COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 2169 - 2
Obverse:
B 2169 - 1
Image Number:
JRL0802975dc
Image Title:
Halakhic text
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Jewish law
Section:
6/7/8-12
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Numerals: alphanumerical
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
184 mm
Item width:
314 mm
Folio:
1+2 / 2 leaves conjoined, verso
Technique used:
Handwriting
Style Period:
Oriental
Interrelation fragments:
B 2169 and B 2208 from same manuscript (consecutive pages)
Notes:
35 lines. Halakhic discussions on a number of topics. Nos. 8-9 on writing according to Halakhic rules (e.g. no. 9: writing of tefillin). In no. 10 the author raises halakhic questions on the washing of hands before a meal. Essay no. 11 is also a halakhic discussion on the washing of hands, now referring to Shulhan Arukh - Orah Hayyim 162.4. No. 12 is on blessings referring to Orah Hayyim 208.17. Marginal notes in same hand. Margins drawn in pencil.
Discovery site:
Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository:
Moses Gaster
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Access rights:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number:
B02169-2
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-12-12
Date: added:
2008-06
Metadata language:
eng-GB
