Meḳiẓe Nirdamim

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The Meḳiẓe Nirdamim was a society for the publication of old Hebrew books and manuscripts. It was established first at Lyck, Germany, in 1864.

It was under the direction of Rabbi Nathan Adler, Sir Moses Montefiore, and Joseph Zedner (London), Albert Cohn (Paris), S. D. Luzzatto (Padua), M. Sachs (Berlin), Eliezer Lipman Silberman (Lyck), and M. Straschun (Wilna).

It was re-established at Berlin in 1885 under the supervision of Abraham Berliner (Berlin), Moses Ehrenreich (Rome), Joseph Derenbourg and David Günzburg (Paris), S. J. Halberstam (Bielitz), A. Harkavy (St. Petersburg), Marcus Jastrow (Philadelphia), David Kaufmann (Budapest), and M. Straschun (Wilna).

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• NIRDAMIM: List of publications to 1902

This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain.