Description of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 157: Sheʾelot u-teshuvot Min ha-shamayim Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library These images and the content of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 157: Sheʾelot u-teshuvot Min ha-shamayim 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/. Incipits in enlarged characters over a space; each responsum with corresponding number in margin, and ending with 2hyphens plus 2 spaces; Halper 157 1r contains the end of responsum no. 50 in the critical edition of Ben Meʾir (Sheʾelot u-teshuvot Min ha-shamayim /Yaʾaḳov, mi-Merṿish ; Yaʹaḳov Ben Meʾir [ed.] ; Jerusalem : s.n., 1972) starting נישנית אלא; followed by the beginning of responsum no. 2 (numbered here, in the margin: 361); Halper 157 1v starts with the end of no. 52 and the beginning of 39 (here: 365); Halper 157 2r resumes with nos. 82-85 (here: 403-406); Halper 158 1r (fol. 3) resumes with nos. 64 (starts וצריך להוציא) then 62, 21, 19, 23, 25, up to חנוכה שמדליקין בבית הכנסת (here: 414-419); The order of the responsa differs from the other copies of this collection, and is closer to a topical arrangement. The high correspondent numbers allotted to the responsa probably indicate that it is presented here as an appendage to another collection; On the different editions of this collection, see: Israel M. Ta-Shma, Tarbits 57 (1988), p. 51-66; Neil (Naḥman) Danzig, Tarbits 58 (1989), p 26-48. Condition: non-consecutive; damaged, stained ; Halper 157 fol. 1 lacking lower half. United States Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library Cairo Genizah Collection Halper 157 https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9940418453503681 Hebrew Sheʾelot u-teshuvot Min ha-shamayim Jacob, of Marvège, active 12th century-13th century

Parchment

 27.4 X 20 cm Columns: 1; lines: Halper 157 fol.1, 10 (extant); fol. 2, 23; Halper 158, 22. Hebrew Sephardic semi-cursive Material applied: black ink

14th century-15th century?

Spain Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library). Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library). Adler. Responsa , 1040-1600