Cairo Genizah : Calendrical

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>A very detailed calendar for years 4994–4995 of the Era of Creation (= 1233-1234 to 1234-1235 CE) in the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi. The calendar is dated according to the Era of Creation, the Era of the Exodus, the Seleucid Era, the Era of the Destruction of the Second Temple, the Era of the Hijra, and the Coptic era, as well as by its position in the 19-year cycle, the Sabbatical and Jubilee cycles, the 247-year cycle, and the Coptic cycle of intercalations. The calendar gives information on the moladot of all Jewish months, on the days of the week of beginnings of months, festivals and fasts, on the prayer for rain and dew, on biblical readings for each week. It also mentions correspondences between the Jewish, Muslim and Coptic months in the years under discussion, and some Muslim and Christian festivals. </p>