Examples of 'genizah' in a sentence

Meaning of "genizah"

genizah (noun): A storage area in a Jewish synagogue or cemetery where worn-out Hebrew books or documents are kept before proper burial
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  • A depository where sacred Hebrew books or other sacred items that by Jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly buried in a cemetery.

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This synagogue also contains a genizah.
They are stored in a genizah and then they get buried.
An account of these events was discovered in the Cairo genizah.
The number of documents added to the Genizah changed throughout the years.
The Genizah fragments have now been archived in various libraries around the world.
It was found in Cairo in genizah.
The Genizah documents are essentially fragmentary.
Fragments have also been found in the Cairo Genizah.
Genizah is Hebrew for storeroom.
Many of the responsa are still being studied today in the Cairo Genizah.
This is true of the Sifra, and especially of Genizah fragments of the Mishnah.
Pieces of History, Fragments of Jewish documents from the Cairo genizah.
Two medieval Cairo Genizah copies include references to both minim and Notzrim " Nazarenes ", i . e.
Many have been found in the Cairo Genizah.
Undeterred by the dust of centuries, Firkovich searched the genizah sites carefully.

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Sources include material discovered at the Cairo Genizah.
The manuscripts were carefully placed in a small storehouse called a genizah, meaning “ hiding place ” in Hebrew.
His list of the 30 laws were found in the Cairo Genizah.
The history of the gaonate was revealed in documents discovered in the Cairo genizah in 1896.

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