Letter: T-S 13J27.5 + T-S 13J13.13

This testimony should be read in both synagogues

Commemorative testimony  Testimony of commemoration

In the name of God

The chief judge, Joseph al-Sijilmāsī, while in Jerusalem, saw in his dream himself walking in the old cemetery in Ramla and meeting three persons standing with three Torah scrolls on which there were black cloths. He passed over them and went on. Then he returned to them, greeted them and said: “Who are you?” They told him: “We are Moses, Aaron and Samuel.” He prostrated in front of them and bowed because indeed he was full of fright and horror. They told him: “Arise and go down to Ramla and tell them to announce a verdict that within twelve days they should return to God, otherwise, awful disasters will befall them.” He woke up, dressed and went to pray at the gate of Judah. His father joined him and they prayed together. When they finished their prayer, Joseph told his father about the dream he had. His father told him: “This is exactly the dream I had” and he swore about it. They both went to Solomon ben Judah, the Head of the Jerusalem Yeshiva and told him about the dream. He told them: “For three consecutive nights I have seen this same dream.” The chief judge, Joseph al-Sijilmāsī, went to Ramla and stayed at the synagogue of the Palestinians. He summoned the public and told them about the dream and ordered them to fast on the second day of the week and on the fifth day of the week. He sent Bishr, the cantor, to the synagogue of our colleagues, the Qaraites, and he told them about the dream. Then, this event, from which God has saved them, happened in Ramla. Let us hope that God will grant us a good ending. He will do it by his grace and his benevolence.