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Area in a synagogue or cemetery for the temporary storage of Jewish writing
A genizah (/ɡɛˈniːzə/; Hebrew: גניזה, lit. 'storage', also geniza; plural: genizot[h] or genizahs) is a storage area in a Jewish synagogue or cemetery
Genizah
Collection of Jewish manuscript fragments
Cairo Genizah, is a collection of some 400,000 Jewish manuscript fragments and Fatimid administrative documents that were kept in the genizah or storeroom
Cairo_Geniza
Collection of Jewish manuscripts
The Afghan Geniza (or Genizah) is a collection of hundreds of Jewish manuscript fragments found in a genizah in the caves of Afghanistan. The manuscripts
Afghan_Geniza
Jewish book or manuscript fragments
The European Geniza (the Treasure of Europe, Italian Genizah or Genizat Germania) is an international collection of thousands of Jewish book or manuscript
European_Geniza
Digital preservation project
Genizah manuscripts - images, identifications, catalogs, copies, joins, and bibliographic references. At the end of the nineteenth century, a genizah
Friedberg_Geniza_Project
Romanian-British scholar
10,000 fragments in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic from the Cairo Geniza (the genizah of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Old Cairo); some 350 Hebrew codices and scrolls
Moses_Gaster
Professor Emeritus of History
Oriental Studies Founder Director (1973–2006) of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit (researching manuscripts from the Cairo Geniza) 1989, 1996–97
Stefan_Reif
died in 1812 in Kolkata. The cemetery contains a late Nineteenth century genizah for the ritual disposition of sacred writings. The cemetery reflects the
History of the Jews in Kolkata
History_of_the_Jews_in_Kolkata
Jewish cemetery in California
a cavity in the floor of its apse, which almost certainly served as a genizah, was uncovered; an Ark for the Torah Scrolls stood above it. The central
Mount_Sinai_Memorial_Park
Gnostic mystical word with many meanings
Hebrew magical texts from the Cairo Genizah; the Hebrew Sefer HaRazim which has been reconstructed from the Genizah - here Abrasax is the first among some
Abraxas
Egyptologist and antiquarian (c.1850–1916)
superintending the Arab workmen. Archibald Henry Sayce Cairo Geniza and Genizah D'Hulst, R., 'The Arab House of Egypt', Royal Institute of British Architects
Count_Riamo_d'Hulst
7th-century manuscript of Origen's Hexapla
from Egypt, were published by C. Taylor in his work Hebrew-Greek Cairo Genizah Palimpsests, Cambridge, 1900, pp. 54–65. This is palimpsest in codex form
Taylor-Schechter_12.182
Largest city in Hesse, Germany
historically significant Cairo Genizah documents of the Municipal Library was destroyed by the bombing. According to Arabist and Genizah scholar S.D. Goitein,
Frankfurt
Collection of religious texts
Kim (2016). "The Masora Magna of two biblical fragments from the Cairo Genizah, and the unusual practice of the scribe behind the Leningrad Codex". The
Bible
Capital and largest city of Egypt
accumulation of almost 200,000 Jewish manuscripts that were found in the genizah of the Ben Ezra Synagogue (built 882) of Fustat, Egypt (now Old Cairo)
Cairo
Egyptian rabbi (1186–1237)
Cairo Genizah fragment by Abraham ibn Maymun
Abraham_Maimonides
Type of Jewish mysticism
pages 475–476; see also pages 477–478 where a booklet found in Maimonides' Genizah with the text of Shi'ur Qomah appears with an annotation, possibly by Maimonides
Kabbalah
Anonymous Khazar letter
The Schechter Letter, also called the Genizah Letter or Cambridge Document, was discovered in the Cairo Geniza by Solomon Schechter in 1912. It is an
Schechter_Letter
Jewish cemetery in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
locations are unknown. Separate vault or "grave" for damaged books known as a Genizah, is located in the southeastern part of the cemetery, with the first burial
Old_Jewish_Cemetery,_Sarajevo
Palestinian Gaonate Head
Gaonate in the 10th century. According to a fragment found in the Cairo Genizah (T-S 312.82), Aaron ha-Cohen reigned as Gaon after Abraham ben Aaron (the
Aaron_ha-Cohen
Philosophical work by Maimonides (c. 1190 AD)
MAIMONIDES)". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. "Cairo Genizah : Philosophy". For example, Joseph Telushkin noted that "Thomas Aquinas
The_Guide_for_the_Perplexed
Central text of Rabbinic Judaism
from 1342 (view scan). Other manuscripts of the Talmud include: Cairo Genizah fragments Date: earliest ones from the late 7th or 8th century Context:
Talmud
