Genizah
A genizah (; Hebrew: גניזה, lit. 'storage', also geniza; plural: genizot[h] or genizahs) is a storage area in a Jewish synagogue or cemetery designated for the temporary storage of worn-out Hebrew-language books and papers on religious topics prior to proper cemetery burial. == Etymology == The word genizah is a verbal noun, formed from the Hebrew triconsonantal root g-n-z, which covers the semantic field of terms such as "to defend," "to shelter", or "to protect" and "to store," "to hide," and "to bury." It is also believed by scholars such as Shelomo Dov Goitein to derive from the Persian term ganj, denoting "treasure," and something akin to the term "archive." In medieval Hebrew, it clearly designates the sense it carries today: a repository of discarded writings.