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Cornerstones of Jewish Religious Life אבני יסוד
Talmud Created for Holocaust Survivors
מסכת ברכות. תלמוד בבלי (Tractate Berkahot of the Babylonian Talmud). Munich-Heidelberg, Germany, 1948. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (019.00.00)
Gates of Prayer שערי תפילה
One Hundred Blessings
מאה ברכות / Orden de Bendiciones (One Hundred Blessings). Amsterdam, 1687. Text in Hebrew and Spanish. Gift of Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Trust Fund at the Library of Congress, Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (020.00.00)
Prayer Book Printed in Venice
מחזור מכל השנה כמנהג קהלות קדש אשכנז (High Holyday Prayer Book for the Ashkenazi Community). Venice: Giorgio de’ Cavalli, 1567. Volume 1 of 2 volumes. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (062.00.00)
The Sacrifice of Isaac
עקדת יצחק (The Sacrifice of Isaac). Prayer book. Nineteenth century, [Iraq]. Hebrew Manuscript 197, Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (022.00.00)
Special Prayers for Women
תפילות בנות ישראל (Prayers for the Daughters of Israel). Frankfurt a. M., 1840. Hebrew and German. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (021.00.00)
One of the Few Surviving Synagogues in the German Reich
מחזור למעודי אל / Festgebete der Israeliten nach der gottesdienstlichen Ordnung im israelitischen Bethause zu Wien und in mehreren anderen Gemeinden (High Holy Day Service). Vienna, 1859, third printing. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (024.00.00)
The Survivors Haggadah
מוסף להגדה של פסח (Supplement to the Passover Haggadah). Munich Enclave, 1946. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (025.00.00)
Holy Land/Holy Tongue לשון הקודש ארץ הקודש
Guide for Pilgrims in the Holy Land
Judah Poliestri. זכרון בירושלים (Memory of Jerusalem). Constantinople: Jonah ben Jacob Ashkenazi, 1743. First Deinard Collection, Gift of Jacob H. Schiff, Hebraic Section,
African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (028.00.00)
The First Book Printed in the Holy Land
Yom-Tov Zahalon. לקח טוב (A Good Lesson). Safed: Eliezer ben Isaac Ashkenazi of Prague, Israel, 1577. First Deinard Collection, Gift of Jacob H. Schiff, Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (026.00.01)
A Second Printing Press in Safed
ספר ויקרא (Book of Leviticus). Safed: Israel Bak, 1833. First Deinard Collection, Gift of Jacob H. Schiff, Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (029.00.00)
"Torah and Labor"
נשא ברמה את הדגל של ארץ ישראל (“Raise High the Flag of Israel”). Poster of Ha-Poel ha-Mizrahi, Israeli political party (fl. 1922–1956). Undated, ca. 1950s. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (031.00.00)
The Playing Card Art of Arthur Szyk
Heroes of Ancient Israel: The Playing Card Art of Arthur Szyk. Burlingame, CA: Historicana, 2011. The set consists of a suite of twelve limited edition fine art prints, a collector’s deck, a player’s deck, and Heroes of Ancient Israel: The Playing Card Art of Arthur Szyk, a companion volume by Allison Claire Chang. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (063.00.00, 063.00.01, 063.00.02)
"We are Here"
Eva Koigan. אנחנו כאן (We are Here). Israel, undated (ca. 1950s). Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (032.00.00)
Flowers of the Holy Land
Natural Flowers from the Holy Land. Jerusalem, ca. 1900. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (033.00.00)
Beauty in Holiness הדור מצוה
A Song of Songs for the Twenty-First Century
Gallery/Studio Tamar Messer. שיר השירים אשר לשלמה (The Songs of Solomon). Haifa, 2001. Text in Hebrew and English. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (037.00.00)
Haggadah with a Twist
Eliayhu Sidi. The Eliayhu Sidi Haggadah. Jerusalem, 2007. Printed at the workshop of The Jerusalem Fine Arts Prints under the supervision of David Moss and Yair Medinah. Boxes produced by Yaacov Ben Harush. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (036.00.00)
Highly Stylized Modern Passover Haggadah
Asher Kalderon. הגדת פסח החדשה (The New Passover Haggadah). [Israel], 2006. Gift of the Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Trust Fund at the Library of Congress, Hebraic Section,
African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (035.00.00)
The Washington Haggadah
The Washington Haggadah. Germany, 1478. Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (034.00.00)
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