Cairo Genizah : Colophon; halaḵa; liturgy

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>F. 1r closing lines of a book or a chapter mentioning three 15th-16th century works: the legal code Šulḥan ʿAruḵ and a mystical diary Maggid Mešarim by Joseph Karo, and a work on the laws of tefillin, Baruḵ Šeʾamar. F. 1v: title and opening lines of rules of the evening prayer according to the customs of Isaac Luria. The evening prayer is said to be discussed before the morning prayer because evening comes before morning in ויהי ערב ויהי בקר (Genesis 1:5). F. 2r contains the end of the dirge בהיכלך שמיר ושית, followed by Lamentations 5. F. 2v is entitled פסוקי דנחמה and contains Isaiah 1:1-2 followed by the dirge עורה נא ימיניך רמה.</p>