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  1. 101وثيقة رسميّةT-S Ar.4.10

    Petition from a certain Jaʿfar to a Fatimid dignitary (qāʾid) in which Jaʿfar asks that the support (maʿūna) granted to him not be withdrawn because …

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    1.                                   العبد جعفر 

    2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 

    3. عبد مولاى القائد الجليل اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه وتاييده وحراـ[ـس...

    1. The slave Jaʿfar

    2. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.

    3. The slave of my master, the glorious leader, may God prolong his life an...

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  2. 102رسالةENA NS 52.4

    Letter of appeal addressed to Rabbenu Yiṣḥaq. In Hebrew. The writer's place has been destroyed and some people have been sold by the shaliṭ/sulṭān (into …

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  3. 103رسالةBodl. MS heb. e 98/75

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. From Yaḥyā al-Sofer(?) addressed to the Nagid David I (b. Avraham Maimonides, served ca. 1237–1300 with …

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  4. 104رسالةT-S 6J6.3

    Letter from a certain Abū l-Faraj to someone titled Sayyidnā. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely Mamluk-era (i.e., after ca. 1250) based on paleographic features, position of …

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  5. 105رسالةAIU VII.E.52

    Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Fragment (lower right corner). Written on behalf of somebody begging for charity from a …

    1. ואלכאלק תעאלי געל[
    2. וללעבד דיון כת[ירה
    3. אלי מולאי אלדיאן [
    4. יעישו בה ומן  . . [
    5. וש]הד אללה אן ל . [
    6. יגמז עליה פי . [
    7. אליום שהרין מגלוק [
    8. כאיף מן דלך ...

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  6. 106رسالةAIU VII.E.40

    Fragment (lower right corner) of a letter of appeal (begging letter) in Hebrew. ASE.

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  7. 107رسالةENA 2557.147

    Recto (secondary use): Letter from Abū Naṣr b. Shaʾul, a poor teacher, to his friend. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks him to intercede on his …

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  8. 108رسالةT-S Ar.50.78

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Probably a letter of appeal for charity. Mentions the desolation of the synagogue of the Iraqis. This is the clean copy …

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  9. 109رسالةBL OR 5561B.5

    Letter of appeal. Above, 13 lines of Hebrew blessings in large letters (perhaps a template purchased already filled out). Below, 6 lines of Judaeo-Arabic begging …

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  10. 110رسالةT-S 12.32

    Highly fulsome letter of praise, consisting of 12 lines of praise in Hebrew, followed by 5 lines of Arabic script containing the actual content of …

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  11. 111رسالةBodl. MS heb. d 68/107

    Calligraphic letter from (thecantor Thabit Ibn al-Munajjim to Maṣliaḥ Gaon begging for charity, complaining about poverty and his dependents. (Information from Goitein's note card.) Same …

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  12. 112رسالةBL OR 5566D.5

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. Well-written. Refers to "three breads (akhbāz) a week." (Information from Goitein's index card.)

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  13. 113رسالةT-S AS 149.80

    Letter from a certain Yisrael, in Jerusalem, to Avraham Castro (d. 1560), in Cairo. In Hebrew. Asking for charity and for his family of 8 …

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  14. 114رسالةBL OR 4856.1

    Recto: Hebrew letter of appeal from the old, poor man Yosef b. Elazar ha-Kohen to Avraham ha-Sar b. Elazar. The body of the letter occupies …

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  15. 115رسالةBL OR 5542.26

    Letter of appeal for charity from Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen Nafūsī to Moshe Tifʾeret ha-Kohanim. He states that he is an old man from Nafūsa (Libya) and …

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  16. 116رسالةJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/17

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer is recovering from illnesses and is in difficult financial straits. He asks for a loan of 62 dirhams. Dating: likely …

    1. ירום] הודו ויגדל
    2. כבודו . . . . . . . . . . .] . מולנא אן אלשיך . . . . . אכד
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] ען שהרין מן [אלשיך] אלסדיד
    4. . . . . ....

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  17. 117رسالةMoss. IV,14.3

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Interesting format: the opening praises are written in large blocky Hebrew, with the remaining content in …

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  18. 118رسالةMoss. VII,188.3

    Fragment of a begging letter addressed to Avraham Maimonides in the name of a poor, sick man.

