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This is the bookstamp of Emil Wassermann. Emil, who was born on May 12th 1842 in Wallerstein, Germany and died on November 12th 1911 in Berlin, Germany, was the initiator of the banking tradition in the Wassermann Family. He owned and directed A.E.…

Sefer ʻOlat Hodesh ha-Shelishi is part three of Eleaar ben David Fleckeles's sermons, which bear the collective title 'Olat ḥodesh. Fleckeles wote 'Olat Hodesh in four parts, containing sermons, a criticism of Mendelssohn's translation of the…

Sefer Divre Torah is a book of Jewish ethics that includes commentaries from Mosheh ben Hayim mi-Koznitser (-1874), Samuel Shmelke Horowitz (1726-1778), Jacob Isaac ha-Hozeh mi-Lublin (1745-1815), Abraham Joshua Heschel of Apta (-1825), Yerahmi'el…

Sefer ha-Hayyim ("the Book of Life") is a book of Jewish ethics. It was written by Hayyim ben Bezalel (Poland, c. 1520-1588). Hayyim ben Bezalel studied with Shalom Shachna and Solomon Luria (the Maharshal). He succeeded his uncle, Jacob ben Chaim,…

Sefer Rabiyah was written by Rabbi Elyaḳim ben Yehudah ha-Milzahgi (in Hebrew רבי אליקים בן יהודה המילזאהגי; acronym is 'ראביה'). Sefer Rabiyah discusses the writings of Leopold Zunz and Solomon Judah Leob…

Sefer Ḥidushe Maharashdam is a book of Jewish law, written by Daṿid Shelomoh ben Yitsḥaḳ Margaliyot. It contains the signature and stamp of Ya'akov Leib Vẹḳslikhṭ.This copy also has an illegible inscription, which is featured in the…

Sefer Zekhirah ṿe-ʻinyene segulot is a book of medicine and folklore written by Zekharyah mi-Plungyan.

This copy was published in Varhsa in 1875 and has an illegible inscription on the title page:

שנו אחלם הן

Nagid u-metsaṿeh (first published in Amsterdam 1712) is an anthology of customs in the tradition of Isaac Luria. It was written by Jacob ben Ḥayyim Ẓemaḥ, a Portuguese cabalist and physician. Ẓemaḥ receivedmedical training in Portugal as…

'En ha-ḳore was written by Jacob Hart, pen name Elyakim ben Avraham (1745-1814). A Londonborn Jew and jeweler by trade, Hart became the finest Jewish scholar of his generation in England.

He published five small volumes, including Ma'amar Binah…

Sefer Keri'e mo'ed is a compilation of cabalistic readings for the holy days. It was written by Judah ben Joseph Perez, a rabbi at Venice and Amsterdam in the first half of the eighteenth century. This copy is signed by M. Gaster (whose signature is…