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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B235
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1730
    Language
    Yiddish, Hebrew
    • The fast day Yom Kippur Katan has its origin in the holiday of Rosh Hodesh, which in biblical times marked
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B274
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    13th century, 1288
    Language
    Hebrew
    • codex in the Braginsky Collection.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B28
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1795
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Duyk Pieters dochter in het St. Catharinaconvent te Amsterdam (1e helft 16e eeuw)
    • The "Counting of the Omer" is the ritual counting of the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot, the Feast
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B282
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1752
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Duyk Pieters dochter in het St. Catharinaconvent te Amsterdam (1e helft 16e eeuw)
    • The Massekhet Purim contained in this manuscript is a Purim parody by the Provençal author and translator
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B45
    Collection
    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, before 1611
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Hebron (The Land of Israel), Solomon Adeni
    • of the Mishnah (the first major written redaction of the Oral Torah).
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K37
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1668
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Duyk Pieters dochter in het St. Catharinaconvent te Amsterdam (1e helft 16e eeuw)
    • The practice of decorating marriage contracts was revived in early seventeenth-century Amsterdam under
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B62
    Collection
    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1728
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Duyk Pieters dochter in het St. Catharinaconvent te Amsterdam (1e helft 16e eeuw)
    • In 1728 Meir Cohen Belinfante copied this decorated psalter from the 1670 printed edition by the Amsterdam
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S17
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, around 1675
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Duyk Pieters dochter in het St. Catharinaconvent te Amsterdam (1e helft 16e eeuw)
    • This profusely illustrated Dutch scroll is distinctive for its thirty-eight illustrations drawn in sepia
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B285
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1796
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Duyk Pieters dochter in het St. Catharinaconvent te Amsterdam (1e helft 16e eeuw)
    • The Hijman Binger Haggadah is a typical example of Hebrew manuscript decoration in Central and Northern
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B243 Vol. 3
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1491
    Language
    Hebrew
    • ) is the older colophon, which states that Isaac ben Ishai Sason completed it in 1491 in Ocaña, (Spain
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B243 Vol. 1
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1494
    Language
    Hebrew
    • ) is the older colophon, which states that Isaac ben Ishai Sason completed it in 1491 in Ocaña, (Spain
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B243 Vol. 2
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1494
    Language
    Hebrew
    • ) is the older colophon, which states that Isaac ben Ishai Sason completed it in 1491 in Ocaña, (Spain
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B243 Vol. 4
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1491
    Language
    Hebrew
    • ) is the older colophon, which states that Isaac ben Ishai Sason completed it in 1491 in Ocaña, (Spain
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B115
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, [14th–15th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This manuscript, B115, is the latest of the three manuscripts in the Braginsky Collection (also B240
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B119
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, second half of the 14th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The importance of the Braginsky Pentateuch for the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible is comparable
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K99
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1648
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The lavish decoration of this printed and hand-painted ketubah attests to the high esteem in which this
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K49
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1675
    Language
    Hebrew
    • In the 17th century, the Jewish community of Casale Monferrato had between 500 and 600 members.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B253
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, [around 1400]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This obviously much-used manuscript is in good overall condition; it is written in an elegant square
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S13
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1746
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Griselini (1717-1787), whose engraved border designs were popular in Italy in the eighteenth century
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B327
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 18th century, [around 1800]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The "Counting of the Omer" is a blessing that takes place during the 49 days from the second day of Passover