Letter: ENA 2741.5

Letter ENA 2741.5

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA 2741.5
Primary Language
Hebrew
Secondary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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.)

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 2741, fol. 5; ENA 2741, f. 5
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 2741.5. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11972/, accessed December 26, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11972/