COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
A 136 - 1
Obverse:
A 136 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0708388dc
Image Title:
Halakhic text
Subject:
Jewish law
Language:
Aramaic
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
166 mm
Item width:
107 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Style Period:
Sephardic
Notes:
10 lines. General rules of legal decision making in case of dispute. They are written in the style of Rav Sherira Gaon's Epistle (i.e. introduced by kol hekha). The second rule stipulates what to do in case of a contradiction between one of the responsa of Asher ben Jehiel and his Talmudic summary (Piske ha-Rosh).
Discovery site:
Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository:
Moses Gaster
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Access rights:
Image sequence number:
A00136-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-06-06
Date: added:
2008-02
Metadata language:
eng-GB
