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Reference number: 
A 665 - 2
Obverse: 
A 665 - 1
Image Number: 
JRL0709626dc
Image Title: 
Liturgical poem
Subject: 
Liturgy and Poetry
Subject: 
Prayer
Section: 
First benediction adorned with liturgical poetry; incipit (partially visible only): ברוך אתה י"י המבדיל בין קדש לחול ומצפין לנגה
Citation reference: 
I. Davidson, S. Assaf, and B.I. Joel (eds.), Siddur R. Saadja Gaon (1963), p. 123.7-10
Language: 
Hebrew
Script: 
Hebrew
Support material: 
Paper
Item height: 
96 mm
Item width: 
96 mm
Folio: 
1 / 1 leaf, verso
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Style Period: 
Oriental
Bibliographic Reference: 
Davidson II, p. 69, no. 1558.
Notes: 
10 lines. For the evening service at the end of the Shabbat. This poem is more extensive than Sa`adia's text. Davidson describes it as Sa`adia's version of the first blessing of the evening service at the end of the Shabbat.
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: 
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number: 
A00665-2
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2007-06-27
Date: added: 
2008-02
Metadata language: 
eng-GB
Metadata language: 
heb