immediate past Head of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research of the Cairo Genizah at the University of Haifa, and the Department of Humanities and Arts at
Efraim_Lev
Ancient Jewish Document
Genizah collection in the possession of the University Library, Cambridge, England (Philadelphia: Dropsie College, 1952) The Taylor-Schechter Genizah
Damascus_Document
Professor
Genazim - the computer unit of the Friedberg project for the study of the Genizah. His areas of expertise included systems for retrieving textual information
Yaacov_Choueka
from the Genizah in Egypt and was donated by Solomon Schechter and his patron Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
Taylor-Schechter_16.320
Medieval synagogue in Prague, Czech Republic
the attic where the genizah of Prague's community is kept. A legend is told of a Nazi agent during World War II entering the genizah, but who perished mysteriously
Old_New_Synagogue
Jewish scribe
his letters to distant Jewish communities were discovered in the Cairo genizah, most of them dealing with public affairs. One of them described the earthquake
Solomon_ben_Semah
German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
the Kabbalah from private libraries and ancient document dumps called Genizah. These were created when the books flooded into Mandatory Palestine during
Walter_Benjamin
Ancient Jewish biblical manuscripts
in the earth or within caves is related to the ancient Jewish custom of genizah. The initial discovery by Bedouin shepherd Muhammed edh-Dhib, his cousin
Dead_Sea_Scrolls
heyday of liturgical poetry, and many such piyyutim were found in the Genizah. However, these piyyutim are very rare in European communities, and this
Elohim tzivita li-yedidcha bechiracha
Elohim_tzivita_li-yedidcha_bechiracha
Romanian-Israeli Hebrew-language poet and philologist
became a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and headed the Genizah Research Institute, where he produced foundational studies on medieval
Ezra_Fleischer
the son of Aaron ben Meir. According to a fragment found in the Cairo Genizah (T-S 312.82), Abraham reigned as Gaon for seven years. Gil estimates his
Abraham_ben_Aaron
Sea scrolls, the Bar Kokhba letters, the Babatha Archives and the Cairo Genizah documents) supplemented by oral history and the collection of commentaries
Jewish_history
English author (1861–1946)
Cairo Genizah, being in fact the first European to enter it. During his visits to Cairo in 1888 and 1895 Adler collected and brought over 25,000 Genizah manuscript
Elkan_Nathan_Adler
Box to collect items for married life
the Middle East, similar chests were known as "dower chests." The Cairo Genizah documents, which contain nearly 400,000 texts, provide insight into daily
Hope_chest
12th-century Italian Jewish musician
prayer-book, now preserved in the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati (MS H.U.C. Genizah Collection no. 8). An inscription on the colophon says, in Hebrew, that
Obadiah_the_Proselyte
Gaon of the Palestinian Academy (died 1139)
the Cairo Genizah. Israeli Talmudic scholar Yehudah Seewald has identified and published several of Masliah's sermons found in the Cairo Genizah, including
Masliah_ben_Solomon_ha-Cohen
Muslim, Christian and Jewish sources, including documents from the Cairo Genizah, being the first to do so. The first volume of the book was a rewrite of
The History of the Jews in Egypt and Syria under Mamluk Rule
The_History_of_the_Jews_in_Egypt_and_Syria_under_Mamluk_Rule
Rabbi and Kabbalist (c.1534–1572)
Henry Abramson Letter, written and signed by Isaac Luria, from the Cairo Genizah Traditional Sphardi Singing of Luria's Yom Zeh L'Yisrael Centre for Lurian
Isaac_Luria
round it to show that it is canceled, and the whole page must be put in a genizah (burial place for scripture) and a new page begun. One of the most important
Names_of_God_in_Judaism
Act of removing a religious blessing
decree of the bishop. Desacralization of knowledge Desecration Sacred space Genizah Donald S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum (2000). "Secularizing a Consecrated
Deconsecration
Being in Jewish folklore made from clay
whereupon the golem fell in pieces. The Golem's body was stored in the attic genizah of the Old New Synagogue, where it would be restored to life again if needed
Golem
12th month of the Hebrew calendar
British Museum Mordechai Margoliouth (ed.), Halakhot Eretz Yisrael min ha-Genizah, Mossad Harav Kook: Jerusalem 1973, p. 142 (Hebrew). The Scroll of Fasting
Adar
Twenty-first letter in many Semitic alphabets
