[Piyutim for rain] : manuscript

Alternate Title:

Shivaʹta for Shemini ʹatseret

Contributor:

Ibn Avitor, Joseph ben Isaac ben Shtnash, active 10th century-11th century (attributed name)

Date:

1100s

Language:

Hebrew

Provenance:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).; Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).; Amram.

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Subject:

Jewish prayers for rain; Shemini Atzeret -- Liturgy -- Texts; Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts; Judaism -- Liturgy; Shemini Atzeret -- Liturgy; Shemini Atzeret; Piyutim; Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; books

Physical Description:

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

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

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-.; Hebrew. Hebrew

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, Halper 250

Collection:

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