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ספר מגן אברהם

IJA Number: 3535 · Language: Hebrew

This is a book of sermons and homilies on the Torah printed in Venice.

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שפר התקונים

IJA Number: 3387 · Language: Hebrew

This is a prayer book for the festival of Shavuot, one of the three pilgrimage festivals printed in Livorno. Included are portions from the Torah for study on the evening of the holiday.

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תפלה בית ישראל

IJA Number: 3375 · Language: Hebrew

This is a prayer book in the Baghdadi style with liturgy for morning, afternoon, and evening services, for Sabbath and weekdays. It is printed in Livorno.

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עין יעקב חלק שני

IJA Number: 372 · Language: Hebrew

This is volume two of a set of commentary on Jewish literature.

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ديوان بحر العلوم

IJA Number: 3179 · Language: Arabic

This is a book printed in Arabic titled “The Collected Poems of Bahr Al-‘Ulūm.” It contains the works of the “Peoples’ Poet,” Mohammed Saleh [Ṣālih] Bahr al-Ulum. This is the first volume of the first edition.

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ספר מגיני ארץ חלק ראשון

IJA Number: 3036 · Language: Hebrew

This is part one of a two volume set of the code of Jewish law, the Shulḥan ʻArukh.

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מסכת עבודה זרה מן תלמוד בבלי

IJA Number: 3021 · Language: Aramaic

This is a tractate of the Babylonian Talmud printed in Vilna that discusses the laws of idolatry.

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ספר משנה וברורה והוא פירוש על שולחן ערוך אורך חיים

IJA Number: 1168 · Language: Hebrew

This is an edition of the Oraḥ Ḥayim, a book of Jewish law from the Shulḥan ʻArukh.

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שלחן ערוך יורה דעה

IJA Number: 1155 · Language: Hebrew

This is an edition of the Shulḥan ʻArukh Yoreh Deʻah by Joseph Karo with commentaries by the Ḥasidic Rabbi, Shneur Zalman. This also includes the text of another book of the Shulḥan ʻArukh, Oraḥ Ḥayyim.

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אלפא ביתא: ותרגילי מקרא למתחילים

IJA Number: 1082 · Language: Hebrew

This is a Hebrew primer used in Baghdad. There are many copies in the collection.

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חמשה חומשי תורה ספר דברים

IJA Number: 1078 · Language: Hebrew

This is a volume of the book of Deuteronomy with an Aramaic translation and commentary by Rashi. Included are prayer for the Sabbath.

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ספר צלח רכב

IJA Number: 3602 · Language: Hebrew

This is a book of sermons on the weekly Torah portions printed in Baghdad.

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ספר זבחי צדק ח"א

IJA Number: 3590 · Language: Hebrew

This is part one of a Jewish law rulings by the Iraqi scholar Abdallah ben Abraham Somekh on the work of the medieval Jewish rabbi and author Joseph Karo. There are many copies in the collection. This edition includes a hand copied section.

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אמתאל אל דאודייה

IJA Number: 3577 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is volume two of a four volume set of Judeo-Arabic literature printed in Baghdad. It is an uncut printer's section that was cut at the National Archives for treatment.

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סדר קריאי מועד חלק שני

IJA Number: 3526 · Language: Hebrew

This is volume two of a two volume set and contains the prayers for the evening of Shavuot (Pentecost).

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קאנון אל נסא

IJA Number: 3521 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is a book with Jewish laws and rituals for women written in Judeo-Arabic by the famous Baghdadi Rabbi know as the Ben Ish Ḥai. The book is printed in Baghdad, using the letters from the Hebrew press in Livorno (the place of publication is listed as Be-O`[tiyot] Livorno, meaning using the letters of Livorno).

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ספר בן יהוידע

IJA Number: 3128 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is one volume of a five volume commentary on the Babylonian Talmud. It was written by Rabbi Yosef Ḥayim, a famous Baghdadi Rabbi, known also as the Ben Ish Ḥai. Inside are many handwritten notes in Judeo-Arabic.

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ספר המגיד מנביאים ראשונים חלק שני

IJA Number: 3586 · Language: Hebrew

This is part two of a series of books of Prophets with a Yiddish translation by Jacob ben Isaac.

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אקים את יצחק

IJA Number: 2997 · Language: Hebrew

This is a collection of sermons and writings on Jewish customs and practices for the Sabbath and holidays published in Baghdad.

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ספר עיקרי הד"ט ח”א

IJA Number: 863 · Language: Hebrew

This is the first part of a two part commentary on Joseph Karo's Shulḥan ʻArukh. It was printed in Florence, Italy using letters from the Hebrew printing press in Amsterdam, Holland.

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שלחן ערוך חשן המשפט

IJA Number: 3596 · Language: Hebrew

This is an edition of the Ḥoshen Mishpaṭ, a book of Jewish law from the Shulḥan ʻArukh, including commentaries.

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ספר מגלות רות איכה ואסתר

IJA Number: 3579 · Language: Hebrew

This is a commentary on three of the five Megilot: Ruth, Lamentations, and Esther.

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סדר תיקון חצות וסליכות

IJA Number: 3505 · Language: Hebrew

This is a prayer book in the Baghdadi style for the Jewish Holiday of Seliḥot written by the Ḳabalistic rabbi, Isaac Luria.

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חמשה חומשי תורה

IJA Number: 3640 · Language: Hebrew

This is the first of a four volume set from the Rabbinic Bible published in Venice in the beginning of the 17th Century. This is the five books of the Torah with the Aramaic translation and Rabbinic by Rashi and ibn Ezra.

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