recorded) (none recorded) Targum Jehonathan, Original Manuscript Archival Texts, Palestinian Targum (Genizah), Samaritan Late Jewish Literary Aramaic
Shin_(letter)
10th month of the Hebrew calendar
Jewish astrology Mordechai Margoliouth (ed.), Halakhot Eretz Yisrael min ha-Genizah, Mossad Harav Kook: Jerusalem 1973, p. 141 (Hebrew) Talmud Yoma tractate
Tevet
American journalist
1945) is an American author, editor, and teacher. His books include The Genizah (2024), A Wolf by the Ears, Wandering Souls, Marble Mountain, War Movies:
Wayne_Karlin
Ethnic group and nation in Ghana
(October 1, 1995). "Medical and para-medical manuscripts in the Cambridge Genizah Collections". Med. Hist. 39 (4): 516–518. doi:10.1017/S0025727300060579
Asante_people
Greek Orthodox monastery in Sinai
of Mary» in Christian Palestinian Aramaic. Palimpsests from the Cairo Genizah (Taylor-Schechter Collection) and the New Finds in St Catherine's Monastery
Saint_Catherine's_Monastery
Documents written on the inner layer of birch bark
scrolls were given a ritual interment, much like Jewish texts stored in a genizah. The bark of Betula utilis (Himalayan Birch) has been used for centuries
Birch_bark_manuscript
Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq
Fragment of Ibn Jazlah's Tabulated Manual " Taqwīm al-Abdān " from the Cairo Genizah (T-S Ar.41.137)". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain
Al-'Adudi_Hospital
rabbi and Hebrew-language grammarian in Tiberias. He is mentioned in a genizah fragment of the Geonim era. for his teaching of proper dikduk grammar and
Akhiyahu_HaKohen
Medieval Catholic cathedral in Italy
alcuni documenti della Genizah del Cairo (1064)" [The Pisan Raid against Muslim Palermo in Documentation from the Cairo Genizah (1064)]. Sefer Yuḥasin
Pisa_Cathedral
Theological college of the United Reformed Church
the Genizah at the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo. Schechter identified the fragments as forming part of the Hebrew Wisdom of Sirach. The Cairo Genizah collection
Westminster College (Cambridge)
Westminster_College_(Cambridge)
Alternative form of the name Joshua (Yəhōšūaʿ)
find 'Jesus the Nazarene — may his name be obliterated' (thus also in a Genizah MS, British Museum, Or. 91842). " New Testament theology Joachim Jeremias
Yeshua
Great Feast in various Christian churches
the 'Dormition of Mary' in Christian Palestinian Aramaic from the Cairo Genizah (Taylor-Schechter Collection) and the New Finds in St Catherine's Monastery
Dormition of the Mother of God
Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God
Melkite Aramaic
from Mar Saba (e.g., part of the Codex Sinaiticus Rescriptus), the Cairo Genizah and the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. They often transmit rare texts lost
Christian_Palestinian_Aramaic
Heads of the Babylonian Talmudic Academies (6th–11th century)
extant only as quotations in later works. Many have been found in the Cairo Genizah. Examples of responsa collections are: Halakhot Pesukot min ha-Geonim (Brief
Geonim
Aramaic translation of the Jewish scriptures
Cairo Geniza Fragment Targums originate from the Ben Ezra Synagogue's genizah in Cairo. They share similarities with the Fragment Targums in that they
Targum
Greek-written Turkish dialect of the Karamanlides
ISBN 978-1-135-94206-9. Julia Krivoruchko Karamanli – a new language variety in the Genizah: T-S AS 215.255 http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Taylor-Schechter/fotm/july-2012/index
Karamanli_Turkish
Scrolls from ancient Italy
ancient religious and secular documents Friends of Herculaneum Society Genizah Oxyrhynchus Papyri Timbuktu manuscripts Stabile, Sara; Palermo, Francesca;
Herculaneum_papyri
Professorship of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge
Among the holdings at Cambridge relevant to study of Hebrew are the Cairo Genizah, the Cambridge manuscript of the Mishnah, and hundreds of rare books and
Regius Professor of Hebrew (Cambridge)
Regius_Professor_of_Hebrew_(Cambridge)
Fourth Islamic caliphate (909–1171)
and Muslims, their history is relatively well documented thanks to the Genizah documents. The community was divided between Rabbanites and Karaites. Traditionally
Fatimid_Caliphate
Israeli academic
Judaic studies. Notable research in recent years: Documents from the Cairo Genizah as a source of information about medicine in the Middle East in medieval
Zohar_Amar
passivity in the medical Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic prescriptions of the Cairo Genizah". Journal of Semitic Studies. 54 (2): 435–458. doi:10.1093/jss/fgp008.
