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1.
Sefer Tsits ha-ḳodesh
Title
ספר ציץ הקודש
Author
Shapira, Yehoshuʻa Tsevi Mikhl ben Yaʻaḳov Ḳopil, -1906
שפירא, יהושע צבי מיכל בן יערב קאפיל
Published
[Ḥ.m. : ḥ. mo. l., 1991?-
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM520.3 S452 1991 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
2.
Sefer Torat ḥakham ; Yeme Yosef
Title
ספר תורת חכם ;ימי יוסף
Author
Halevi, Joseph Yedid, 1866 or 1867-1930
הלוי, יוסף מרדכי ידיד
Published
[Monroe, N.Y. (8 Satmar Dr., Monroe 10950) : Y. Brakh, 752 i.e. 1991 or 1992]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM523.9 J8 H35 1991 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
3.
Sefer Matsevet Pinḥas
Title
ספר מצבת פנחס
Author
Bak, Benjamin
Published
Bolṭimor, Merilend, Artsot ha-Berit : B. Baḳ, c1990.
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM520.3 B34 1990 (LC)
Format
Books
4.
Sheʾelot u-teshuvot Mishpeṭe Eliyahu : kolel sheʾelot u-teshuvot, ḥiḳre halakhot u-verure dinim be-dine mamonot ʻal seder Ḥoshen mishpaṭ
Title
שאלות ותשובות משפטי אליהו
Author
Leṿi, Eliyahu, ha-Rav
לוי, אליהו, הרב
Published
Yerushalayim : E. Leṿi, 757-<759 > [1996 or 1997-<1998 or 1999 >]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM522.6 L4 1997 (LC)
Format
Books
5.
Ḳovets sifre sheʾelot u-teshuvot : be-khol miḳtsoʻot ha-Torah
Title
קובץ ספרי שאלות ותשובות
Published
[Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.] : Aḥim Goldenberg, [751 i.e. 1990 or 1991]
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM522 A1 K69 1990 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
6.
Sefer Mishnat Rabi Gershon : teshuvot, ḥidushim u-veʾurim
Title
ספר משנת רבי גרשון
Author
Lapidot, Gershon, d. 1956
Published
Yerushalayim : Y. ben Y.F. Grosberg, 751 [1990 or 1991]
Location
SML, Judaica - Request for delivery to any library >> BM522.6 A65 1990 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
7.
Sefer Sheʾelot u-teshuvot Ḥiḳre lev : kolel sheʾelot u-teshuvot ṿe-ḥiḳre halakhot
Title
ספר שאלות ותשובות חקרי לב
Author
Ḥazan, Yosef, 1741-1820
Published
Yerushalayim : Mekhon Ḥiḳre lev, 747- [1987-
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM522.42 A95 1987 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
8.
Sefer Minḥat Daṿid : ʻorekh maʻarakhot be-veʾrur halakhot, heʻarot ṿe-heʾarot ba-Sh. u-ʻa. ṿe-no. k., beʾurim u-verurim bi-sheʾelot ḥadashot ha-ʻomdot ʻal ha-pereḳ
Title
ספר מנחת דוד
Author
Rozenberg, Daṿid, ha-Kohen
Published
Bruḳlin : D. Rosenberg, 739-750 [1979-1989 or 1990]
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM522.8 O925 1978 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
9.
Shaʻare halakhah : leḳeṭ shel meʾot pisḳe-teshuvot be-ʻinyanim halakhtiyim shonim ... neʾesfu me-harbeh sifre sh. u-t. ... ʻim heʻarot u-veʾurim
Title
שערי הלכה
Published
Yerushalayim : Slonim, 738 [1978]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM522.85 L66 (LC)
Format
Books
10.
Sefer Hitʻorerut teshuvah
Title
ספר התעוררות תשובה
Author
Sofer, Simeon, 1850-1944
סופר, שמעון, 1850־1944
Published
Yerushalayim : Makhon le-hotsaʾat sefarim ṿe-ḥeḳer kitve yad ʻal shem ha-Ḥatam Sofer, 734 [1973 or 1974]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM522.85 O35 1973 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
11.
Sefer Shibolet ha-nahar : teshuvot sheʾelot ṿe-ḥidushe halakhot be-arbaʻah ḥelḳe Shulḥan ʻarukh
Title
ספר שבולת הנהר
Author
Alṭman, Shimshon
אלטמן, שמשון
Published
Bene Beraḳ : [Mosheh Alṭman u-Sheraga Tsevi Alṭman], 729 [1969]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM520.3 +A48 1969 (LC)
Format
Books
12.
