Penn CAJS: RAR MS 85.126.18 Ethical essay in praise of Torah study
Title
Ethical essay in praise of Torah studyCall number
Penn CAJS: RAR MS 85.126.18(Philadelphia, United States, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Cairo Genizah Collection)
Publisher
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies LibraryLanguage
HebrewOrigin
12th-13th century
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Notes
- Text breaks denoted by a colon; 2 words are partially vocalized. Based on biblical and Rabbinical sources. Most of the folio is a citation of a series of homilies of R. El'azar ben 'Azaryah found in Talmud Hagigah 3a 55-3b 17 (based on Tosefta Sotah VII 9-12), slightly edited at the beginning in order to omit the narrative there that is irrelevant to the subject here.
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material applied: black ink
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Provenance
- Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library). Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Subjects topical
- Talmud Torah (Judaism)
- Ethics, Jewish
- Early works to 1800
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