I have a number of volumes of the Talmud, printed in Sulzbach, Bavaria, on various dates in the mid-eighteenth century.  Hebrew printing had begun in Sulzbach, an old-established Jewish community, …

This anonymous book is stamped by the Jews’ Hospital and Orphan Asylum, Lower Norwood and has an inscription by the Headmaster, Reverend S, H, Harris, dated May 19th 1884 – 5644. The bo…

You have to remember that it is 1934. There are no frozen foods, you may be cooking on a gas or electric stove – or perhaps a modern coal stove. Refrigerators are a luxury. There are few kosh…

This is the rarest of Soncino Press Talmud editions. The first edition of the Soncino Talmud, with translations into English by impeccably orthodox Rabbonim, was published in 1935. 1,000 regular se…