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The Cairo Geniza

The 1896 discovery of the Cairo Genizah was one of the greatest Jewish treasures ever found. It has provided the world with the some of the most important documents of the medieval Middle East. A genizah, Hebrew for "hiding place".

Books at Library of Congress on Cairo Geniza

RAMBI articles on Cairo Geniza

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