[Ethical will] : manuscript

Alternate Title:

Tsaṿaʾah

Name:

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

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1200s

Language:

Hebrew

Provenance:

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

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Subject:

Wills, Ethical; Charity -- Early works to 1800; Jewish ethics -- Early works to 1800; Jewish ethics; Rabbinical literature; Charity

Resource Type:

Text

Physical Description:

2 fols. (bifolium: recto=1r|2v; verso=2r|1v):) : complete, attached (forming outer sheet of fascicle [Halper]); damage

Rights:

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

Notes:

Text breaks denoted by a punctus, plus 2-5 spaces.; The fragment contains an essay on the merits of charity. The author often opens a paragraph with the address: בניי. The author relies heavily on Talmudic and Midrashic texts, introduced as א[מרו] חז"ל, or נמצא באגדה.; Hebrew. Hebrew

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, Halper 119