Letter: ENA NS 55.9 + ENA NS I.55

Letter ENA NS 55.9 + ENA NS I.55

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA NS 55.9 + ENA NS I.55
Primary Language
Hebrew

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Description

Letter from a widow in Safed regarding her property in Egypt, to a communal leader. In Hebrew, late and beautifully written. The writer seems to be a woman (although the also letter has מתנפל and not מתנפלת). She has a daughter for whom she cannot provide a dowry. She asks the addressee for help. The response should be sent to Shemuel Virgash or Vergas (שמואל וירגאש ) who is "the father of widows and orphans and is like a brother to me." The writer is a widow named Simha, and her daughter is Rahel. יוסף טורישאקס is also mentioned. Probable join: Oded Zinger.

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Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 55, f. 9; ENA NS 55, fol. 9; ENA NS I, fol. 55; ENA NS I, f. 55
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Image
Transcription
Translation

ENA NS 55.9 1

1

ENA NS I.55 1

1

ENA NS 55.9 2

2

ENA NS I.55 2

2
Image Permissions Statement
  • ENA NS 55.9: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
  • ENA NS I.55: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 55.9 + Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS I.55. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11952/, accessed December 21, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11952/