Sefer Mesaper ha-sofer : mekhil berurim u-filpulim ..
Title
ספר מספר הסופר
Author
Sofer, Ignac, 1888-1966
סופר, יצחק צבי, 1888־1966
Published
Yerushalayim : [A. Sofer], 721 [1960 or 1961]-731 [1970 or 1971]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM522.85 O337 1961 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
13.
Sefer Śedeh Yitsḥaḳ : ḥidushe torah ʻal sugyot ha-shas u-shụ-t hiberti yitshak beḥa- hag aryeh
Title
ספר שדה יצחק
Author
Rudnik, I.
Published
London, 721 [1960 or 61]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM520.3 +R8 (LC)
Format
Books
14.
Or Torah : yarḥon torani ha-mekhil pilpulim ba-Shas u-fosḳim, sheʾelot u-teshuvot, heʻarot ṿe-heʾarot ba-Miḳra uva-Mishnah
Title
אור תורה
Published
Bruḳlin, Nyu Yorḳ : Ḥevrah Mefitse Torah mi-Mishpaḥat Ḳol Aryeh, c1990.
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM522.85 C495 1990 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
15.
Sefer Tarshish shoham ; Even shoham
Title
ספר תרשיש שהם ; אבן שהם
Author
Perelmuṭer, Mosheh
Published
[Bruḳlin, N.Y. : Aḥim Goldenberg, 751 i.e. 1990 or 1991]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM522.76 E666 1990 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
16.
Sh. u-t. ʻAṭeret Shelomoh ; Mishnat R. ʻAḳiva
Title
שו״ת עטרת שלמה ; משנת ר׳ עקיבא
Author
Holtsberg, Yaʻaḳov Shelomoh
Published
[Monroe, N.Y. : Y. Brakh, 751 i.e. 1990 or 1991]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM522.42 O47 1990 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
17.
Sh. u-t. Mahari ha-Kohen : mahadura tinyana
Title
שו״ת מהר״י הכהן
Author
Rapaporṭ, Yiśraʾel, ha-Kohen
Published
[Monroe, N.Y. : Y. Brakh ; Brooklyn, N.Y. : Mekhirah ha-rashit etsel Be. m.s. Bigelʾizen, 751 i.e. 1990 or 1991]
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM522.78 P32 1990 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
18.
Sh. u-t. Sheʾilot Shemuʾel ; Kelilot Shemuʾel : kelalim
Title
שו״ת שאילות שמואל
Author
Tosfaʾah, Shemuʾel Avigdor
Published
[Israel : ḥ. mo. l., 1980?]
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM522.88 O84 1980 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
19.
Yalḳuṭ Bayit neʾeman be-Yiśraʾel : kolel teshuvot mi-k. y. mi-gedolim mefursamim mi-dorot ha-aḥaronim be-ʻinyene ishut
Title
ילקוט בית נאמן בישראל
Published
Brooklyn, N.Y. : Bet misḥar sefarim ḥadashim ṿe-ʻatiḳim Bigelaizen, 747 [1987]
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM522 A1 Y34 1987 (LC)
Format
Books
20.
Ḳovets sh. u-t. Tevunot Ari : berure halakhah ṿe-sikume pisḳe-din she-nitnu ʻa. y. rabane bet-midrashenu be-hilkhot Ḥoshen-mishpaṭ ṿe-Even-ha-ʻezer
Title
קובץ שו״ת תבונות ארי
Published
Givʻat Shaʾul, Yerushalayim : Bet Elḥanan Dov be-Ve. ha-kenes. "Ohel Yehonatan" : "Tevunot Ari," Bet horaʾah le-dine mamonot, 750-<755 > [1990-<1995 >]
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM522 A1 K68 1990 (LC)
Format
Books
21.
Sefer Shem Aryeh : ... sheʾelot u-teshuvot ... ke-seder arbaʻah ḥelḳe ha-Sh. ʻa. ṿe-gam ... ḳunṭres Rov ṿe-safeḳ be-mamon ṿe-ḳunṭres ha-Zimah
Title
ספר שם אריה
Author
Balḥuver, Aryeh Leybush ben Eliyahu, 19th cent
באלחובר, אריה ליבוש
Published
Yerushalayim : Mekhon Ḥatam Sofer, 730, [1969 or 1970].
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM522.26.+O43 1969 (LC)
Format
Books
22.
