Maḥazor, Shemini ʹatseret; Prayer instruction for Hoshanna Rabbah and Shemini Atzeret
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 (University of Pennsylvania. Libraries).
Text break denoted by vertical ellipsis and three spaces.; Instruction in Judeo-Arabic for services on Hoshanna Rabbah, including prayer, Hallel, taking of the four species, and Torah reading. Followed by instructions for Shemini ʹatseret, under the heading אלעיד אלת׳אני (the second Holiday, as opposed to Saʻadia Gaon's Kitāb ǵāmiʻ aṣ-ṣalawāt wat-tasābīh which starts with Passover, thus Shemini ʻatseret is referred to there as the seventh holiday).; This includes a complete copy of the designated Psalm (CXLVIII) for the eve of the holiday, in accordance with one of the Erez Israeli rites. See E. Fleischer: Tefilah u-minhage tefilah Erets Yiśreʾel / Ezra Fleischer. Jerusalem : Magnes, 1988, p. 172.; Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. Hebrew
Physical Location:
Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, Halper 207
Collection:
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library)
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