Israel's National Library Gains Gift of Rare 15th-Century Scroll of Esther | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com
With Jerusalem emerging from COVID-19 curbs and the faithful flocking there again, Easter Sunday brought a message of renewal from... Finkelman added that the library was “privileged to house this treasure and to preserve the legacy of pre-expulsion Iberian Jewry for the Jewish people and the world.” The Scroll of Esther is read worldwide in Jewish communities during the holiday of Purim, which this year begins after sundown from Thursday night until sundown on Friday. The scroll, which the library has made available online, is written on leather with brown ink and in a Sephardic script...
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