Sefer Egle ṭal
Title
ספר אגלי טל
Author
Bornstein, Abraham ben Ze'ev Nahum, of Sochaczew, 1839-1910
Published
[Nyu-Yorḳ, N.Y. : Merkaz ha-sefarim, [1989?-
Location
SML, Judaica - Request for delivery to any library >> BM523.3 P7 B67 1989 (LC)
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM523.3 P7 B67 1989 (LC)
Format
Books
23.
Sefer Mile di-neziḳin : halakhot shekhiḥot u-nehutsot be-dine ben adam la-ḥavero she-nilḳeṭu mi-Shu. ʻa., Ḥoshen mishpaṭ umi-sifre rabotenu ha-aḥaronim : ʻinyanim ha-mevoʾarim, dine śekhirat batim ... "veha-ḥonim ʻalaṿ" hagahot "Le-maṭeh Efrayim"
Title
ספר מילי דנזיקין
Author
Bernshṭain, Efrayim ben Mosheh
Published
Brooklyn, N.Y. : E. ben M. Bernshṭain, 744- [1984-
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM523.8 B474 1984 (LC)
Format
Books
24.
Sefer Ḳedushat bet Yiśraʾel : ḳovets sheʾelot u-teshuvot be-hilkhot ishut
Title
ספר קדושת בית ישראל
Author
Krieger, Yisrael Avraham Abba
Published
Bruḳlin, N.Y. : Krieger Publications, 743 [1982]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM713 K75 1982 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
25.
Sefer Maʻaśeh Nisim : ḥidushim u-veʾurim, sh. u-t, ḥaḳirot, heʾarot ṿe-heʻarot bi-devar H. zo halakhah
Title
ספר מעשה נסים
Author
Kats'uri, Nisim ʻEzra
כצ׳ורי, נסים עזרא
Published
Yerushala[yi]m : Ḥevrat Ahavat Shalom Yakhbets, 5735 [1974 or 1975]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM520.3 K35 (LC)
Format
Books
26.
Sefer Ketonet Yosef : zeh sefer Totat ha-adam ..
Title
ספר כתונת יוסף
Author
Birdugo, Joseph, 1802-1854
בירדוגו, יוסף
Published
Kazablanḳa : Defus Yehudah Razon, 695- [1934-
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> Mce30 +934B
Format
Books
27.
Sefer Divre Ḥayim : ḥeleḳ rishon shemot anashim ṿe-nashim : ḥeleḳ sheni-hilkhot miḳṿaʼot
Title
‏ספר דברי חיים :‏
Author
Halberstam, Chaim, 1793-1876
‏הלברשטאם, חיים,‏‏ ‏‪1793-1876‬.
Published
Bruḳlin, N.Y. : Hanhalat Yeshivat Bobov, c1988.
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> CS3010 .H3 1988 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
28.
Sh. u-t. Bet Yiśraʾel. Apiryon Shelomoh
Title
שו״ת בית ישראל. אפריון שלמה
Author
Kahana, Yiśraʾel, mi-Brod
Published
[Monroe, N.Y. : Y. Brakh ; Brooklyn, N.Y. : Mekhirah ha-rashit etsel Be. mis. Bigelaizen, 751 i.e. 1990 or 1991]
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM522.59 A3263 1990 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
29.
Sh. u-t. Rishme sheʾelah
Title
שו״ת רשמי שאלה
Author
Israel Moses ben Aryeh Loeb, 18th/19th cent
Published
Bruḳlin : Torah or, [750 i.e. 1989]
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM522.46 M67 1989 (LC)
Format
Books
30.
Sefer Minḥat Tsevi
Title
ספר מנחת צבי
Author
Shpits, Tsevi ben Ḥayim Yitsḥaḳ
Published
Yerushalayim : Ts. ben Ḥ.Y. Shpits, [1987-1991]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM522.85 H69 1987 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
31.
Bet Efrayim, mahadurah tinyana : sheʾelot u-teshuvot be-dine Even ha-ʻezer
Title
בית אפרים, מהדורה תניינא
Author
Margolioth, Ephraim Zalman ben Menahem Mannes, 1760-1828
מרגליות, אפרים זלמן, 1760־1828
Published
Yerushalayim : Mosad ha-Rav Ḳuḳ, c1976-c1980.
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM522.61.+A693 1976 (LC)
Format
Books
32.
