[Collected liturgical poems] : manuscript

Alternate Title:

Pizmonim

Name:

Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555?-1625?; Avṭalyon; Avraham; Joshua; Rosenblatt, J. A.

Date:

1500s

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:

Piyutim; Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts; Judaism -- Liturgy; Berit milah; Liturgics; Maqamah, Hebrew; Berit milah -- Liturgy -- Texts

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; books

Physical Description:

4 fols. : consecutive; fols 3-4 damaged, losses at center

Rights:

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

Notes:

Verse endings denoted by a sof pasuḳ.; Four folios, numbered 117-120, each bears the header פזמונים (the type) סאבה (the maḳam, usually fitting for lamentations). The fragment contains 13 piyyutim, numbered in the margin ד]-טו], as this is probably not the first collection in the codex. Where there is an acrostic signature, it appears in the heading of the piyyuṭ.; (fol. 1) the last line of an unknown piyyuṭ, ends כאשור על יד גבריאל.; יתעלה שמך על עמך ויגדל כח (Davidson, Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew poetry 4355י) by Israel Najara, as in the acrostic signature ישראל בן משה. Eight verses.; יתחמץ יום יום לבבי (Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew poetry 4330י) by Israel Najara, as in the acrostic signature ישראל בן משה. Two strophes of alternating rhyme.; אמר ה׳ צבאות\ במקום זה אתן שלום (Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew poetry 5796א) by Avtalion. Eight short verses of alternating rhyme, forming the acrostic signature אבטליון.; (fols. 1-2) אנא צור גואלי אל רם by Abraham, as in the acrostic signature א[ב]רהם. יפה ברה אשר אורה (Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew poetry 3318).; ישיבוני כל סעיפי (Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew poetry 4037י) by Israel Najara. Nine verses of alternating rhyme, forming the acrostic signature ישראל בן משה.; (fols. 2-3) מיוחד מלך מהולל (Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew poetry, 1310מ) by Israel Najara. Each word starts with , the next letter in the first word of each verse, form the acrostic signature ישראל בן משה.; יהי שלום בחלינו ושלום בישראל (Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew poetry 1440) by Joshua, commonly found as a Pizmon for a circumcision feast. This is a short version, containing only two strophes (י-ה) of eight verses with an alternating rhyme. The complete version forms the acrostic signature יהושע.; ירעו עמי בטוב מרעם (Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew poetry 3904י) by Isaac, Four strophes (יצחק)̇ of two verses with alternating rhymes.; (fols. 3-4) ימליכו [מלאכי אל] באימה ופחד by Israel [Najara]. Four strophes verses of alternating rhyme (verses 1-3,4-5) the final verses rhyme דן-. The acrostic signature reads ישראל.; Another Pizmon whose acrostic signature reads ישראל. The beginning is missing, ends ושם נעדרת בהדרת.; יאות לתת הוד (Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew poetry 33י) by Israel Najara, as in the acrostic signature ישראל בן משה. The suggested melody is איהו אל מוסבי.; None of the eight piyyutim here by Israel Najara appear in his published anthology, Zemirot Yisrael (Salonika 1599).; Hebrew. Hebrew

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, Halper 296

Collection:

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