World's largest collection of Yemenite Jewish manuscripts donated to Israel's National Library
The collection was bequeathed to the library by the family of the late Yehuda Levi Nahum, a Jew with a passion for his Yemenite heritage who immigrated to Israel from Yemen in 1929.
Manuscript in Judeo-Arabic of Shalom Shabazi’s poetry collection (diwan) in the author's own handwriting. Yemen, 17th century. (photo credit: ARDON BAR-HAMA)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF