Genizah Collection:

Reference number: B 2102 - 2
Obverse: B 2102 - 1
Image Number: JRL0802831dc
Image Title: Hosha`anot
Subject: Liturgy and Poetry
Creator: Sa`adia ben Joseph Gaon (882-942)
Creator Role: Author
Source title: Hosha`anot
Alternative source title: Aneh ohaze arba'ah minim
Alternative source title: Me-Arvad ve-Arpad
Alternative source title: Ana El ha-nikdash
Alternative source title: Le-ma'an av yeda'akha
Section: Incipit first poem on the right (visible on left recto): מארוד וארפד Incipit second poem on the right (line 4): ענה אוחזי ארבעה מינים Incipit third poem on the right: אנא אל הנקדש Incipit second poem on the left: למען אב ידעך מבין מנאצים
Citation reference: I. Davidson, S. Assaf, and B.I. Joel (eds.), Siddur R. Saadja Gaon (1963), pp. 243.8-9 (third day - lines 1-3 on right), 244.18-245.10 (lines 1-16 on right), 248.5-14 (lines 16 on right-12 on left), 241.8-10 (fourth day - lines 13-6 on left)
Language: Arabic
Language: Hebrew
Script: Hebrew
Support material: Paper
Item height: 179 mm
Item width: 252 mm
Folio: 1+2 / 2 leaves conjoined, verso
Technique used: Handwriting
Bibliographic Reference: Davidson II, p. 131, no. 362. Cf. III, p. 74, no. 117.
Bibliographic Reference: Davidson III, p. 283, no. 790.
Bibliographic Reference: Davidson III, p. 52, no. 1132.
Notes: 16 lines. For the third and fourth day of Sukkot. Second poem on the right ("atbash") and second poem on the left alphabetic acrostics.
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
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Image sequence number: B02102-2
Image technique: Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 2007-12-11
Date: added: 2009-01
Metadata language: eng-GB
Metadata language: heb