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Gila and Mishael Caspi Judaica Collection, [17th-early 19th century]

Catalog Number: M312

Manuscripts:
Bible. O.T. Esther Hebrew [Megilat Ester], [16--?]
Grace after meals. Yiddish and Hebrew. 1700
Box 1
Microfilmed manuscripts (2 reels): Original manuscripts (bulk 18th-20th century) on permanent deposit with the National Library of Israel; inventoried, and described by Benjamin Richler, National Library of Israel (view inventory online). A print copy of Richler's inventory is included in Box 1.
Realia:
Metal plate (silver-washed bronze?), hinged, with inscribed text (Hebrew?) on verso (60 x 43 mm.), n.d.
MRealia Shofar (flat, 71 cm. in length), n.d.
Box 1 Tefillin (i.e. phylacteries), a set of small leather boxes with scrolls inserted inscribed with verses from the Torah, n.d.
Box 1 Torah breastplate, silver, inscribed (Yemen, 26 x 19 cm.), ca. early 19th century

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