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Dr. Yoel Finkelman
Dr. Yoel Finkelman is the former curator of the Judaica Collection at the National Library of Israel
Diaspora
If not for the efforts of “Rabbi Eli”, much of what we know about this particular Moroccan Jewish community would likely have been lost forever…
Judaism
Leifheit bat Asher owned a copy of the oldest printed Jewish prayer book. Was she also called to the Torah?
A look at the Kabbalistic significance of the Counting of the Omer, which culminates in the festival of Shavuot
Judaism, Land of Israel
This story of the purchase of this Spanish Kabbalistic manuscript encapsulates much of the work done here at the National Library.
A glimpse at a remnant from an 11th century prayer book discovered in the Cairo Genizah
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