رسالة: JRL SERIES B 2288

الوصف

Small fragment from the beginning of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. Probably from a father to a son. The sender reports that [She]muel intended to travel to Damascus; that they were afflicted with heartsickness for various reasons. He then starts moral exhortations, quoting "the day is short and the work is plentiful" (Avot 2:15) and "if not now, when?" (Avot 1:13) and then tells the addressee that he has "destroyed all of us from the rajfa" (illness or emotional distress?), "so do what God shows you...." The text on verso (not yet transcribed) seems to consist of philosophical discourse with citations from rabbinic literature, possibly a continuation of the fatherly sermon. Needs further examination.