Halper 239 Liturgy for Yom Kippur
Title
Liturgy for Yom KippurCall number
Halper 239(Philadelphia, United States, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Cairo Genizah Collection)
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Center for Advanced Judaic Studies LibraryLanguage
Hebrew; Judeo-ArabicOrigin
10th century-13th century?
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Notes
- Verse endings denoted by a punctus; Most of the piyutim here are common found arranged in the Ḳedushta for Yom Kippur שושן עמק; Fol. 1: A. A complete version of אך אומרים לפניך (Thesaurus of mediaeval Hebrew poetry / Israel Davidson. New York : JTS, 1924, 3211), possibly Kallirian (Maḥazor le-yamim ha-noraʾim / E.D. Goldschmidt [ed.]. Jerusalem : Koren, 1970, v. 2, p. 357); B. בקצף אם אשמינו סקרת (TMHP 1315) possibly Kallirian (Goldschmidt, ibid. p. 383. Verses through are damaged; C. The Kallirian אמיצי שחקים ממעל (TMHP 5708). The fragment reaches verse מ; Fol. 2: D. The last 10 verses (מ-ת) of אתה ברחמיך הרבים רחם עלינו (TMHP 8716); E. A piyyut of short verses, averaging 8 syllables each, alphabetically arranged, one verse per letter. Starts איום אין בלעדיך; F. In a similar scheme: אל עורך דין\ באמת ואין עול (TMHP 3953). Verses and onwards are damaged or missing from the bottom of the recto; G. In a similar scheme (5 syllables per verse) אל אלהינו בשמים\ גבור ונערץ (Goldschmidt, ibid. p.376); H. אל [אמונה] אתה ורחום לכל מאמינך (Goldschmidt, ibid. p. 378); I. The beginning of לאוהב צדקות\ לבוחן כליות (Goldschmidt, ibid. p 380). Verses ז and onwards are damaged or missing from the bottom of the verso.
- Condition: non-consecutive; damaged, losses in external and lower edges.
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18.4 X 18.4 cmSupport
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Material applied: black ink
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Provenance
- Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
- Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
- Lederer.
Subjects topical
- Yom Kippur , Liturgy , Texts
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