منحة في رسالة: T-S NS J119

Moshe Gil, Documents of the Jewish Pious Foundations from the Cairo Geniza (Leiden: Brill, 1976).

Moshe Gil, Documents of the Jewish Pious Foundations from the Cairo Geniza (Leiden: Brill, 1976).

…the Ḥāvēr, may God give you a long life and everlasting (favor and grace)
… your diving into abominations too enormous to be described
. . . to them, to an even greater request from God
. . . to answer their prayers for you, may God guard you
. . . with kindness. Your letter to
his honor, our Master the Gaon, may God preserve him, has arrived
. . . . money from the rent of the compound and its dispatch
… will arrive. You also mentioned the contribution on the holiday of
. . . . may God give you a long-lasting highness, what you have
. . . . for the poor, namely 5 dinars. Since with
... (of) all this we did (not) receive anything. It was withheld for a year
. . . God knows how the situation is
… distributed to the poor on this holiday
may God give you more) of its kind for many years. And when you opened
(15-16). . . . we do not have nor possess any access to it . ... (you) the Ḥāvēr, may God preserve you, must employ (the sum) that was acquired
. ... (may) God feel pity on our illness and endeavor to
. . ..SO that you, may God guard you, be for us the one who
. ... nothing to it. And we look forward to receiving the answer to our letter
. . . . (by) the kindness of God, may He be exalted, do not withhold it from us
.... and may the welfare of all who love you be increased forever.

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