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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Kallir, Eleazar, active 6th century-7th century.
Shemuʾel ben Hoshaʻna, attributed name.
Phinehas ben Jacob, ha-Kohen, active 8th century.
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Standardized Title:
Maḥzor. Shavuot
Language:
Hebrew
Subjects (All):
Yoẓerot.
Shavuot--Liturgy--Texts.
Shavuot.
Shavuot--Liturgy.
Judaism--Liturgy--Texts.
Judaism.
Judaism--Liturgy.
Piyutim.
Mahzorim--Texts.
Mahzorim.
Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew.
Genre:
Texts.
Penn Provenance:
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Adler.
Physical Description:
2 fols. (bifolium: recto=1r|2v; verso=2r|1v): consecutive, complete
Parchment 12.5 X 14 cm material applied: black ink ruling method: columns: 1 lines: 14-16.
Contained In:
Cairo Genizah Collection
Other Title:
Part of a collection of liturgical poems for Shavuot
Place of Publication:
[Orient], [publisher not identified], [11th century-13th century?]
Language Note:
Hebrew. Hebrew
Notes:
Verse endings denoted by a punctus.
A ḳerovah for Shavuot, all of the elements in it have themes from Song of Solomon.
The Yotser: A. The fragment starts in the last 5 four-verse strophes from the Ofan. The subject is the Ten Commandments, which appear in the fourth verse of each strophe. The Ofan starts on the preceding folio מה יפו אשונים פרחי נוטרה.
B. The Meʾorah דודי שימעני מאתיים ושמונה בספירה, possibly by Samuel ha-shelishi. Five verses rhymed ר-.
C. The Ahavah שנייך הקצובות ונקיות מלהב אש, possibly by Samuel ha-shelishi. Four verses that end with the word אש.
D.The Zulat מי זאת אשר היללה רוכב שמים, probably Kallirian. 8 four-verse strophes, the last verses are from Psalm XXIX.
(fol. 2) Mi Kamokhah מים אדירים אז בקע לגזרה, one four-verse strophe, followed by the Adonai Malkenu כרם בחרת לך דר מעוני, two four-verse strophes. Combined, the acrostic reads אלעזר בירבי קליר. Published by Shulamit Elizur, Tarbits. v. 66 (1998), p. 377-378. See also in E. Fleischer, ha-Yostserot be-hitṿatuam ṿe-hitpatḥutam. Jerusalem : Magnes, 1984, p. 105.
(recto) the beginning of the Ḳedushta, by Pinḥas ha-Kohen under the heading קדו[שתא] מתן תורה דר׳ פנחס הכהן.
The Magen שיר השירים אידרתי, five four-verse strophes, the first three verses are in alphabetic order (א-ל), each verse starts with a word from Song of Solomon I. Listed among piyyutim of Pinḥas ha-Kohen, M. Zulay, Yediọt ha-makhon le-ḥeḳer ha-shirah ha-ʹIvrit. Berlin 1933, vol. 1, p. 154; published from this source, and a parallel source found in Cambridge TS H 3.76, by Shulamit Elizur, Piyute Rabi Pinḥas Ha-Kohen. (forthcoming, 2004), p. 355-356.
Forms part of: Cairo Genizah Collection.
Cited in:
Halper, no. 259
IMHM, no. F38399
OCLC:
1366219204

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