Largest Yemenite Jewish Manuscript Collection

The National Library of Israel in Jerusalem is the custodian of the world's 'Largest Yemenite Jewish Manuscript Collection', comprising '60,000 Manuscripts & Fragments'. This total was recorded on 18 January 2024, following the donation of the Nahum Collection to the institution. The library itself described the acquisition as the world's largest collection of Yemenite Jewish manuscripts, with the measurement based on its own collection accession and item-count statement.

The total of 60,000 items is further detailed by the library as consisting of about 45,000 manuscripts and legible fragments, plus approximately 15,000 additional fragments extracted from book covers or removed from genizot. The collection brings a vast number of materials that preserve centuries of Jewish life in Yemen under institutional care, increasing access to a significant element of dispersed cultural heritage.