The public is invited to the opening of an exhibit of manuscripts and printed books by and on Moses Maimonides from the holdings of the Jewish National and UniversityLibrary marking 800 years since his passing.
The opening ceremony will take place on December 19, 2004 at 7:30 PM in the Weintraub Hall at the Library in Givat Ram, Jerusalem. Following opening remarks by Prof. Yoram Tsafrir, Director of the Library, Prof. Menahem Megidor, President of the Hebrew University, Prof. Isaiah Gafni and Dr. Abraham David, Prof. Menahem Ben Sasson will deliver a lecture on the wanderings of the Maimonides family library. The exhibit will remain on display at the Library until mid-February. On Monday, December 20, the Library will host a day long conference on the Maimonides heritage featuring lectures in Hebrew by Profs. Samuel Kottek and Mordecai Akiva Friedman on Maimonides the physician, Dr. Edna Engel on Maimonides' autograph commentary on the Mishnah, Prof. Yonah Frankel on the order of prayer according to Maimonides, Rabbi Yitzhak Shilat on the need for a new edition of the Mishneh Torah, Shelomo Zalman Havlin on the manuscript volume of Mishneh Torah proofread by Maimonides and Prof. Elhanan Adler will display and discuss digitized images of writings by Maimonides on the Library's website. For invitations and entrance permits to the campus write to: Benjamin Richler Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts Jewish National and University Library POB 39105 Jerusalem, Israel 91390 Tel. 02-6586233 FAX 02-6511771 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
