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Cairo Genizah : Liturgy

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Liturgical book with blessings and readings. Instructions are in Judaeo-Arabic. The extant text begins (leaf 1) with the blessings for circumcision (ברכת מילה), virginal blood (ברכת דם בתולה), instructions and blessings for ʿeruv (ערוב חצרות and ערוב תבשילין). Torah and hafṭara readings for the festivals begin on leaf 2 with Passover and Šavuʿot. Leaf 3 has the Ninth of Av, Roš ha-Šana, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. Leaf 4 continues on to Šemini ʿAṣeret and 'the second day' (Simhat Torah), fast days and Ḥanukka. See Reif (1997: no. 411).</p>

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