This manuscript page of Deuteronomy 1:1–7 is from a translation of the Hebrew Bible into Yiddish, from Italy. It is decorated with two storks and an ornate chapter heading with the opening word of the…
During the seventeenth century, Shalem Shabazi, one of the most prominent rabbis of Yemen, wrote deeply spiritual, kabbalistic poetry that couched his subject— the love of God—in the erotic language…
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. He…