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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2014-12-01</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001029581</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BPHX</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001007866</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MILLER SCOTT DENNIS</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>P. O. BOX 12451</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DALLAS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>75225</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Ordinary Shares, NIS 0.04 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>5208167</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Mindus Holdings, Ltd.</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares acquired in connection with that certain Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 14, 2014, by and among the Issuer, Modern Systems Corporation, Sophisticated Business Systems, Inc., the Reporting Person, as stockholder representative, and the other parties thereto.  Shares include 1,033,985 ordinary shares being held in escrow and subject to forfeiture in accordance with the foregoing Agreement and Plan of Merger.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of Mindus Holdings, Ltd.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Scott Dennis Miller</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-12-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
