Letter: ENA NS 34.24

Letter ENA NS 34.24

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Shelfmark
ENA NS 34.24
Primary Language
Hebrew

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Description

Letter from an anonymous writer in Jerusalem to a certain Elʿazar, probably 16th century. The writer seems to genuinely yearn to travel to the addressee's location (Fustat?). First he was in Damascus, "and they did not let me leave. I do not wish to tell you all the respect they paid me." Due to the difficulty of leaving, he resorted to "a trick" and told them that he wanted to visit all the graves of the righteous in Palestine, so he left and his party traveled the country from Dan to Be'er Sheva. Then he came to Jerusalem, where the Sephardic congregation again refuses to let him leave. "They wish to catch me so that I preach to them every Shabbat. I escaped Damascus for this? And here these other ones are catching me, and I do not wish to stay with them." Summary based on Avraham David's transcription, who, however, reads "I escaped from Damascus for this" as a sincere statement. ASE

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Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 34, fol. 24; ENA NS 34, f. 24
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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ENA NS 34.24 1

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ENA NS 34.24 2

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Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 34.24. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11758/, accessed April 22, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11758/