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  19. 119رسالةT-S AS 145.19

    Informal note in Hebrew. Asking for money for supporting the sick people (?חולין) in the writer's household. (Information from Goitein's index card)

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  20. 120رسالةJRL Gaster ar. 352

    Letter addressed to Abū Saʿd. In Arabic script. The sender begs for an urgent loan of 5 dirhams, because he is sick. He will try …

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  21. 121رسالةT-S 24.63

    Letter from Yaʿaqov ha-Meshorer b. Yiṣḥaq b. David Maʿaravi, in Hebron, to Yehoshuaʿ, descendant of the Negidim. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Possibly Mamluk era. …

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  22. 122رسالةT-S Ar.42.153

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Arabic script. Written in two columns. Asking the addressee to exchange the writer's possessions for food. Mentions Abū ʿAlī …

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  23. 123رسالةT-S K25.161

    Neatly written note to Nahray requesting that he address the community for Shemuel he-Ḥazzan ha-Mevin, since he needs help for his family and travel after …

    1. רבנו נהראי אדאם אללה תאיידה יחסן אלנטר למ
    2. שמואל החזן המבין פי גד ויכאטב לה אלגמאעה
    3. כתרהא אללה פי שי יסתעין בה עלי עאילתה
    4. ויכון אלמעול עליה ינגז תח...

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  24. 124رسالةT-S NS J139

    Letter addressed to the Nagid Abū l-Faḍl Shemuel (= Shemuel b. Ḥananya?). In Hebrew (for the introduction) and Judaeo-Arabic (for the body). Evidently a letter …

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  25. 125رسالةT-S NS 338.87

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The topoi include weakness of vision and hearing and "all day long I sit in the corner of …

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  26. 126رسالةBodl. MS heb. b 11/13

    An interesting begging letter by Yosef, the Samaritan priest, who apparently belonged to the Samaritan congregation in Fusṭāṭ. The letter has been edited, translated, and …

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  27. 127رسالةENA NS 60.18

    Letter of appeal or recommendation addressed to Moshe ha-Kohen. The introduction is in Hebrew and the body in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that the bearer …

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  28. 128رسالةENA NS 69.20

    Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The same scribe probably wrote ENA NS 69.20 and T-S AS 156.42, based on the handwriting similarity combined with the …

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  29. 129رسالةENA NS 72.19

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script, regarding financial matters "innanī katabtu ilā marʾ(?) lahu ʿindahu danānīr", concerning a teacher (qad addanī muʿallim l-ṣabīyy). Also mentions Cairo. …

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  30. 130رسالةBL OR 5545.2

    Letter of appeal to Avraham Maimonides, begging for financial assistance, mentioning an old man who is sick and the plight of at least two daughters. …

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  31. 131رسالةAIU VII.E.172

    Letter in Hebrew (left side only) in a beautiful scribal handwriting from a man who was among the great men of Constantinople until the wheel …

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  32. 132رسالةBL OR 10794.16

    Letter of appeal for charity. There are 10 lines of flowery Hebrew praises for the recipient followed by a space and then six lines of …

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  33. 133رسالةBL OR 5561B.24

    Letter of recommendation. Late. In Hebrew, with some Aramaic and Judaeo-Arabic. The bearer Saʿīd b. Manṣūr the Yemeni is from a good family and has …

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  34. 134رسالةT-S 6J11.6

    Letter sent to a Nasi, possibly named Yishay, possibly in Acre. In Hebrew. Dating: Likely 13th century, based on the mention of the judge Peraḥya …

    1. ]ביה שלומים וחן וחסד ורחמים ו . . [
    2. ] וינחילך תורת ה . . . . . . . . . . . . . [
    3. אב]רהם זקן בא בימים . . . . . [
    4. ] גליות ישראל . . . . . . . . . ....

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  35. 135رسالةHUC 1135

    Bifolio with letter(s) in both Arabic (in Arabic script) and Hebrew. All appear to be addressed to a notable or notables, praising him and appealing …

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  36. 136رسالةT-S Ar.39.277

    Recto: Letter/petition from Barakāt Ibn al-Dayyān Abū l-Faraj (=Shelomo b. Eliyyahu the Judge). In Arabic script. A narrow vertical strip is missing from the right …

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  37. 137رسالةENA NS 39.5

    Fragment of an official letter from Fustat addressed to a certain town in the Rīf (or perhaps a circular), exhorting them to be generous and …

    1. ונחן משגולין אלב[א]ל בהם מהתמין בהם למא כלפנאכם אמר הדה אלעני אלוצאל אליכם
    2. פענד וצולה אליכם תעלמוא גמאעה אחינו אנשי גאולתינו יברכם אלהינ[ו
    3. אנה מטל...

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  38. 138رسالةT-S 13J9.11

    Letter and a responsum, on either side of the same sheet of paper, detailing the story of a man in distress, particularly because of debt. …

    1. אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ לפני הדרת מושב אד[ונינו
    2. ירומם ויגדל ויחיה לעד וינהי //אנה// כאן קד אחצר
    3. לפני הדרת מושבו ירומם רקעת תתצמן בעץ
    4. שרח חאלה פכרג בעץ ...

