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List of Talmudim

The materials in the Sixteenth-Century Hebrew Books collection are divided into 3 sections: General Titles; Bibles; and Talmudim (this list).

The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.

  1. In order to be consistent, titles are listed alphabetically, without the word ספר at the beginning, and without the definite article ה. Example: to find the title ספר המוסר, search under “מוסר”.
  2. A number of books have multiple titles (both formal and informal), and for this reason many titles are also cross-referenced. Example: the Karaite prayer book known familiarly by the title of מנחת יהודה (Venice, 1528/1529) is cross-referenced with its more formal title: סדור התפלות למנהג קהל הקראים
  3. Books without call numbers have not yet been catalogued by the Library of Congress, but are still available to readers in the Hebraic Section of the Library.

Babylonian Talmud

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Baba Batra Printed without title-page or pagination. In fairly good condition.

Begins in middle of second chapter “לא יחפור”. Missing the מראה ממקום, חיקור דיני בבא בתרא, and a passage from Rashbam’s “Seder Nahalot” (fol. 232a in complete ed.).
Yebamoth Printed w/o title-page or pagination. Contemporary leather binding. Complete with colophon; in relatively good condition.
Yebamoth (2nd copy) Complete except for last page with colophon (fol.168 in complete ed.).

Jerusalem Talmud

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Talmud Yerushalmi in 4 sedarim. Title-page without date [as printed]. Complete. Daniel Bomberg, Venice 1523 and in very good condition.

Babylonian Talmud

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Arakhin No title-page; otherwise complete [from 1522].
Avodah Zarah                    No title-page; missing ff. 1-2; otherwise complete [from 1520].
Avot     Title-page with date 1521.
Baba Kama No title-page; missing leaves at beginning and end [from 1521].
Baba Batra In conservation box. 1521: no title-page and begins from fol. 4.  
Bekhorot Title-page with date 1522.
Hagigah No title-page; otherwise complete [from 1521].
Keritot Title-page with date 1522.
Makot     Title-page with date 1520.
Menahot Title-page with date 1520.
Moᶜed Katan     No title-page; missing leaves at end [from 1521].
Nezir, Nedarim  Title-page with date 1522.
Pesahim No title-page; otherwise complete [from 1520]. 
Sanhedrin     No title-page; otherwise complete [from 1520].
Sotah Title-page with date 1520.
Tamid/Meᶜilah  Title-page with date 1523.
Temurah Title-page with date 1522.
Yebamot

2 copies; [both from 1522]: 

1st copy:  housed in conservation box. Lacks title-page; begins from fol. 8.

2nd copy: lacks title-page and begins from fol. 4.
Yoma Title-page with date 1520.
Zera’im No title-page; otherwise complete [from 1522].
Zevahim Title-page with date 1522.
Also: Maimonides’ Commentary on Mishna Seder Kodashin No title-page; [from 1522].

Babylonian Talmud

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Arakhin Title-page with date 1528.
Baba Kama  No title-page; missing leaves at end.

Library of Congress copy is a composite of the 2nd Bomberg edition
(ff. 3a-57b) and the Constantinople edition ca. 1583-1593 (ff. 58a-136b).
Eruvin Title-page with date 1528.
Hulin No title-page.

This copy from either the 2nd or 4th edition; 
Hulin is apparently identical in both.
Keritot-Midot Two treatises bound together, each with separate title-page.
Keritot Title-page with date 1528.
Midot Title-page with date 1528. Dated colophon at end (1529).
Keritot No title-page; otherwise complete [also from 1528]. 
Kodashim     Title-page with date 1528.
Nidah 1530

Title-page with date 1530.

Two copies, each with title-page.
Rosh Hashanah No title-page [1531].
Shevu’ot 1526 Title-page with date 1526.
Sukkah Title-page with date 1526.
Toharot 1528 Title-page with date 1528.
Also: Rabbenu Asher on הלכות קטנות Title-page with date 1530.

Babylonian Talmud

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Avot Title-page with date 1539.
Baba Batra No title-page [from 1538].
Megilah 1538 Title-page with date 1538.

Babylonian Talmud

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Yebamot, Venice 1549 No title-page; in conservation box.
Bekhorot, Venice 1550 Title-page with date 1550.
Nidah, Venice 1551 Title-page with date 1551.
Temurah, Venice 1550 Title-page with date 1550.
Meᶜilah, Venice 1550 Title-page with date 1550.
Arakhin, Venice 1550 Title-page with date 1550.
Menahot, Venice 1551 Title-page with date 1551.
Zevahim, Venice 1551 No title-page; missing ff. 1-3.
Horayot, Venice 1551 Title-page with date 1551.

Babylonian Talmud

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Kiddushin, Sabbioneta, 1553 Apparently the only treatise printed in what was meant to be a complete edition. Complete with dated title-page. Title-page damaged
רא״ש Sabbioneta, 1553 Contains Hagahot Asheri and the following sections:
                    

- Eruvin (fols. 106-124). Marginal commentary from Or Zaruaᶜ. Colophon (fo. 124a) mentions Cornelius Adelkind and Tobias Foa.
 

- Pesahim (fols. 128-136). Several duplicated leaves and incorrectly bound. 136b contains .קיצור פסקי הרא״ש ממסכת פסחים
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- Yebamot (fols.125-146). Marginal commentary from Or Zaruaᶜ.
 

- Ketubot (fols.117-152). Marginal commentary from Or Zaruaᶜ.
 

- Nedarim (fols.111-121). Marginal commentary from Or Zaruaᶜ.
 

- Gittin (fols.93-115). Marginal commentary from Or Zaruaᶜ.

Babylonian Talmud

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Hulin, Salonika, 1566 This is the seventh of the eight treatises printed. No title-page.
First and last fol. [fol. 174] missing.

Babylonian Talmud

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Avodah Zarah, Cracow, 1580 Third of three treatises printed. Complete with dated title-page and in excellent condition.

Babylonian Talmud

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Zera’im No title-page.
Eruvin Title-page but undated.
Pesahim No title-page.
Yoma Title-page but undated.
Ta’anit Title-page but undated.
Sukkah Title-page but undated.
Megilah Title-page but undated; numerous leaves bound upside down.
Megilah (a 2nd copy) Text-block without cover or title-page; otherwise complete.
Sanhedrin Title-page but undated.

Babylonian Talmud

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Ketubot, Kuru Tsheshme, 1590s Lacks fols. 1-3, including title-page. Colophon on fol. 112b complete but undated). In near fine condition.
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