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The Book of Conversation and Discussion
Kitāb al-muḥāḍara wa-’l-mudhākara
A book—the best of the friends; its riddles will amuse you. And if you wish, its admonitions will occupy your mind, for it will include the least and the most, the present and the absent, the lofty…
Order (‘Arukh)
Peh-samekh-kof
[This root appears] in Chapter “Even though,” when it says [b. Ketubbot 63a]: “This master did not eat the concluding [meal] [afsik] before Yom Kippur, and that master did not eat the…
Fundamentals of Grammar
Yesod dikduk, Introduction
At the beginning of every thought of the heart and at the first expression of every lip, I will ascribe power to Him who teaches man knowledge (Psalms 94:10) to think thoughts, to Him who creates the…
Book of Clear Speech
Sefer safah berurah
And so, I will first inquire into which language is the first of all languages. Many have said that Aramaic is the earliest language, and that all people have the capacity to speak it without a…
The Book of Demonstration
Sefer ha-galuy, Introduction, Proverbs 19:10, Psalms 48:3
In my youth, I perused their works, examined their words, and composed this book to demonstrate here the truth, with proofs, for all who understand candidly. And the ignorant among the nation should…
Grammar
Dayyakut
And now, thoughtful people, you have seen well, know, and understand how verbs with triliteral roots, none of whose root letters disappear, behave wherever they go as commanded by our…