Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Jerusalem paszkwile now digitized and online.

There's been some media attention to the fact that the JNUL has purchased scanning rights to Yoelish Krauss's pashkevil collection. 5000 items have already been placed online here. (It was originally reported that the JNUL is buying the collection, but as far as I can tell they are only scanning it.)

Here's a random sampling; a sale at a store for women who are dressed modestly only, a gematria showing that Sheikh Abdallah Yosef equals "viper," a notice for Brisker men to remember that wigs are forbidden, as are celebrations for Yom Ha'atzmut in girl's schools, and a notice from the Chief Rabbinate that using electricity on Shabbos and Yom Tov is forbidden, unless a timer was set up prior to Shabbos.