National Library unveils world's largest collection of Esther scrolls
As the nation marks Purim, the National Library provides a rare glimpse into part of its collection of Esther scrolls.
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As the nation marks Purim, the National Library provides a rare glimpse into part of its collection of Esther scrolls.
Feb 22, 2021 Scroll of Esther written by a scribe on the Iberian Peninsula around 1465, before the Jews’ expulsion, has been acquired by the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem. By Yakir Benzion, United With Israel One of the world’s oldest known scrolls of the biblical Book of Esther has recently been gifted to the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem, home to the world’s largest collection of textual Judaica, where it has also been made available online for the first time. Written in Hebrew, the Book of Esther relates the tale of how an evil advisor to the ancient king of Persi...