Letter: ENA 2558.28

Letter ENA 2558.28

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Shelfmark
ENA 2558.28
Primary Languages
Hebrew
Judaeo-Arabic

Description

Letter of appeal for charity. Addressed to Yehoshuaʿ Nagid (d. 1355). Begins in Hebrew, then switches to Judaeo-Arabic. The sender had to mortgage part of his house and is in dire straits ("...at my wits' end... the knife has reached the bone..."). He asks the Nagid to talk to Ṣadaqa the beadle and a certain ḥaver.

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Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 2558, fol. 28; ENA 2558, f. 28
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 2558.28. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/12373/, accessed April 19, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/12373/