Description of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 135: Hilkhot sheḥitah Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library These images and the content of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 135: Hilkhot sheḥitah 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/. Left rule justified (once) by two dashes; From Judah ben Benjamin ha-Rofe Anav of Rome's treatise on ritual slaughter. It contains the end of the section on sheḥitah, and the beginning of the section on ṭerefot. Parallel to, in the published edition of Blau: Shiṭat ha-ḳadmonin / J.M. ha-Kohen Blau [ed.], Brooklyn : N.Y. Bloi, 1980, Hullin vol. II,p. 284 l. 15 עליהן to 285 l. 13 מסני; The text is interrupted here, and a second headline is inserted: פסקי הלכות בדיקה שחיבר הר יהודה בה"ר בנימין נ"ע איש רומי וחלקם לשמונה; The scribe, Abraham ben Elijah of Rome, signs the end of the section on sheḥitah, even though he continues to copy the next section; This is probably in order to insert his original and clever remark, paraphrasing R. Jose in the end of Mishnah Kelim in the context of this treatise: אשריך עניין שחיטה שנכנסת במומחה ויצאת בזהב, followed by a short homily on the symbolism of gold. Condition: nearly complete, damage. United States Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library Cairo Genizah Collection Halper 135 https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9940418253503681 Hebrew Hilkhot sheḥitah Anav, Judah ben Benjamin, ha-Rofe, active 13th century scribe Avraham ben Eliyah, ish Romi.

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 20.6 X 14.1 cm Columns: 1; lines: 18 (recto), 20 (verso). Hebrew Byzantine semi-square Material applied: black ink

13th century-14th century?

Italy Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library). Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library). Amram. Shehitah , Early works to 1800