Afghan Geniza

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A letter in Judeo-Persian dealing with financial and family matters (Afghan Genizah collection at the National Library of Israel).

The Afghan Geniza is a collection of thousands of Jewish manuscript fragments found in caves in Afghanistan. Genizah is Hebrew for storeroom.

The manuscripts include writings in Hebrew, Aramaic, Judeo-Arabic and Judeo-Persian, which are written in Hebrew letters.[1] They were found in caves that had been used as hideouts by Taliban.[2]

In 2013, the National Library of Israel announced that it had purchased 29 pages from this cache of documents.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Afghan Genizah Manuscripts Revealing Jewish Presence Unveiled At Israeli Library
  2. ↑ "Ancient manuscripts indicate Jewish community once thrived in Afghanistan". CBS. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013. 
  3. ↑ Israel's National Library buys 1,000-year-old Jewish documents from Afghanistan, Haaretz

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