Halper 251 Maḥazor for Hoshaʹna raba, Shemini ʹatseret, ʹSimḥat Torah
Title
Maḥazor for Hoshaʹna raba, Shemini ʹatseret, ʹSimḥat TorahOther related names
- Ḥalfon, former owner
Call number
Halper 251(Philadelphia, United States, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Cairo Genizah Collection)
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Publisher
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies LibraryLanguage
Judeo-Arabic; HebrewOrigin
12th century-14th century?
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Orient
Notes
- Verse endings denoted by a punctus; The first title page bears the inscription, in large, bold characters: חלפון, and instructions in Judeo-Arabic on the verso. The next title page bears two titles: פזאמין [ליו]ם ערבה and פזאמין ללהושענה; Fols. 3-4 are fragments from the end of the Hoshanah service of Hoshana Rabba (here: יום ערבה), concluding with the headline of the following segment צלוה שמיני עצרת. Fols. 5-7 recto include the central Blessing from the 'Amidah for Mussaf of Shemini Atseret; This version assumes the possibility of the Festival occurring on Sabbath, as the day mentioned here is יום המנוח הזה ויום שמיני עצרת הזה and the Mussaf sacrifice mentioned includes that of Sabbath; Fols. 7 verso-9 contain an expanded version of the daily Blessing on the Torahאשר נתן לנו , the supplement startsאשר בגלל אבות בנים גידל (Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew poetry / Israel Davidson. New York, JTS, 1924, 8188א; Goldschmidt, Maḥazor Sukot, Shemini ʾatseret ṿe-Śimrhat Torah / Ernst Daniel Goldschmidt [ed.]. Jerusalem : Koren, 1981, p. 471), an alphabetic acrostic, for Sim.hat Torah.
- Condition: consecutive, complete; fraying, loss, along bottom edge of fol. ?.
Extent
5 X 12.5 cmSupport
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Decoration
Material applied: black ink
Script
Provenance
- Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
- Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
- Amram.
- H?alfon.
Subjects topical
- Sukkot , Liturgy , Texts
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