[Midrash on Psalm 62] : manuscript

Alternate Title:

Midrash on Tehilim 62; Part of a book containing stories from rabbinic literature on the merits of charity

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

0900s

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:

Aggada; Charity -- Early works to 1800; Midrash; Talmud Torah (Judaism); Charity

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; books

Physical Description:

1 folio : torn, with losses in interior edge; faded

Rights:

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

Notes:

End of an article denoted by a circle between two spaces.; A fragment from an antique Aggadic text. The fragment opens with Aggadic passages on the importance of learning, even greater than deeds. A known passage here is that of R. Jose found in Talmud Kiddushin 40b (= Sifri 41 in the name of R. Jose the Galilean).; There are also Amoraic passages that have no known parallel in Talmud and Midrashim.; The only incipit is (recto l. 9) פזר נתן לאביונים (Psalms CXII 9) indicating that Psalms is probably the subject of this Midrash. The content of this article is structured of lengthy allegories and homilies, with no recognized parallels in Talmud and Midrashim.; Hebrew and Aramaic. Hebrew

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, Halper 118

Collection:

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