Cairo Genizah : Calendrical

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Calendar for 5058 of the Era of Creation (= 1297-1298 CE), dated according to the Era of Creation, the Seleucid Era and the Era of the Destruction of the Second Temple. Information is provided only on the months in which tequfot fall and includes the day of the week for the beginning of the month and the time of the tequfa. Nisan 5058 is said to begin the 18th year in the 28-year cycle of tequfot. In addition, information about the month of Adar is included because special Bible reading arrangements (Šabbat hafsaqa) apply on its first and third Sabbath. The calendar is in the hand of Solomon b. Saʿadya, a cantor in the synagogue of the Palestinians in Fusṭāṭ in the 13th century.</p>