for Granting Citizenship to Women
Cecilia Razovsky. Vos yede froy darf visen vegen birgershaft…What Every Woman Should Know about Citizenship. Yiddish and English. New York, 1926. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (048.00.00)

Guide for Helping Jewish Immigrants to Learn English (049.00.00)

Guide for Helping Jewish Immigrants to Learn English
Moise Gadol. Libro de embezar/The Book to Learn How to Speak, Read and Write from Spanish-Jewish Language in English and Yiddish. New York, 1937. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (049.00.00)

Yiddish Music in America (046.04.00)

Yiddish Music in America
M. Warshawsky. “Auf’n Pripetchik, oder der alef beys.” New York: Hebrew Publishing Company, 1913; Louis Briedsel. “Donkey Monkey Business.” New York: A. Goldberg, 1904; B.Thomashefsky. “The Jewish Yankee Doodle.” New York: S. Goldberg, 1905; Henry Russoto. “Hatikvah: Dort vu di tseyder.” New York: Hebrew Publishing Co., ca. 1917. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (046.04.00; 046.00.00; 046.01.00; 046.02.00)

Hebrew Literature for Children (045.00.00)

Hebrew Literature for Children
Yitshak Katzenelson. מארצות רחוקות (From Far-Away Lands). Warsaw, ca. 1920. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (045.00.00)

Vini-der-Pu (050.00.00)

Vini-der-Pu
A. A. Milne. Vini-der-Pu (Winnie the Pooh). Yiddish in English Letters. New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 2000. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (050.00.00)

Curious George (052.00.00)

Curious George
H. A. (Hans Augusto) Rey. Curious George דזשארדזש נייגעריקער. Yiddish translation by Sholem Berger. New York: Yidishe shtub, ca. 2005. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (052.00.00)

A New Song שירה חדשה

A Masterpiece of Hebrew Literature (053.00.01)

A Masterpiece of Hebrew Literature
Immanuel ben Solomon of Rome. ספר המחברות (The Cantos of Immanuel of Rome). Brescia: Gershom ben Moses Soncino, [October 30, 1491]. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (053.00.01)

First Book of Hebrew Poems Printed in the United States (054.00.00)

First Book of Hebrew Poems Printed in the United States
Jacob Zevi Sobol. שיר זהב לכבוד ישראל הזקן (“A Golden Poem in Honor of Israel, the Elder”). New York: Tepalowsky, 1877. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (054.00.00)

Creative Talent in Contemporary Israel (055.00.00)

Creative Talent in Contemporary Israel
תחריטים של שירים: תשעה ספרי אמן של תחריטים ושירים (Etchings of Poems: Nine Albums of Etchings and Poems). Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Print Workshop, 1989. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (055.00.00)

Bilingual Edition of Poems by an Esteemed Young Israeli Poet (057.00.00)

Bilingual Edition of Poems by an Esteemed Young Israeli Poet
Ronny Someck. עצה לילדה רוקדת (Pointe Shoes), with etchings by Ido Agassi. Raanana: Even Hoshen Press, 2009. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (057.00.00)

A Noted Book Artist's Take on a Traditional Jewish Folk Tale (058.00.00)

A Noted Book Artist's Take on a Traditional Jewish Folk Tale
David Ben Shaul and Uri Orlev. סיפור על מלך מלכה ותרנגול (A King, a Queen and a Cock). Jerusalem: Jerusalem Print Workshop, 1996. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (058.00.00)

"Will Her Love Remember Her" (056.00.00)

"Will Her Love Remember"
Lynne Avadenka. Plum Colored Regret, with English translation by Peter Cole. Hebrew and English. Huntington Woods, Michigan: Land Marks Press, 2010. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (056.00.00)

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