Description of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 301: Yotser for the Sabbath of the reading of Devarim (Ekhah) and Ṿa-etḥanan (Naḥanu) Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library These images and the content of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 301: Yotser for the Sabbath of the reading of Devarim (Ekhah) and Ṿa-etḥanan (Naḥanu) 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, strophe endings by a sof pasuḳ; Yotser for the Sabbath Devarim (Deut. I); since this coincides with the week of the Ninth of Av, Lamentations is theme text; A. The fragment starts with the last verse of the Ofan אני הגבר אנף בי איום; B. The Meʾorah שמעת שאגת שמתני למשיסה. One strophe (ש); C. The Ahavah תשיב תגמול לצרבה בי. One strophe(ת); D. The Zulat איכה אופל גיה סוכו. Alphebetized verses (א-ת). The theme text is Lamentations IV; E. The Mi kamokha זכור שאון צרים. four four-verse strophes; F. (fol. 2) The Adonayi Malkenu בחורים בכל יום שואלים. Six verses rhymed בו-; G. The Geʾulah (Ṿe-ʹad matai) אתה המוני קדשך כמה תנשה. Seven verses rhymed - שה. Followed by Is. LXII 1; Under the heading ואתחנן נחמו. A yotser for the Sabbath of the reading of Va-etḥanan (Deut. III 23), of which the Haftarah is the first of the Weeks of Consolation Naḥamu (Is. XL);A. (fols. 2-3) The Yotser אישור תחנון חל רועה המוניי. The three-verse strophes are in alphabetic order, and catenated; B. (fol. 3) The Ofan נחמו אמונים בדת הגוים, on the theme of the five prophets. Six strophes of four alphabetized verses (א-נ), the refrain alternates בבנין בית אולמי \ חוזי נחמו נחמו. The alphabetic sequence continues (ס-ת) after והאופנים, with two more four-verse strophes; C.(fols. 3-4) The Zulat אלי מלכי ומנפישי; catenated strophes of four verses, the last of which is biblical; D. (fol. 4) The Mi kamokha שועה תחינת כל מתחנן. Monorhymed נו-; E. The Adonai malkeinu שיווענו והרבינו בקשות. Monorhymed לה-; F. The Geʹulah (Ṿe-ʹad matai) ינוחם עם בן מכונה. Condition: consecutive, complete. United States Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library Cairo Genizah Collection Halper 301 https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9940419833503681 Hebrew; Judeo-Arabic Yotser for the Sabbath of the reading of Devarim (Ekhah) and Ṿa-etḥanan (Naḥanu) Shemuʼel ben Hoshaʻna שמואל בן הושענא, פיטן Samuel ben Hoshana 09..-1012?

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 16.8 X 11.4 cm Columns: 1; lines: 18-19; ruling method: left margin justified by stretching last character. Hebrew Oriental square Material applied: black ink

11th century-13th century?

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