COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 2026 - 1
Obverse:
B 2026 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0802654dc
Image Title:
Ethical text
Subject:
Ethics
Subject:
Sermons
Date created:
18th-19th century
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
179 mm
Item width:
112 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
17 lines. On the evil inclination (yetser ha-ra). The first paragraph consists of a homiletic interpretation of Genesis 18.5, quoting Hayyim Joseph David Azulai (1724-1806) on lines 2-3. Quotations: Genesis 18.5 (lines 1-2), Exodus 15.20 (line 3), Proverbs 9.5 (line 5), Talmud Bavli - Kiddushin 30b (lines 6, 9, 14, 16), Proverbs 25.21 (line 12), Talmud Bavli - Sukkah 52b (line 13).
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:
B02026-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-11-28
Date: added:
2008-07
Metadata language:
eng-GB
