Description of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 42: Excerpts of the weekly readings from the Pentateuch, portions Ḥaye Śarah, Toldot, Ṿa-yetse Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library These images and the content of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 42: Excerpts of the weekly readings from the Pentateuch, portions Ḥaye Śarah, Toldot, Ṿa-yetse are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2017 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts 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 are signified by open space of varying width; The function of this codex is unclear, and although it is well written, it is likely to be ephemeral. The copyist has recorded the first three verses of each weekly Torah portion, and the last three (which serve as the Maftir readings); The copying was interrupted in the middle of the word [ע[ליו XXVIII 13) which is in midline in the upper third of fol. 2v. The fragment, apparently the last of this attempt, includes the excerpts of Ḥaye Śarah, starting at XXIII 2 ותמת; The beginning of Toldot is signified by a decorated פרש' sign in the margin and the numeral ג'; the beginning of va-yetse is signified only by open spaces. Condition: complete. United States Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library Cairo Genizah Collection Halper 42 https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9940417393503681 Hebrew Excerpts of the weekly readings from the Pentateuch, portions Ḥaye Śarah, Toldot, Ṿa-yetse

Paper

 12.4 X 8.8 cm Columns: 1; lines: 12; ruling method: left margin filled by one or two broken letters. Hebrew Oriental square Material applied: black ink

12th century-13th century?

Orient Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library). Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library). Sulzberger.