Sefer Derush ṿe-ḥidush Maharats Brisḳ : ḥidushe sugyot sheʼelot u-teshuvot
Title
ספר דרוש וחידוש מהרא״ץ בריסק
Author
Brisḳ, Aharon Tsevi, 1909 or 10-1959
בריסק, אהרן צבי בן גיטל ובן מרדכי, ‪1909 or 10-1959‬.
Published
Monsi, N.Y. : E.Y. Brisḳ, 753, c1993.
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM504.2 .B745 1993 (LC) Oversize
Format
Books
33.
Sefer Sheʾelot u-teshuvot Revid ha-avrekh : kolel sheʾelot u-teshuvot, ḥiḳre halakhot, berur dinim u-maśa u-matan be-sugyot ha-Shas uve-divre rabotenu ha-rishonim la-halakhah ule-maʻaśeh : ʻal Oraḥ ḥayim ṿe-Yoreh deʻah
Title
ספר שאלות ותשובות רביד האברך
Author
Dayan, Yitsḥaḳ
Published
Tsefat : Y. Dayan, 5749-<751 > [1989-<1990 or 1991 >]
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM522.3 A92 1989 (LC)
Format
Books
34.
Sefer Yefeh daʻat : ḥidushim niflaʾim ʻal seder ha-Shas, sheʾelot u-teshuvot u-verure halakhah be-4 ḥelḳe ha-Shu. ʻa. ṿe-ḳunṭres "Zikhron Mordekhai" bi-devar metsitsah ʻa. y. keli
Title
ספר יפה דעת
Author
Feigenbaum, Isaac, ha-Kohen, d. 1911
Published
Yerushalayim : Y. Figenboim, 749 [1988 or 1989]
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM504.2 F395 1989 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
35.
Beʾer roʾi : ḥidushim, teshuvot, ḥiḳre halakhah
Title
באר ראי
Author
Ḳatsenelenbogen, Refaʾel Eliyahu Yitsḥaḳ, ha-Leṿi, 1894-1972
Published
Yerushala[y]im : Midrash Rabi Refaʾel, c1981.
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM520.3 K347 1981 (LC)
Format
Books
36.
Sefer Maharaz Sofer : teshuvot, ḥidushim u-veʾurim
Title
ספר מהר״ז סופר
Author
Sofer, Zalman, ca. 1895 or 6-1965
סופר, זלמן, 1895 ca. או 6־1965
Published
Yerushalayim : Mekhon Ḥatam Sofer ; [Brooklyn : High College Rabbi Akiba Eiger], 5729 [1969]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM520.3 S64 1969 (LC)
Format
Books
37.
Sefer Har Tsevi : teshuvot, pesaḳim ve-ḥaḳere halakhah asher heshiv le-shoʾalav
Title
ספר הר צבי
Author
Frank, Ẓevi Pesaḥ, 1873-1960
פראנק, צבי פסח
Published
Yerushalayim : vaʻad le-hotsaʾat kitve Maran Harad Tsevi Pesaḥ Frʾanḳ, 724 [1964-]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM522.36 +R3552 (LC)
Format
Books
38.
Sefer Divre Avraham : sheʾelot u-teshuvot, ḥidushim u-veʾurim be-ʻinyanin shonim uve-sugyot shonot ba-Shas, ba-Rambam uve-rabotenu ha-rishonim ṿeha-aḥaronim
Title
ספר דברי אברהם
Author
Shadmi, Avraham
שדמי, אברהם
Published
Yerushalayim : Be-siyuʻa Mosad ha-Rav Ḳuḳ, 723-736 [1962 or 1963-1975 or 1976]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM520.3 +S42 (LC)
Format
Books
39.
Sefer Pinot ha-bayit
Title
ספר פינות הבית
Author
Michaelson, Ezekiel Zevi ben Abraham Hayim, 1863-1942
Published
Bruḳlin, N.Y. : Katz Bookbinding, [1991]
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM504.2 M49 1991 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
40.
Sefer Maṭeh Leṿi
Title
ספר מטה לוי
Author
Horovitz, Marcus, 1844-1910
Published
Ṿranḳṿurṭ ʻal nehar Moin : A. Sloboṭtsḳi, 651 [1890 or 1891]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> Bg20q G37 +891h
Format
Books
41.
Ḥuṭ ha-meshulash, o, Divre nirgan, : yekhalkel ba-derekh ṿiḳuaḥ ..
Title
חוט המשלש, או, דברי נרגן
Author
Ish Rakh
ר׳׳ח (רפאל כהן)
Published
Odessa : Bi-defus Ulrikh ʻeṭ Shultse, 1874.
