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This is the signature of Mordechai Doctor (1868-1926), a Russian rabbi and author.

He was the son of Rabbi Tsvi Hirsch Doctor. According to the Ellis Island passenger records, he arrived in America from Hamburg on December 5th, 1903 at the age of…

Yerushalayim ha-benuyah (trans. 'Jerusalem rebuilt') was written by Nachman Isaac Fischmann and Abraham Menachem Mendel Mohr, both from Lemberg, Austria. Fischmann was an author, poet and member of the young Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment) group in…

Sefer Afiḳe Yehudah is a collection of Jewish sermons compiled by Yehuda Leyb ha-Levi Edel.


The front and back fly-leaves have various signatures and inscriptions in Hebrew ("This book belongs to the great Rabbi ... Shelomoh ..."; "Belongs to…

This is the bookstamp of Eduard (Ede) Ehrlich (1808-1882), a Hungarian rabbi who held posts in several cities throughout his lifetime. Little about his life is documented, aside from a few articles from a local newspaper in which he is mentioned.…

'Ene ha-'Edahis a collection ofcommentaries on Talmud Kiddushin, Talmud Bava batra, and Talmud Niddah. It includes contributions from Isaiah ben Mali di Trani (c. 1200), Yom Tov ben Avraham Ishbili (c. 1270-1342), Ibn Migash, Joseph ben Meir ha-Levi…

Sefer Amarot Tehorot ("pure sayings") was the first Hassidic commentary on Sefer Tehilim. It was written by R. Eliezer ben Jacob Ha-Levi (Horovitz) of Tarnogrod, a rabbi and Chasidic author. According to one of his sayings, even the greatest saint…

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…

'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…

This is the signature of Eliyahu Simha (also Symcha Elia) Etkind (1890-194[2]), a Russian accountant.

He was born in Mogilev, Russia in 1890. In WWI he served in the Russian Tsar’s army and was captured by the Germans. He was in German…

This is the bookstamp of Evelina de Rothschild Girls' School (est. 1854), the first all-girls school in Palestine. It was originally founded by Dr. Albert Cohen in the Old City of Jerusalem and taught the students domestic trades, such as sewing and…