Description of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 259: Ḳerovah for Shavuot Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library These images and the content of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 259: Ḳerovah for Shavuot 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/. Verse endings denoted by a punctus; A ḳerovah for Shavuot, all of the elements in it have themes from Song of Solomon; The Yotser: A. The fragment starts in the last 5 four-verse strophes from the Ofan. The subject is the Ten Commandments, which appear in the fourth verse of each strophe. The Ofan starts on the preceding folio מה יפו אשונים פרחי נוטרה; B. The Meʾorah דודי שימעני מאתיים ושמונה בספירה, possibly by Samuel ha-shelishi. Five verses rhymed ר-; C. The Ahavah שנייך הקצובות ונקיות מלהב אש, possibly by Samuel ha-shelishi. Four verses that end with the word אש; D.The Zulat מי זאת אשר היללה רוכב שמים, probably Kallirian. 8 four-verse strophes, the last verses are from Psalm XXIX; (fol. 2) Mi Kamokhah מים אדירים אז בקע לגזרה, one four-verse strophe, followed by the Adonai Malkenu כרם בחרת לך דר מעוני, two four-verse strophes. Combined, the acrostic reads אלעזר בירבי קליר. Published by Shulamit Elizur, Tarbits. v. 66 (1998), p. 377-378. See also in E. Fleischer, ha-Yostserot be-hitṿatuam ṿe-hitpatḥutam. Jerusalem : Magnes, 1984, p. 105; (recto) the beginning of the Ḳedushta, by Pinḥas ha-Kohen under the heading קדו[שתא] מתן תורה דר' פנחס הכהן; The Magen שיר השירים אידרתי, five four-verse strophes, the first three verses are in alphabetic order (א-ל), each verse starts with a word from Song of Solomon I. Listed among piyyutim of Pinḥas ha-Kohen, M. Zulay, Yediọt ha-makhon le-ḥeḳer ha-shirah ha-ʹIvrit. Berlin 1933, vol. 1, p. 154. Condition: consecutive, complete. United States Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library Cairo Genizah Collection Halper 259 https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9940419383503681 Hebrew Ḳerovah for Shavuot

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 12.5 X 14 cm Columns: 1; lines: 14-16. Hebrew Oriental semi-square vocalization (Tiberian) Material applied: black ink

11th century-13th century?

Orient Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library). Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library). Adler. Shavuot , Liturgy , Texts