COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
A 571 - 2
Obverse:
A 571 - 1
Image Number:
JRL0709406dc
Image Title:
Halakhic texts
Subject:
Jewish law
Date created:
1667-02-06 (?) and 1667-02-25
Place covered:
Egypt: Alexandria
Place covered:
Egypt: Cairo
Language:
Hebrew
Language:
Aramaic
Script:
Hebrew
Script:
Numerals: alphanumerical
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
188 mm
Item width:
279 mm
Folio:
1+2 / 2 leaves conjoined, verso
Technique used:
Handwriting
Style Period:
Oriental
Notes:
33 lines. Written in different hands on a variety of topics. Novellae. On the right, text on tearing of the garment on receiving the news of a bereavement based on Talmud Bavli - Mo`ed katan 22b. The Rosh (Rabbi Asher ben Yehiel) quoted. Afterwards, text on the honour due to scholars based on Talmud Bavli - Kiddushin 33b. Elijah ben Hayyim mentioned on line 27. Text partially faded. On the left, short piece on Proverbs 22.5 ("tsinnim pahim") as interpreted by Talmud Bavli - Bava metsia 107b etc. On punishment sent by God through heat and cold. Line one mentions Alexandria ("No Amon") and a date, which seems to be expressed as 12 Shevat 427 AM. Line 12 mentions the place Mitsrayim and a date, which is expressed as Thursday evening, 1 Adar 427 AM. Afterwards, piece on leaven on Passover ("hamets").
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:
A00571-2
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-06-26
Date: added:
2008-02
Metadata language:
eng-GB
