Timna Elper
Samples of Book Conservation
Prayerbook from Amsterdam, printed in 1720. Private collection.
Efraim Family
Birkot Shamayim Me’al, printed in Jerusalem, 1952, with explanations in Judeo-Arabic. From Palestine the book traveled to Baghdad, eventually returning when the Efraim family emigrated to Israel.
From the Rare Books Collection, Ben-Zvi Institute, MS 1039
Midrash on the Pentateuch, 1853.
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From the Rare Books Collection, Ben-Zvi Institute, MS 1039 Midrash on the Pentateuch, 1853.
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From the Rare Books Collection, Ben-Zvi Institute, MS 1878
Registry of the Portuguese Jewish Community in Tunisia. 18th-19th century
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From the Rare Books Collection, Ben-Zvi Institute, MS 1780
Matchmaking registry from the Jewish Community of western Tripoli, 1805-1830, signed by community registrars.
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From the Rare Books Collection, Ben-Zvi Institute, MS 994
Yusuf and Zulaikha in Persian, by Shāhin-i Shirāzi. 19th century.
From the Rare Books Collection, Ben-Zvi Institute, MS 1032
Zad al-Musafirin by Muhammad Mahdi Sharif, 1875
