ثيقة شرعيّة: ENA NS 54.7

الوصف

(I) Legal record of a prozbul. In Hebrew. Dated: Tuesday, 25 Elul 5376 AM = 7 September 1616 CE. Binyamin b. Shoshan transfers all of the debts owed him to the ownership of the court. Written and signed by Moshe ha-Levi Porekh(?). Also signed by Yehuda Qastro. (II) Underneath there is apparently a template for another prozbul document. It is headed, "This is the body of the prozbul" (זה הוא גופו של פרזבול). This one mentions more names (the creditors?): Yiṣḥaq b. Shoshan b. Binyamin; Ḥayyim בכומו(?); Meʾir Gāvṣon; and Binyamin Qajiji (קגיגי). There follows the prozbul formula. This one is dated Monday, 23 Elul 5376 AM = 5 September 1616 CE. This date appears accurate, as the 23rd of Elul fell on a Monday; the first entry appears to be off by one weekday. There are no signatures. Instead it says, "the witnesses sign below, or the sages." The rabbi mentioned in the prozbul section, Meʾir Gāvṣon, could be the well-known poseq Meʾir Gāviṣon, who died c. 1622 CE. The conventional spellings of his surname are גאויזון and גאביזון, and it seems the scribe was less experienced and crossed out their first attempted spelling. For a modern publication of Meʾir Gāviṣon's responsa collection, consult: שאלות ותשובות רבינו מאיר גאויזון מרבני מצרים הקדמונים מופיע לראשונה על פי כתבי יד בתוספת מבוא, ציונים והערות, אגרות ונספחות על ידי אליאב בן אאמו"ר מאיר שוחטמן