Letter: Moss. II,130

Letter Moss. II,130

Metadata

Shelfmark
Moss. II,130
Primary Language
Hebrew

What's in the PGP

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Description

Either a poetic introduction to a letter from the Yeshiva of Jerusalem to the community of Aleppo, or a letter that is in its entirety a poem. Recto contains the poem, in which not only is there an acrostic (אנשי צב. . . probably "the people of Aleppo"), but also each verse is composed entirely of words starting with the same letter. Verso contains the address

Related Places

Destination
Aleppo
Origin
Jerusalem

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Additional metadata

Collection
Cambridge University Library, Mosseri
Input date
In PGP since 2020
Image
Transcription
Translation

Moss. II,130 1r

°
1r

Moss. II,130 1v

°
1v
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Cambridge University Library, Mosseri, Moss. II,130. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/26698/ (accessed August 7, 2026).