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DS ID:

DS26148

Shelfmark:

Halper 250

Title:

Piyutim for rain

Maḥzor

Place:

Orient

Date:

12th century-14th century?

twelfth century (dates CE) AAT

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Hebrew

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Material:

non-consecutive, nearly complete; folio 2v blank; 2r in different hand

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 fols. : non-consecutive, nearly complete; folio 2v blank; 2r in different hand

Note:

Some verse endings denoted by a sof pasuḳ.
Fol. 1 contains piyyutim for rain, recited on Shemini ʹatseret, probably by Joseph ibn Abitur.
(recto) The last two verses of ישבעון ידידך מאוצרות שמים (Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew poetry / Israel Davidson. New York : JTS, 1924 3983), which appears elsewhere as the end of the Miḥayeh segment.
Under the heading רשות, starts אואל לפתוח אמרות, three strophes, seven rhyming verses each, the last of which starts וענני בגשמי . The acrostic: א-ת יוסף.
(verso) Starts אזי בארבע יסודות צרת חוג שמים two strophes, four verses each. The monorhyme: מים-. The acrostic: א-ד יוסף. Four rhyming verses per strophe, the last is a biblical phrase.
Fol. 2, in a different hand, probably from a Shivaʹta for Shemini ʹatseret. Starts וארץ איששת אדניה על מים. Every third verse begins with מים. The monorhyme: מים-.
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram.

Keyword:

Texts

Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew

Judaism--Liturgy

Jewish prayers for rain

Shemini Atzeret

Piyutim

Shemini Atzeret--Liturgy

Judaism--Liturgy--Texts

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940419303503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3fj29x61/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania