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genizah

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genizah [gɛˈniːzə]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) Judaism a repository (usually in a synagogue) for books and other sacred objects which can no longer be used but which may not be destroyed
[from Hebrew, literally: a hiding place, from gānaz to hide, set aside]
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The thousands of documents the Jews stored there over the centuries were discovered in the late 1800s and became famous as the Cairo Genizah, one of the most valuable troves of historical documents ever found.
Egyptians conflicted over preserving remnants of Jewish past by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
The thousands of documents the Jews stored there over the centuries were discovered in the late 1800s and became famous as the Cairo Genizah, one of the most valuable troves of historical documents ever found.
Egyptians conflicted over preserving Jewish past by Daily News Egypt (Egypt)
of America, DC) explains the various sigla that are used for texts and fragments found in the Wadi Qumran, elsewhere along the north coast of the Dead Sea, and the Genizah in Old Cairo.
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