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The National Library of Israel has the world's largest Haggadah collection, includes some of the oldest Haggadot.

(JNS) — The National Library of Israel has embarked on a massive project to collect and archive all published materials about the Oct. 7 massacre,

The only criterion is for adding something to the National Library’s collection is that the item has to do with October 7.

The Bearing Witness project is "a crucial endeavor for understanding our collective identity," said curator Chaim Neria.The post National Library of Israel preserving ‘collective memory’ of Oct. 7 appeared first

(JTA) — The National Library of Israel has announced the acquisition of 60,000 Yemenite Jewish manuscripts and text fragments which made up one of the most significant private collections of

The late Yehuda Levi Nahum assembled the collection over six decades.The post Jerusalem library gets 45,000 Jewish manuscripts from Yemen appeared first on JNS.org.

The collection consists of some 45,000 manuscripts and legible fragments, and some 15,000 fragments.

The collection was bequeathed to the library by the family of the late Yehuda Levi Nahum, a Jew with a passion for his Yemenite heritage who immigrated to Israel from Yemen in 1929.

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Israel’s National Library debuts the largest collection of Kabbalah ‘trees,’ expected to form the cornerstone of one of the most important collections of Judaica.

At collection opening, NLI says it seeks to illuminate new genre of Jewish research through the ancient scrolls, shed light on mystical teachings for scholars and amateurs