Aharon_Geva_Kleinberger
Prince of Kiev from 912 to 945
the Rus Oleg and Igor: A Study of the Anonymous Khazar Letter from the Genizah of Cairo" (PDF). Revue des études byzantines. 53 (1): 237–270. doi:10.3406/rebyz
Igor_of_Kiev
Judaic rite and ritual in medieval Palestine
as the Amidah. One fragment of a Palestinian siddur discovered in the genizah was written in Hebrew with various introductions and explanations in Judeo-Arabic
Nusach_Eretz_Yisrael
Aramaic-language expression used by Orthodox Jews
contains these letters, without any other Torah content, does not require genizah (a process for writings that contain the name of God), and thus can be
Besiyata_Dishmaya
Jewish leader in Mesopotamia (c.599–670)
not recognized as legitimate 300 years afterward. The statement in the genizah specimen (see bibliography below) is doubtless dictated by enmity to the
Bostanai
Former synagogue in Cairo, Egypt
dates from the 11th century CE. Historically, synagogues have included a genizah, or repository for abandoned or outdated documents containing the name
Ben_Ezra_Synagogue
their love [sic]; puri doubts about their homosexual relationship "Of Genizahs, Sufi Jewish Saints, and Forgotten Corners of History - UW Stroum Center
LGBTQ_history_in_Pakistan
Handwritten copy of the Torah
treated with appropriate respect, and is either buried or placed in a genizah rather than being otherwise destroyed or discarded.[citation needed] The
Torah_scroll
Islamic tax on non-Muslims
Volume 12, Thomson Gale, Article: Kharaj and Jizya, Quote: "...Many extant *Genizah letters state that the collectors imposed the tax on children and demanded
Jizya
Israeli academic (1939–2025)
באסלאם ולקחן היהודי והאנושי", קרית ספר נה, ב (תשם) 398-410 1980.; "Genizah and Genizah-Like Practices in Islamic and Jewish Traditions", Bibliotheca Orientalis
Joseph_Sadan
Chronicle of Jewish history
1163/9789004671799_024, ISBN 978-90-04-67179-9, retrieved 13 September 2024 "Cairo Genizah : Book of Josippon". Cambridge Digital Library. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
Josippon
about modern Europe. Tamar Yellin (b. 1963), author whose first novel, The Genizah at the House of Shepher, won Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature; granddaughter
List of British Jewish writers
List_of_British_Jewish_writers
First capital of Islamic Egypt, in Old Cairo
Worman, Ernest (October 1905). "Notes on the Jews in Fustāt from Cambridge Genizah Documents". Jewish Quarterly Review. pp. 1–39. Lapidus, p. 41 Petersen
Fustat
Hebrew piyyut
recitation of this piyyut was widespread during the period of the Cairo Genizah, in which many copies were discovered. The piyyut arrived in Europe and
VaYe'ehav_Omen
(created by the Maharal) lies in the attic of the Old New Synagogue where the genizah of Prague's community is kept. In 1708, Jews accounted for one-quarter
History of the Jews in the Czech lands
History_of_the_Jews_in_the_Czech_lands
Tracing of Jewish descent through maternal lineage
between Karaite and Rabbinic individuals have been discovered in the Cairo Genizah. The Egyptian Karaites followed patrilineal descent, but forbade marriage
Matrilineality_in_Judaism
Archaic form of the Hebrew language
Joseph (1997). Palestinian Vocalised Piyyut Manuscripts in the Cambridge Genizah Collections. Cambridge University. ISBN 978-0-521-58399-2. Yardeni, Ada
Biblical_Hebrew
Synagogue in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
decorated prayer-hall, a smaller prayer-hall for use during the week, a genizah, rooms for the rabbi and various other utilities since the building was
Il_Kal_Grande
Greek-speaking Jewish community
Steiner, Richard C. (2007). "The Byzantine biblical commentaries from the Genizah: Rabbanite vs. Karaite". In Moshe Bar-Asherz (ed.). Shai le-Sara Japhet:
