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February 23, 2021

A Medieval Scroll of Esther Comes to Israel

From 15th-century Iberia.

On the holiday of Purim, which begins on Thursday night this year, the book of Esther is traditionally read from a handwritten scroll. One of the oldest such scrolls extant has recently been in acquired by the National Library of Israel, where it can be viewed online:

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