University of Pennsylvania, Halper 251
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS25790
- Shelfmark:
- Halper 251
- Title:
- Maḥazor for Hoshaʹna raba, Shemini ʹatseret, ʹSimḥat Torah
- Place:
- Orient
- Date:
- 12th century-14th century?
- Language:
- Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
- Material:
- consecutive, complete; fraying, loss, along bottom edge of folio ?
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 9 fols. : consecutive, complete; fraying, loss, along bottom edge of folio ?
- Note:
- 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 ʻAmidah for Musaf 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 Torah אשר 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.
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram.
Ḥalfon. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940419313503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p39s1m429/manifest
- Holding Institution:
