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We invite you through our front doors and into several centuries of history and culture featured in the Jewish Public Library’s one-of-a-kind Archives and Special Collections.

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Open antique book showing a two-page spread; right page displays INDEX CAPITUM with CAPUT I–X and a decorative emblem.
2023

From the Rare Book Collection: Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (Hamburg : Henricum Künraht, 1670)

Rare Books
Open, weathered manuscript with faded cursive writing and taped spine; frayed, stained pages.
2023

From the Rare Book Collection: Sefer Brant Shpigl (Frankfurt am Main : No publisher listed, 1676)

Rare Books
An old cloth-covered book with a torn parchment scroll tucked along its edge against a black background.
2023

From the Rare Book Collection: Sefer Kitsur Tsitsat Novel Tsevi (Odessa : Moses Eliezer Beilinson, 1867)

Rare Books
An old, worn book opened to yellowed pages on the left with a green label showing Arabic text and a seal on the right.
2023

From the Rare Book Collection: Korban Pesah (Livorno : Shelomoh Bilforti ve-havro, 1837)

Rare Books
Open ancient Hebrew manuscript showing an ornate header and decorative border on the right page, with torn, stained edges.
2023

From the Rare Book Collection: Masekhet Tamid min Talmud Bavli (Grodno [Poland] : stanislav Augustos Melekh Polin, 1789)

Rare Books
Page from a Latin manuscript of Josephus' Antiquities, with dense blackletter text and brown marginal notes.
2023

From the Rare Book Collection: Antiquities of the Jews (Venice : Rinaldo de Novimagio, 1481)

Rare Books
Two old open Hebrew manuscript pages with dense text and worn edges against a dark background.
2023

From the Rare Book Collection: Hamishah Humshe Torah […] be-lashon Ashkenaz (Amsterdam : Uri Phoebus Halevi, 1678)

Rare Books
Close-up of a Hebrew manuscript page with dense text and an ornate decorative border around a small illustration.
2023

From the Rare Book Collection: Lev ha-Aryeh (Venice : Giacomo Sarzino, 1612)

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Old worn Hebrew prayer book opened to two pages, held in a hand against a dark background.
2023

From the Rare Book Collection: Mahzor Bene Roma (Venice : Daniel Bomberg, 1526)

Rare Books
Open ancient liturgical manuscript page with red and black script and a vine border along the top.
2023

From the Rare Book Collection: Liturgy of the Seventh Sabbath (Ethiopia : bound manuscript, c. 1750 - c. 1850)

Rare Books
Old Hebrew title page framed by an ornate architectural arch with carved columns; aged, stained paper.
2023

From the Rare Book Collection: Derekh Emunah (Padua : Lorenzo Pasquato or Samuel Boehm, 1563)

Rare Books
Close-up of an aged Hebrew text page with dense lines of letters and a few large bold words, angled on a dark background.
2023

From the Rare Book Collection: Sefer Luhot 'Edut (Altona [Germany] : Aaron ben Elijah ha-Kohen, 1755)

Rare Books
Close-up of a beige fabric book spine, rolled up and held by a hand, with Hebrew text on the cloth against a black background.
2023

From the Rare Book Collection: Sefer ha-Shorashim (Salonika : moses soncino, 1533)

Rare Books
A page of Hebrew text with several long black bars drawn across and obscuring multiple lines.
2023

From the Rare Book Collection: Mirkevet ha-Mishneh (Sabbionetta [Italy] : Tobias Foà, 1551)

Rare Books
Old manuscript pages with faded cursive handwriting, torn edges and stains.
2023

From the Rare Book Collection: Sefer ha-Zohar (Slavuta [Poland/Ukraine] : Shapiro, 1815, 1827, 1863)

Rare Books