A catalogue of Cairo Genizah fragments at the Bodleian Libraries

MS. Heb. e. 96

Contents

Liturgical fragments.

Physical Description

Ff. 32.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/1

Contents

Fols. 1, 2
From a Siddur (Saadia?)

after explanatory matter in Arabic, it continues (fol. 1v) ב̇ א̇ יי הזן את העולם כולו בטוב ...

Fol. 2 rubrical, in Arabic, followed by נשמת incomplete.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Span. Rabb. char.; paper, 7 3/8 x 5 1/2 in., 25-28 lines; much injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/2

Contents

Fol. 3
From a Mahzor

headed (after a rubric) מוסף פסח, beg. with אתה בחרת בישראל followed by ובחדש הראשון; א̇ו̇א̇ גלה כבוד; אנא אלה' יעלה ויבא.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Quire mark ט̇.
?Yemen squ. char.; paper, 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in., 20 lines; much injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/3

Contents

Fols. 4, 5
For פסח

With vowel points and raphe.

Language(s): Hebrew
a.

end ובם תוערץ ותוקדש אל נא לעולם;

b.

בשלח און קובץ. ומרמות מקבץ;

c.

ויהי בשלח פרעה את קהל כמהים, incomplete;

d.

fol. 5, א̇ב̇ beg. missing, end תֿגן רבים כמריק חניכים;

e.

מגן beg. תֿלאוב עיקפם מצפות צורות, ת̇ש̇ר̇ק̇, incomplete.

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; paper, 7 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.,16-20 lines; injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/4

Contents

Fol. 6
For פסח
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

מי כמוכה beg. אֿז נבהלו אלהי ערלים. בראותם, 2 lines with פזמון beg. מי כמוכה עושה נסים, rhyming throughout in -סים;

b.

יי מלכינו beg. אימנתה ליל שמורים, א̇ב̇ to ד̇

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; paper, 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 in., 17 lines; injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/5

Contents

Fol. 7
Common prayers with Arabic translation

beg. with ואתה מחיה את כלם followed by ישתבח שמך לעד and וישע יי.

The translation ends וראי אלאסראיל אלאפה אלעט̇ימה אלתי אחלהא אללה באלמצריין פכאף אלקום אללה ואמנו בה ובמוסי רסולה.

Text with vowel points and raphe.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Span. squ. and Rabb. char.; paper, 8 3/4 x 6 in., 17 lines, injured and stained.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/6

Contents

Fols. 8, 9
הגדה של פסח

beg. הגיע זמן קרית שמע to בשעה שיש מצה ומרור מונחים לפניך;

fol. 9 beg. ובארץ וגו' ד̇א̇ ביד חזקה שתים to כמה מעלת טובות למקום

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. squ. Rabb. char.; paper, 7 5/8 x 5 1/2 in., 14 lines.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/7

Contents

Fol. 10
For פסח

end of Psalm 135 תם תקול אלמעריב beg. with מגן and האל הקדוש; then אתה בחרת בישראל; אלה מועדי יי; ליל שימורים.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; paper, 7 3/4 x 5 3/8 in., 21 lines.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/8

Contents

Fols. 11, 12
For שבועות
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

beg. missing, the alphabetical part beg. מפתח שפתיך מישרים לימן. נפתל ועקש;

b.

fol. 11v, headed לא תשא שמע שוא, beg. לוכד גחזי בשתים להאשם;

c.

on זכור את יום השבת, beg. תֿשלום מלאכת אורי ישעי, ת̇ש̇ר̇ק̇, incomplete;

d.

fol. 12, א̇ב̇ on the blessings, end תֿת למו עוז ושלום בערכי טהרות ב̇א̇ יי עושה השלום;

e.

אחרת לה beg. ארץ יראה באין מתום, א̇ב̇ incomplete.

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; paper, 7 3/8 x 5 1/2 in., 15 lines, stained.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/9

Contents

Fol. 13
For שבועות
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

end תתקדשו כולכם פן בכם יופרץ. ... אור ונערץ אלנא לעולם תוערץ;

b.

headed ובכן בחדש השלישי לצ̇ וג̇ beg. אלי א..י אל מחלישי, א̇ב̇ (only 2 lines).

Physical Description

Span. Rabb. char.; paper, about 7 x 5 3/8 in., 15 lines; much injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/10

Contents

Fol. 14
For שבועות

אֿתה הנחלתה, incomplete.

With vowel points.

Some scribbling on the margins.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; paper, 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in., 16 lines.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/11

Contents

Fol. 15
סליחה

א̇ב̇ , beg. and end missing, beg. אֿת הדברים האלה אשר בסין דבר. היום זכר.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Span. Rabb. char.; paper, 8 x 5 5/8 in., 18 lines; injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/12

Contents

Fol. 16
סליחות

headed את יי בהמצאו, א̇ב̇ (Zunz, p. 245, no. 28), incomplete.