Romaniote_Jews
Byzantine Galilee payyetan; late fifth-early sixth century
Yannai's work was essentially lost until its rediscovery in the Cairo Genizah. Medieval rabbi Ephraim of Bonn records a story in which Yannai became
Yannai_(Payetan)
1038 battle in Spain
Translation, Based on All the Known Judaeo-Arabic Manuscripts. Cambridge Genizah Studies Series, Volume 11 (in Hebrew). BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-42751-8. Tibi
Battle_of_al-Funt_(1038)
Citizen science platform
Geniza Project, the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, and the Genizah at Cambridge University Library 8 Aug 2017 Criminal Characters Transcription
Zooniverse
Belarusian Jewish author, playwright, scholar, and activist
Deutsch compares the An-sky's expedition materials to genizah, particularly to the Cairo genizah. His ethnographic report of the deliberate destruction
S._An-sky
Medieval Jewish sect
Books. Khan, Geoffrey (1990). Karaite Bible Manuscripts from the Cairo Genizah. Cambridge University Press Archive. p. 20. ISBN 978-0521392273 – via Google
Masoretes
Cairo Genizah fragment by Abraham ibn Maymun
History_of_the_Jews_in_Egypt
In rabbinic literature, two wealthy Jewish brothers who lived in Laodicea
Feliks, Jehuda; Margalioth, Mordecai (1973). Hilkhot Erets Yisra'el min ha-Genizah (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Mossad Harav Kook. p. 142. OCLC 19497945., s.v
Lulianos_and_Paphos
City in Israel
known in the Holy Land with final /ā/ (as observed by Sokoloff, BerR, Genizah Fragments, 111 in note). Thus, one might conjecture that at least some
Acre,_Israel
sources, especially those from Saint Catherine’s Monastery, the Cairo Genizah, and the Firkovitch collections. Another important resources is the large-scale
Bible translations into Arabic
Bible_translations_into_Arabic
Albert Gilson, although it is believed that it may have come from the Cairo Genizah. Ashkar and Gilson donated the manuscript to Duke University. In 2007,
Ashkar-Gilson_Manuscript
German-Jewish ethnographer, historian and Arabist (1900–1985)
(October 1, 1995). "Medical and para-medical manuscripts in the Cambridge Genizah Collections". Med. Hist. 39 (4): 516–518. doi:10.1017/S0025727300060579
Shelomo_Dov_Goitein
Israeli philosopher and historian (1897–1982)
of the newly discovered Dead Sea Scrolls and inventory from the Cairo Genizah moved through the collections he was overseeing. Scholem became a professor
Gershom_Scholem
10C Jewish philosopher & controversialist
Kitab al-Tawḥīd "Book on the Unity (of God)," has been discovered among genizah fragments and has been published by Elkan Nathan Adler and Isaac Broydé
David_ibn_Merwan_al-Mukkamas
Award for Judaism-related literature
Literature honorees Year Author Title Result Ref. 2007 Tamar Yellin The Genizah at the House of Shepher Winner Michael Lavigne Not Me Runner-up Amir Gutfreund
Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature
Sami_Rohr_Prize_for_Jewish_Literature
Canonical pronunciation of the Hebrew Bible
Schwa (published by Kurt Levy from a genizah fragment in 1936), and Ma'mar haš-Šəwā מאמר השוא (published from Genizah material by Allony); the works of medieval
Tiberian_Hebrew
Esoteric Jewish treatise
ספק.). See also ibid. p. 477-478 where a booklet found in Maimonides' genizah with the text of Shi'ur Qomah appears with an annotation, possibly by Maimonides
Shi'ur_Qomah
Jewish community in Egypt from 332 BCE
scholars. The community is mentioned in several documents in the Cairo Genizah, some of which relate to Alexandrian Jews' reaction to the controversial
History of the Jews in Alexandria
History_of_the_Jews_in_Alexandria
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