Unknown type: T-S H15.105

Unknown type T-S H15.105

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Shelfmark
T-S H15.105
Primary Language
Hebrew

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Description

This penitential selihah survives in several manuscripts found in the Cairo Geniza. It is based on the conceit that the Jewish people is “sick”—that is, suffering in exile—and that God can heal this illness by bringing redemption. Aaron Ibn al-‘Ammānī (12th century) signed his given name twice in the acrostic of this poem. Each line in this rhythmic and compressed work has three internal rhymes, precisely sixteen syllables, and ends with the word holeh (ill). (Information from Posen Library)

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2026
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Transcription
Translation

T-S H15.105 1r

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1r

T-S H15.105 1v

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1v
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  • T-S H15.105: Provided by Cambridge University Library. Zooming image © Cambridge University Library, All rights reserved. This image may be used in accord with fair use and fair dealing provisions, including teaching and research. If you wish to reproduce it within publications or on the public web, please contact genizah@lib.cam.ac.uk.
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S H15.105. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/42089/ (accessed August 11, 2026).