Description of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Penn CAJS: RAR MS 85.126.18: Ethical essay in praise of Torah study Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library Images are ©2020 University of Pennsylvania Libraries and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Metadata is ©2020 University of Pennsylvania Libraries and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Text breaks denoted by a colon; 2 words are partially vocalized. Based on biblical and Rabbinical sources. Most of the folio is a citation of a series of homilies of R. El'azar ben 'Azaryah found in Talmud Hagigah 3a 55-3b 17 (based on Tosefta Sotah VII 9-12), slightly edited at the beginning in order to omit the narrative there that is irrelevant to the subject here. United States Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library Cairo Genizah Collection Penn CAJS: RAR MS 85.126.18 Hebrew Ethical essay in praise of Torah study Hebrew; Oriental; semi-cursive; vocalization (Tiberian) material applied: black ink

12th-13th century

Orient Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library). Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library). Talmud Torah (Judaism) Ethics, Jewish Early works to 1800