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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B259
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, last third of the 15th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • This Miscellany for Life Cycle Events from the last third of the 15th century was probably a wedding
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B49
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    16th century, 15th century, [ca. 1500]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • The Roman rite, generally known as Nussah Roma, is the oldest order of prayer outside the ancient lands
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S8
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
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    17th century, 18th century, Scroll: Italy, 18th century / Case: Venice or Rome, 17th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • Jewish ceremonial objects crafted of gold, such as this Esther scroll case, are exceptionally rare since
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B104
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, [second half of the 18th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This manuscript contains one of the four autographs of Elijah ben Solomon Zalman, known as the Vilna
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B133
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1615
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The author of the text of this manuscript, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (1522-1570), was considered one
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B67
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, [around 1720]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Jews of the island of Corfu.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K68
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1748
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The bridal couple mentioned in this marriage contract, Dona Sarah, daughter of Jacob Guttieres Pegna
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B93
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, [second half of the 14th century (around 1391?)]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This collection of cosmological treatises contains excerpts from a larger manuscript, presumably written
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B332
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1755
    Language
    Latin
    • Until 1800, the University of Padua was the most important center for Jewish students, whereas the University
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B242
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, [17th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Joseph (Juspa), shammes of Worms (1604-1678), recorded the everyday life, the rites and the customs of
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K29
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1789
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This marriage contract was made in one of the most important Jewish communities of Italy, the Adriatic
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S24
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, around 1750
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This eighteenth-century megillah was created in Lower Saxony and exemplifies a type of folk art decoration
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B52
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1750
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The prophet Elijah, who will come in order to announce the advent of the Messiah, is considered to be
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B283
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    16th century, 1553-1555
    Language
    Italian
    • This collection of eleven documents in Italian concerning the condemnation and burning of the Talmud
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B57
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, between 1673 and 1683
    Language
    Hebrew
    • In the kabbalistic school of Safed (Upper Galilee), the mystical aspect of prayer, as “the vehicle of
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K91
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1695
    Language
    Hebrew
    • David, son of Daniel Coelho Enriques (or Henriques) and Dona Rachel, daughter of Abraham Enriques Da
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K70
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1765
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This marriage contract between Abraham [Abramo], son of the late Jonathan Judah Finzi, and his bride
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B252
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, [last third of the 15th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The book Minhagim ("Religious Customs") is attributed to Samuel of Ulm, although the authorship is not
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B243 Vol. 3
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1491
    Language
    Hebrew
    • At the end of the last volume (Vol. 4) of this Hebrew Bible with Masoretic comments (textual criticism
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S58
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 19th century, ca. 1900
    Language
    Hebrew
    • surrounded by men wearing fezes and children holding drums used as noisemakers to drawn out the name of