| At the heart of the Collection are the first and early editions of Talmud, codes of law, responsa, legal and biblical commentaries and mystical texts. |
| A number of the early editions of the codes and more interesting editions of responsa, of the hundreds held in the Lowy collection, are displayed here and throughout the exhibition. |
| These juridical responsa are translated here for the first time into a European language, with introduction and annotation. |
| In turn, these responsa were synthesized into rules, and maxims became the pithy expression, often expressed as proverbs, of these rules. |
| Indeed, he had continued writing halachic responsa almost until the moment of her death. |
| A vast responsa literature covers the period from the ninth century to the present day. |