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) (In building use only) >> Mck50 874k
Format
Books
42.
Sefer Mikhtav le-Ḥizḳiyahu : [ḥidush hu she-ḥidshah Torah] ; Or li
Title
ספר מכתב לחזקיהו
Author
Medini, Ḥayyim Hezekiah ben Raphael Elijah, 1832-1904
מדיני, חיים חזקיהו, 1832־1904
Published
[Nyu Yorḳ : A. Friedman, 197-]
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM504.2 M36 1970z (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
43.
Yad Shaʼul. Sh. u-t. Maharan Yafeh
Title
יד שאול. שו״ת מהר״ן יפה
Author
Nathanson, Joseph Saul, -1875
Published
[Monroe, N.Y. : Y. Brakh ; Brooklyn, N.Y. : Mekhirah ha-rashit etsel Be. m.s. Bigelʼaizen, 751 i.e. 1990 or 1991]
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM520.88 A55 N39 1990 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
44.
Sh. u-t. Sheveṭ Binyamin
Title
שות שבט בנימין
Author
Ponṭrimoli, Binyamin
Published
[Monroe, N.Y. : Y. Brakh, 751 i.e. 1990 or 1991]
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM522.76 O545 1990 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
45.
ʻAmude kesef. Sh. u-t. Apiryon Daṿid
Title
עמודי כסף. שו״ת אפריון דוד
Author
Zusman, Shabtai ben Eliʻezer, ha-Kohen
Published
[Monroe, N.Y. : Y. Brakh ; Brooklyn, N.Y. : Mekhirah ha-rashit etsel be. m.s. Bigelʾizen, 751 i.e. 1990 or 1991]
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM521 .Z876 1990 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
46.
Sheʾelah u-teshuvah shel R.Y. Azulai
Title
שאלה ותשובה של ר״י אזולאי
Author
Azulai, Raphael Isaiah, 1745 (ca.)-1825
Published
[Livorno : Ḥ. mo. l., 571, 1811]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> Mce30 +811a
Format
Books
47.
Sh. u-t. Tsevi geʾon Yaʻaḳov. Naḥalat Shemuʾel
Title
שו״ת צבי גאון יעקב. נחלת שמואל
Author
Openhaim, Tsevi Yaʻaḳov
Published
[Monroe, N.Y. (8 Satmar Dr., Monroe 10950) : Y. Brakh ; Brooklyn, N.Y. : Mekhirah ha-rashit etsel Be. m.s. Bigelʾizen, 751 i.e. 1990 or 1991]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM520.3 O6 1990 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
48.
Osef ʻitonim toraniyim : Agam mayim, Rishpe esh, Asefat ḥakhamim, Shaʻare ḥokhmah, ha-Kokhav
Title
אוסף עתונם תורניים
Published
Balṭimor, Md. : [ḥ. mo. l., 1992]
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM520 O835 1992 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
49.
Sefer Sheʾelot u-teshuvot Ginat bitan : kolel ḥiḳre halakhot, sh. u-t., beʾurim ṿe-yishuvim be-khamah sugyot ṿe-ʻinyanim ba-Shas u-fosḳim
Title
ספר שאלות ותשובות גנת ביתן
Author
Biletsḳi, Tanḥum Gershon ben Natan Nataʻ Leyb, 1857 or 8-1941
Published
Yerushalayim : N.N.L. Biletsḳi, 740 [1980]
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> BM522.26 I52 1980 (LC)+ Oversize
Format
Books
50.
Sheʾelot u-teshuvot Divre ḥakhamim : otsar halakhot ṿe-sh. u-t. ḥadashot ha-neḥutsot le-maʻaśeh be-4. ḥelḳe Shu. ʻa ṿe-gam ʻal ʻinyene hashḳafah ... : ʻarukh u-meyusad ʻal pi ha-Shulḥan ʻarukh be-lashon tsaḥ u-varur ʻim tsiyune meḳorot ṿe-heʻarot ha-nosaf mi-sheli (kolel gam ḥeleḳ kelalim ba-halakhah, u-mafteaḥ ha-shalem)
Title
שאלות ותשובות דברי חכמים
Author
Ginzberg, Aryeh Z.
גינזברג, ארי׳ זאב
Published
Brooklyn, N.Y. : Z. Berman Books, c1986.
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> BM522 G54 1986 (LC)
Format
Books