[Tsiduḳ ha-din] : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).

Standardized Title:

Zidduk ha-din.

Language:

Hebrew

Judeo-Arabic

Subjects (All):

Jewish mourning customs.

Judaism--Liturgy--Texts.

Judaism.

Judaism--Liturgy.

Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies.

Dirges.

Genre:

Texts.

Penn Provenance:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).

Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).

Amram.

Physical Description:

1 folio : folded widthwise; 1v left blank (according to Halper, "2 paper leaves" : "originally it seems to have been one sheet, upon one side of which (not folded) was a letter in Arabic character, the lines being written lengthwise ... Some time later the letter was folded int two, and upon 1a was copied part of the burial service [...] in a Yemenite square hand")

Paper 15.5 X 10.3 cm material applied: black ink ruling method: columns: 2 lines: 18 (1r right), 10 (1r left, 1v right).

Contained In:

Cairo Genizah Collection

Other Title:

Poetic eulogies

Aftara

Part of Jewish burial service

Place of Publication:

[Orient], [publisher not identified], [14th century-16th century?]

Language Note:

Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew, and Arabic. Hebrew

Notes:

In the left side of the fold on the verso, is a secondary inscription, written in the opposite direction, a Tsiduk ha-din, comprised of 15 biblical verses and phrases.

The verso is a 10 line letter in Arabic characters, the verso bears the stamp of this letter.

Forms part of: Cairo Genizah Collection.

Cited in:

Halper, no. 222

IMHM, no. F38399

OCLC:

249589693