Verso blank.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; paper, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in., 15 lines; much injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/13

Contents

Fol. 17
סליחה

beg. יֿה הציליני מיד ... וֿראה עניי וקבל תחנוני acr. יוסף.

Verso blank.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; paper, 8 x 5 1/4 in., 21 lines; much injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/14

Contents

Fol. 18
סליחות
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

א̇ב̇ beg. אֿפר ועפר. אֿבק מעופר. אֿנו ... אֿשמנו;

b.

verso, beg. אנושים וענושים, acr. אני ....

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; paper, about 8 x 5 1/2 in., much injured and mostly illegible.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/15

Contents

Fols. 19, 20
For סוכות
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
a.

headed רהט ללענצרה ל̇ למד[ני] תאליף של ..., beg. (?) שתי תורות ערוכות לכל ...;

b.

verso, headed מעני קול אל ...ען שלמה beg. מלך ישר̇ אנה... ששים המה, in Arabic;

c.

fol. 20, beg. missing, beg. יי אלהים הטֿכוש עד לא נתכנו עליל[ות] גבעות. יֿחיד ונורא איום תמים דעות., א̇ב̇ and acr. חזק יצחק בר שמו[אל?].

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; paper, 7 3/8 x 5 5/8 in., 19 lines; injured, fol. 19 mostly illegible.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/16

Contents

Fol. 21
For סוכות

headed ולה איצא ז̇ל̇. A legible passage is מדי שנה בשנה לחוג את חג הסוכה. בורא הכל ברצונו במצרים הראה גאונו.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Span. Rabb. char.; paper, 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 in., 19 lines; much injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/17

Contents

Fol. 22
קינה

א̇ב̇ (ב̇ to כ̇ only) end כֿלו שלשים וארבע וחדלה חתיתו. גמר ננער ונתן קולו ומעונתו. העמיק שחת והלה במזמתו. לעבוד.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Span. Rabb. char.; paper, 7 3/4 x 4 5/8 in., 19 lines; injured and fore edge cut.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/18

Contents

Fols. 23, 24
קינות

Both by Qalir.

Language(s): Hebrew
a.

headed סלסלה beg. נחלתי אמולת לב ... אהלי איכה גילו קדשים, Zunz, p. 48, no. 17, א̇ב̇ to ר̇ and acr. ? אלעזר;

b.

סלסלה beg. (fol. 24v) נחמה אכן לפתה ... אהלי אני עבטתי בדבור סרה, א̇ב̇ ? incomplete, Zunz, p. 47, no. 7.

Physical Description

Span. Rabb. char.; paper, 7 5/8 x 5 3/8 in., 18-21 lines; injured and stained.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/19

Contents

Fols. 25, 26
יוצרות לי'הכ'
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

beg. missing, beg. לא לעולם אריב ולא לנצח. ואשפוך קצפי וחמתי ..., א̇ב̇;

b.

מי כמוך beg. אֿדון הסליחות, אלהי הרוחות, א̇ב̇ to ח̇, Zunz p. 18, no. 12;

c.

fol. 26 יי מלכנו beg. סברנו ותוחלתנו עינינו תלויות לך;

d.

verso, headed סילוק לר̇ ניסי אלוף נ̇ט̇ beg. נפשי נבהלה ברתת וכבעת, each hemstich begins with נ.

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; paper, about 6 3/4 x 5 1/4 in., about 17 lines; much injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/20

Contents

Fol. 27
פיוט (or perhaps only a writing exercise) composed of extracts from the Psalms

viz. 5,12; 9,3-6; 116,12; 56,13,14; 116,8; 94,18; 86,13; 9,1-5; 54,9; 138,7.

With vowel points and raphe.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. squ. char.; paper, 7 7/8 x 5 3/8 in., 12 lines; injured and stained.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/21

Contents

Fol. 28
פיוטים
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

based on ש'הש', beg. (?) דודי אהבני ולש... end דלת ראש עוז. ידך ב[י ת]עוז. ואנוש אל [יעוז.] אפרים מעוז ראשי, acr. [?...] דויד;

b.

אחר, beg. יושב כרובים לי הטה.

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; paper, about 7 x 3 5/8 in., 13-18 lines, torn.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/22

Contents

Fol. 29
Headed קציר

beg. עיני זמנינו הלא יפקחו. לראות שני אורים אשר זרחו;

verso, 5 lines of accounts in Arabic; the rest blank.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; paper, 7 1/2 x 3 3/4 in., much injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/23

Contents

Fols. 30, 31
Liturgical ?

Mostly illegible.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

German? Rabb. char. strips of vellum sewn together, now measuring 8 3/4 x 3 3/4 and 8 1/2 x 3 3/4 in., much injured and stained.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

MS. Heb. e. 96/24

Contents

Fol. 32
Part of a קינה, apparently a writing exercise.
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; paper, about 6 1/4 x 4 in.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in January 1906 through J. Offord. From the Genizah.

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