منحة في رسالة: T-S 8J17.27

S. D. Goitein's unpublished edition (1950–85).

Mark Cohen, The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages (Princeton University Press, 2005).

"While you shall be (called) Priests of the Lord," etc. (Isaiah 61:6)
[...Your slave...] kisses the ground before (our) m(aster) and t(eacher) Joseph ha-Kohen the beloved Dignitary,
Crown of the Priests, Diadem of the Dignitaries, and informs you that I am [going through] adversity that none
but the Creator of all existence knows. I am hiding out in the house
like the women. I cannot go out except [in the] evening. I am fleeing
from a debt that I owe. I am unable to do any gainful work
unless I go out. My little ones are dying of hunger because
I have been hiding out. Our lord the Head promised me the pledges of a week (jumʿa).
When the week I was to have claimed the pledge that he
promised arrived, I was told that it had gone to the elder Bū Saʿd the cantor, (may his) Rock) p(rotect him).
I therefore ask my master please to intercede on my behalf so that I am paid
that w(eek's pledges), for I have heard that nothing is accomplished without the decision of
my master, may God grant you success. I am all the more dependent upon you.
And peace.

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