Description of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 273: Collected liturgical poems for mourners Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library These images and the content of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 273: Collected liturgical poems for mourners 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 denoted by a punctus; marginal correction on fol. 2v; A. (fol. 1) A poetic Tsiduḳ ha-din. 7 strophes (א-ז), of 4 verses. Starts אל[ה]ים י'י בזממו מי יפר; Heading: ברכת המזון לאבל, a poetic supplement to Grace after meals in the house of the mourners, including allusions to the first three blessing of the Grace, where these paragraphs are to be inserted. 6 strophes of 4 verses (א-ששתת). Starts אדם נוצר מעפר; (fols. 1-2) Heading אחרת, another poetic supplement to Grace after meals, to be inserted to the third blessing, startsאברך לאל באמת\ ברוך דיין האמת; (fol. 2) Heading: משה מת. A poetic Tsiduḳ ha-din, constructed of 4 four-verse strophes with the acrostic signature יצחק. Starts יצורי שמיו וטפסרי מעוניו; Heading, in Judeo-Arabic: מתלה, another, 2 four-verse strophes, starting מלאכי מרום כעין הבדולץ; Under the same heading, another, 6 three-verse strophes, starting אזכיר אתכם אנשי תום. The acrostic signature in verses 2-5 reads מאיר. It is then suggested that this be followed by one of two dirges, assumed to be known to the user and mentioned here only by title: שאו קינה על בני אדם, or alternatively אחרית כל נשמה; A poetic eulogy, constructed of 4 four-verse strophes, starting עשו מספד שאו קינה. The fragment ends at the first verse of the fifth strophe. Condition: consecutive, nearly complete; fol. 2 unevenly cut along lower exterior corner; marginalia. United States Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library Cairo Genizah Collection Halper 273 https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9940419533503681 Judeo-Arabic; Hebrew Collected liturgical poems for mourners

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 17.4 X 11.5 cm Columns: 1; lines: 21-22; ruling method: writing on fol. 2 accomodates uneven cut. Hebrew Oriental semi-square Material applied: black ink

11th century-12th century?

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