Archive for January, 2011

Exciting New Search Features in Otzar HaHochma

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Otzar HaHochma has recently added several new search mechanisms to their extensive and still growing library. Above the list of books on the main page there has always been an option for limiting the book list by Subject. Now if one clicks on a specific subject a second box will appear which reveals a drop [...]

Mishneh Torah Manuscript Online

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

The Mishneh Torah, one of the first comprehensive codes of Jewish Law, was composed by Moses Maimonides between 1170 and 1180 CE. The manuscript of the Mishneh Torah owned by the Bodleian Library contains the first two books of the Code: Sefer ha-Madda and Sefer Ahavah. Folio 165 includes a signature line that reads, “It [...]