From the Archive: Register of a Jewish Midwife
Title page of the Register of a Jewish Midwife by Roza, wife of Leyzer ben Moses Judah, in Yiddish (L) and Hebrew (R). Via The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization.
This post is part of JWA’s From the Archive column. It was written in partnership with The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization.
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