Contents of issue No. 26
A. Yoseph Leichter – The National library *A bibliographic discovery: Laws of slaughtering and testing*; Zhovkva, 1726. Despite the important haskamot (הסכמות) the book disappeared and is unknown. Why? Recently, a thin little book arrived to the National Library, a pamphlet which contains fifteen pages. Its letters are small and dense. In its upper part it's a little eaten. At first glance it does not look anything special …<http://safranim.wordpress.com/%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%9B%D7%95/%D7%90-%D7%AA%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%AA/> B. Eran Raviv *Book of leap year *(לוחות העיבור) by R. Raphael Halevi of Hanover Raphael Levi (Halevi) Segal, who was born in Hanover (1685 – May 17 1779) was a Jewish mathematician and astronomer. He became famous mainly due to his book astronomy of the sky ("תכונת השמים") which was published, without his knowledge by R. Moshe of Tiktin (Tykocin) …<http://safranim.wordpress.com/%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%9B%D7%95/%D7%91-%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8-%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%97%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%9C%D7%A8-%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%99-%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%91/> C. Dr. Ruth Kalman, public library of Dimona *Each book – its story* Impressions of a lecture by David Ben-Naim – curator of the rare books in Bar Ilan's library. The Meyerhoff Municipal Library of Dimona operates, like many other libraries in the country, to integrate cultural values, Jewish heritage and education programs in culture, with the goal of widening the horizons and minds of readers …<http://safranim.wordpress.com/%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%9B%D7%95/%D7%92-%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%9C-%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8-%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8/> Enjoy your reading The editor Avishai Alboim Head of Harambam Library (Beit Ariela) in Tel Aviv -- חיים לוי איגוד ספרני היהדות
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