Letter: ENA 2741.5

Letter ENA 2741.5

Description

Fol. 1: Letter from Seʿadya b. Mordekhay ha-Maghribi Ibn Zorihan (? זוריהן), in Jerusalem, to a certain Yosef, in Egypt. In Hebrew. Dating: 16th or 17th century. The addressee had promised to come to Jerusalem for Passover this year. The sender says that "I no longer have the time to study (or teach? אדרוש) in the Batei Midrashot." On verso there are accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, including a mention of a ḥummusī (Information from A. David via FGP.)