A rare copy of Yalkut Shimoni, a text attributed to Rabbi Shimon HaDarshan of Frankfurt, was recently discovered in Warsaw, Poland‘s capital, by the Jewish Historical Institute.
Originally written and printed in the early 13th century, the volume, a second volume printed in Livorno, Italy, between 1655 and 1656, features a unique menorah illustration. Donated to the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva by its founder, Rabbi Meir Shapiro, during his lifetime, it is considered the first book printed in Livorno.
Piotr Nazaruk, a Polish government curator and researcher, collaborated with the institute to uncover the find, alongside other sacred texts, including four volumes from the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva library, found in a Jewish community building’s cellar in Warsaw.
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