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    Concerning Reuben against whom there is a bill of debt [...], and he lacks the means to pay and does not have that with which to support hims...

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  39. 139رسالةT-S AS 152.227

    Letter of appeal for charity. Fragment (upper part only). The op line is in Arabic script (the address?), and the rest in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender …

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  40. 140رسالةStras. 4038/9

    Complete calligraphic letter of appeal to Yefet ha-Sar, a Levi, begging for money to help pay the capitation tax for the writer and his two …

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    "Salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord, He is their stronghold in time of trouble" (Psalm 37:39). 

    "Be glad in the Lord and rejoice,...

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  41. 141رسالةT-S NS J539

    Letter of appeal for charity for assistance in paying the capitation tax. In Hebrew (for the introduction) and Judaeo-Arabic (for the body). From the cantor …

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  42. 142رسالةT-S 6J9.7

    Letter of recommendation for charity, addressed to Mishaʾel ha-Sar. Written on behalf of Hiba Ibn Zaʿfarān (the word before "saffron" isn't entirely clear, it could …

    1. אלדי אעלם בה הד יק צפ תפארת מר
    2. ור מישאל השר הנכבד היקר החכם
    3. והנבון החסיד הירא את ייי מנעוריו
    4. אנני מן אהל מצר רגל פקיר יקאל לי הבה
    5. בן זעפראן ומא אח...

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  43. 143رسالةAIU VII.E.168

    Recto: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab, perhaps begging for charity. Mentions necessity/want (al-ḍurūra) several times and concludes with, "I have no …

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  44. 144رسالةT-S Misc.27.4.9

    Letter of appeal for charity or assistance. Addressed to Peraḥya ha-Kohen. The sender came down with an illness (wa-thāra ʿalā ʿabdih al-maraḍ) and he has …

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  45. 145رسالةT-S Ar.48.42

    Recto, with address on verso: Letter of appeal. In Judaeo-Arabic. From a certain Yiṣḥaq, in Malīj, to a certain Nissim, probably in Fustat. Goitein identifies …

    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. כתאבי אליך יא מולי ואל
    3. עזיז עלי גמע אללה ביננא
    4. אן שא אללה וקד כרגת
    5. אלי מליג ומא כרגת חתי
    6. בלגת אלסכין אלעטם ומא
    7. בקי לי לא תוב לא ללסבת
    8. ו...

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  46. 146رسالةT-S AS 153.210

    Verso: note from an invalid begging for oil for the synagogue lamp (al-tamid) for the sabbath to be sent with the carrier of the note. …

    1. בר
    2. יא מולאי עבדך מריץ ואלתמיד
    3. מא פיה שי לשבת פאן
    4. תפצלת סיר לי מע מוצל
    5. הדה אלרקעה אלזית
    6. ושלמך יגדל

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  47. 147رسالةT-S 13J9.17

    Letter asking for financial help, sent from Jerusalem to Bilbays and signed by Yosef b. Gershon and Yeḥiel ha-Ṣarfati (the Frenchman). For a discussion in …

    1. שאלו שלום ירושלם ישליו וגו'
    2. אליכם אדני קהלות ואדוני תהלות המפיצים ממאור/ם/
    3. תהלות ולא בלבבם מסלות מלאכי אלקים העולים
    4. במעלות גבוהים העומדים לנצח ומע...

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  48. 148رسالةMoss. II,176.1

    Letter in Hebrew written on an irregular piece of vellum from prison. David appeals to Avraham ha-Sar to try to bring about his release from …

    1. למרבה המשרה. ומקל תפארה. צר תעודה חתום תורה. עזרא
    2. ביהודים האמללים מרנו ורבנו אברהם השר. המזג ממך לא יחסר
    3. ותיכון שררותך כמי השילוח קופת הרוכלים עלי...

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  49. 149رسالةT-S AS 145.89

    Letter from Avraham Baronito to a communal dignitary. Dating: Second half of the 16th century. The sender is known from ENA NS 49.20 (a legal …

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  50. 150رسالةCUL Or.1081 J13

    Letter sent from al-Mahalla by a man who is sought by the controller of revenue, asking a friend to obtain for him a letter from …

    1. אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ בין ידי אלמולי אלשיך
    2. אבו נצר חפטה אללה תעאלי ואקאם גאהה ותבת
    3. סעאדתה ויא מולאי לא תסאל מא אנא פיה מן
    4. אלמרץ וצעף אלקוה ואלקלה ואל...

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