| 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. |
| The author of this collection of responsa was a member of a Tunisian family of scholars, most of whose works were published in Leghorn. |
| 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. |
| In turn, these responsa were synthesized into rules, and maxims became the pithy expression, often expressed as proverbs, of these rules. |
| The codes and responsa provide a wealth of historical and linguistic documentation beyond their purely legal significance. |
| If you have complaints, try looking through the scripts and responsa as to why these laws are in place. |
