Sacred Treasure - The Cairo Genizah: The Amazing Discoveries of Forgotten Jewish History in an Egyptian Synagogue Attic by Rabbi Mark S. Glickman is a compelling history of the Cairo Genizah. The similarly titled Sacred Trash is also about the genizah and is a good companion to this book.
Odd that I did not know this (or forgot) this: the entire contents of the genizah were removed and put in the courtyard of the Ben Ezra Synagogue a few years before Schechter arrived, due to a badly needed renovation of the shul. The image of the genizah has always been as a place hidden from view for centuries. How did such delicate documents hold up on the transport to the courtyard?
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