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[Piyuṭim for the third of Shevaṭ] : manuscript.
Library at the Katz Center - Genizah Fragments Halper 286
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shemuʾel ben Hoshaʻna.
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Piyutim.
- Judaism--Liturgy--Texts.
- Judaism.
- Judaism--Liturgy.
- Shevat.
- Liturgics.
- Shevat--Liturgy--Texts.
- Genre:
- Texts.
- Penn Provenance:
- Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
- Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
- Lederer.
- Amram.
- Physical Description:
- 3 fols. (Halper 286, 1 folio; Halper 287, 2 fols.): consecutive; losses upper exterior corners; stained, faded
- Paper 18.2 X 14.2 cm material applied: black ink ruling method: columns: lines: 19-21.
- Contained In:
- Cairo Genizah Collection
- Other Title:
- Piyuṭ la-Sheloshah bi-Shevaṭ
- Ḳerovot la-Shemoneh ʹeśreh
- Seliḥot
- Place of Publication:
- [Orient], [publisher not identified], [11th century-12th century?]
- Language Note:
- Hebrew. Hebrew
- Notes:
- In the ḳerovot, each strophe begins a new paragraph; in the seliḥot verse endings are denoted by a punctus, strophe endings by a bet+semi-alef ligature; some words vocalized on fols 2-3 (Halper 287).
- Published from this source, with introduction and notes, by M. Zulay, Yediʹot ha-makhon le-ḥeḳer ha-shirah ha-ʻIvrit, v. 3 (1937), p. 165-175.
- These ḳerovot commemorate the Third of Shevat, an event described by Jacob Mann (Hebrew Union College Annual v. 3, p. 258 with mention of the pertinent piyyutim, p. 261 n. 19; The Jews of Egypt, vol. II p. 34).
- Fol. 1r-v (Halper 286): A. The fragment starts in the piyyut for the seventh blessing of the ʹAmidah (גואל), and continues to the endרציפת שלום תרצוף לי מחשבות שלום לחשב (strophes ז-צ). The theme, appearing in the first verse of each strophe, is Psalm CII. The acrostic signature, formed by the every fourth verse, reads שמואל ה]שלישי בחבורה].
- Fol. 2r 1 (Halper 287.1): B. Heading: אחרת\ י״ח לתענית שלושה בשבט על הצרה והישועה. Another ḳerovah le-Shemonah ʹeśreh that starts ארוממך יי׳ כי דליתני. Written in the same scheme as the preceding including the identical acrostic signature. Here the theme is Psalm XXX.
- Fol. 3r 10 (Halper 287.2): C. A seliḥah אילו פינו מלא שירה כים. Twenty-two two-verse strophes (א-ת).
- Fol. 3v 18 (Halper 287.2): D. The first two strophes (verses א-ז) of another seliḥah אזכרה אלהים ואהמיה. באחוז אותי.
- Forms part of: Cairo Genizah Collection.
- Cited in:
- Halper, no. 286
- Halper, no. 287
- IMHM, no. F38399
- Contains:
- Amidah (Jewish prayer). Selections.
- Seliḥot.
- OCLC:
- 1163593616
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