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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B317
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1739
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Yosef ben David, of Leipnik
    • Altona, copied and decorated by Joseph ben David of Leipnik
    • It was illustrated by Joseph ben David of Leipnik in 1739.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B115
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, [14th–15th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Isaac ben Joseph, of Corbeil
    • Isaac of Corbeil († 1280) is the author of this halakhic Small Book of Commandments also known as Sefer
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B262
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1730
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
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    • [Central or Northern Europe], copied and decorated by Nathan ben Simson of Mezeritsch
    • [Central or Northern Europe], copied and decorated by Nathan ben Simson of Mezeritsch
    • This Passover Haggadah with a Yiddish translation of the hymn Had Gadya (f. 23r) was copied and illustrated
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B274
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    13th century, 1288
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Moses ben Jacob, of Coucy
    • This is the earliest known manuscript of Moses of Coucy's classic legal code and also the earliest dated
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B257
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1719
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • [Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
    • The anonymous hymn of praise to the Creator Perek schira has been preserved in hundreds of manuscripts
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B45
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, before 1611
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Hebron (The Land of Israel), Solomon Adeni
    • Shelomo bar Joshua Adeni (1567-1625) was a Jewish scholar who devoted himself primarily to the study of
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B235
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1730
    Language
    Yiddish, Hebrew
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    • Pressburg, Judah Leib ben Meir of Glogau
    • 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, B222
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1723
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • copied and decorated by Moses Judah Leib ben Wolf Broda of Trebitsch
    • copied and decorated by Moses Judah Leib ben Wolf Broda of Trebitsch
    • The psalms in this manuscript are subdivided according to the days of the week on which they are to be
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S54
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, [ca. 1740]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • [Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
    • This scroll contains one of the most finely executed series of illustrations to be found in decorated
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B344
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • [Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
    • This miniature prayer book is the result of a unique collaboration of two of the most eminent Viennese
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B173
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1716
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • [Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
    • The titel of this mohel book (circumcision book) from 1716 is Book of the Lord’s Mystery with the [commentary
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B284
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
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    • [Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
    • This manuscript is a masterpiece of Jewish book art by Aaron Wolf Herlingen, an artist born around 1700
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B316
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1751
    Language
    Latin
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    • [Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
    • This calligram depicting King David playing a harp comprises the Latin text of what is known as the Seven
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B247
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, ca. 1670-1671
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Germany, Cistercian abbey of Eberbach (?)
    • This manuscript contains an Evronot ("Rules for Calculation of the Calendar").
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B251
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, [14th/15th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • He considered Kabbalah neither as a form of gnosis nor as a kind of theosophical theory that concentrates
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B125
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, [around 1470]
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
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    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • This manuscript contains the seven chapters of the aphorisms of Hippocrates in the Hebrew translation
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B345
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 1355
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Germany, Cistercian abbey of Eberbach (?)
    • Over the more than 650 years that have passed since this manuscript of the Mishneh Torah was created,
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B250
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, [late 13th or early 14th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • The halakhic text Shibbolei ha-Leket ("Ears of Gleaning") by Zedekia ben Abraham Anav of Rom (ca. 1225
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S12
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, around 1775
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • The Jews of Italy associated twisted columns with those of the Temple of Solomon, which they believed
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B327
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 18th century, [around 1800]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • The "Counting of the Omer" is a blessing that takes place during the 49 days from the second day of Passover