[Part of a prayer-book, Blessing of the moon] : manuscript

Alternate Title:

Ḳidush levanah; Birkat levanah

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1300s

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:

Judaism; Satellites -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts; Judaism -- Liturgy; Prayer -- Judaism -- Early works to 1800; Prayer -- Judaism; Cabala

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books

Physical Description:

1 folio : losses from center; verso is blank

Geographic Subject:

Moon -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Moon

Rights:

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

Notes:

Possibly the last folio from a prayer book, as the verso is empty, although the copy appears to have been interrupted in mid-sentence, which would indicate that this is a discarded draft.; The recto contains the end of the text (five lines, in large square characters) of the Blessing of the New Moon, under the heading ברכת הלבנה. The fragment contains the end of this sequence, starting אלמלא לא זכו to אמר אביי הילכך מעומד (Talmud, Sanhedrin 42a).; This is followed by eight lines in a Sephardic cursive hand with directions of actions prescribed during this blessing, and their Kabbalistic significance.; Hebrew. Hebrew

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, Halper 196

Collection:

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