Letter: ENA NS 63.3

Letter ENA NS 63.3

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Shelfmark
ENA NS 63.3
Document Date
Primary Languages
Hebrew
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter addressed to the brothers Yosef Yerushalmi ̣Ṣaʿir and Eliyyahu Yerushalmi Ṣaʿir b. Elishaʿ, in Cairo. The writer may be in Jerusalem and may be named Avraham; it seems that his father is named Moshe b. Shemuel ha-Levi. The introduction is in Hebrew and the body is in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Friday, 14 Sivan 5577 AM = 29 May 1817 CE. The writer complains about the cessation of correspondence and provide a recommendation for his paternal uncle (unless this relationship is figurative) Saʿadya Levi who has traveled to Egypt and needs financial aid. Based on their surnames and nomenclature, the recipients of this letter may have been members of the Karaite community in Cairo.

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Destination
Cairo

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Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 63, fol. 3; ENA NS 63, f. 3
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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Translation

ENA NS 63.3 1

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ENA NS 63.3 2

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Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 63.3. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/12212/ (accessed February 25, 2026).