Legal query or responsum: ENA 3693.1

Legal query or responsum ENA 3693.1

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ENA 3693.1
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Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Legal query addressed to Maimonides, ca. 1168–1204 CE (based on the years when he was active in Egypt). Reuven gave a golden needle to Shimʿon, who was to pawn it with Levi. Shimʿon did so and gave the money to Reuven. Later, Reuven repays the money and wants his needle back. But Levi doesn't have the needle any more and claims that Shimʿon already redeemed it and forgot about it. (Information from Amir Ashur via FGP.)

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Recipient
Moshe Maimonides

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Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 3693, fol. 1; ENA 3693, f. 1
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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ENA 3693.1 2

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ENA 3693.1 1

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  • ENA 3693.1: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 3693.1. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/15819/ (accessed February 25, 2026).