Manuscripts

Textual analysis of fascinating manuscripts housed in Oxford's Bodleian Library, some written in Maimonides' own hand.

How a Tsarist ban on Hasidic books encouraged a boom in the dissemination of handwritten texts. Insights from a Hasidic manuscript collection in the Moses Gaster Collection of the John Rylands Library.

As well as a resource for knowledge and inspiration, manuscripts are points of connection between rebbe and chassid

A dramatic story of how an Indian book collector, a Canadian volunteer, a Syrian rabbi, and some secret agents saved priceless treasures of the Jewish people.

11 precious manuscripts held in the ancient synagogues of Damascus.

An analysis of the Oxford manuscript of the 16th Venetian Rabbi, Elijah Menachem Chalfan (MS Opp. 722)

Explore the treasures of this unparalleled collection of priceless texts.

With unique insights gleaned from manuscript versions of the Mishneh Torah, held at the Bodleian Libary, Oxford, and the Tanya, preserved at the British Library.

Is G-d's name in the Megillah? Finding a needle in a haystack.

An analysis of the manuscript of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi's Tanya early edition, held at the British Library, London.