Description of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 242: Part of a collection ot Seliḥot Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library These images and the content of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 242: Part of a collection ot Seliḥot 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/. Fol. 1 starts with the end of Seliḥot in the standard structure based on biblical verses linked ככתוב. Followed by a litany titled לא לנו י'י / למה יאמרו הגוים (Psalms CXV 1/2) the latter of which also serves as the refrain of the litany; The verses are arranged א-ת and continues. The next refrain of the next littany is אלהינו שבשמים (Psalms ibid.). This sequence also appears in Mosseri VIII 206; ENA 2159, 52; Cambridge T-S NS 110. 105 ; T-S H5. 89 ; Oxford Bodleian 2718, 6, although there are some variants in the contents of the verses; Fol. 2 contains a litany with an alternating refrain: את[א]נו על שמך \ י'י עשה למען שמך. The verses are arranged א-ת. Followed by another litany, whose refrain alternates: מה נאמר לפניך \ ומה נספר לפניך. This sequence also appears in Cambridge T-S NS 151.44 and Oxford Bodleian 2715, 9, although there are some variants in the contents of the verses. Condition: consecutive, complete; loss along edges, erasures. United States Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library Cairo Genizah Collection Halper 242 https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9940419213503681 Hebrew Part of a collection ot Seliḥot

Paper

 17 X 13.5 cm Lines: 17-19, per page. Hebrew Oriental semi-cursive sporadic vocalization (Tiberian) Material applied: black ink

12th century?

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