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Letter T-S 8J14.18
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    Paul Fenton, "A Meeting with Maimonides,"Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 45, no. 1 (n.p., 1982), 1–4.
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    S. D. Goitein, index cards.
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    S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions.
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T-S 8J14.18 1r

1r
S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions.
  1. פצל
  2. וכאן אלפכר שצ מענא למא
  3. רחנא אלי ר משה וקעד הו
  4. עלי באב אלדאר וגזנא אנא
  5. ואלגלאל ובסתו ידה אלשריפה
  6. ולקאנא במלקא טיב גדא
  7. וקאל אטלע אגלס ר טוק
  8. ואומא אליי אן אקעד עלי
  9. טרף אלאיואן אלדי כאן
  10. גאלסא פיה מקאבלה
  11. פאנה כאן גאלס עלי טרף
  12. אלאיואן פקעדת וקרא אלורקה
  13. אלתי אעטיתה מן אולה
  14. אלי אכרה ופרח באלחואיג
  15. ולעב מע אלגלאל שצ ומא כאן
  16. פי אלאיואן גאלסא אלא הו
  17. ור אברהם ואנא
Paul Fenton, "A Meeting with Maimonides," Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 45, no. 1 (n.p., 1982), 1–4.

Recto

  1. [Section:]
  2. Al-Fakhr, may God protect him, went with us when
  3. we set out for Rabbi Moshe's [house] but he [preferred] for his part to remain
  4. at the entrance to the house while I and al-Jalāl proceeded to enter.
  5. I kissed his noble hand
  6. and he received us with a most cordial welcome.
  7. He said to me, "Come and be seated young man,"
  8. beckoning me to sit
  9. on the edge of the īwān, opposite where
  10. he [himself] was seated
  11. whilst he sat at the other end
  12. of the īwān. So I sat down while he read the message
  13. which I gave him, from beginning
  14. to end. He was delighted with the presents
  15. and started to play with al-Jalāl, may God protect him. There was no one else
  16. seated on the īwān save him,
  17. Rabbi Avraham, and myself.

T-S 8J14.18 1v

1v

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  1. וגרי מא לא ימכן שרחה
  2. פי כתאב וקדם אלטלב
  3. וצאר יאכל מן אקראץ אללימון
  4. וקעדנא זמאן ועאד יעקני
  5. ותחדתנא זמאן סרא פיטיב
  6. אלמולי קלבה וכאן אלגלאל
  7. קד עלמה ר אברהם שצ'
  8. כלאם יתכלמה בין ידי
  9. ר משה פתכלמה וצחך
  10. ואעגבה ולאעבה
  11. ובאן גרתו (=גזתו)אנא אולא ווקף
  12. אלגלאל יחדת אלפרתדאר
  13. פי אלדהליז פקאל ר משה
  14. לר אברהם אין הו אבנה
  15. פקאל עלי אלבאב פקאל
  16. אטלבוה והו קד דכל וענד
  17. אלאגתמאע קאל אלכלאם
  18. ושלום

Verso

  1. Then there transpired that which a book
  2. would prove insufficient to describe. Next, caskets were brought
  3. and he began to eat lemon cakes.
  4. We stayed [just] for a while but he detained me
  5. in order that we confer a moment confidentially.
  6. The master seemed favourably inclined. In the meantime
  7. Rabbi Avraham, may God protect him, had taught al-Jalāl
  8. a term with which to address
  9. Rabbi Moshe. Upon his reciting it [Rabbi Moshe] laughed
  10. with amusement and sported with the [child].
  11. I was the first to leave [the house],
  12. while al-Jalāl remained behind talking to the usher
  13. in the vestibule. Whereupon Rabbi Moshe
  14. enquired of Rabbi Avraham, "Where has his son gone?"
  15. "He is standing by the door," he replied.
  16. "Go and call him," he said, while re-entering [the door],
  17. whereupon he came across the [child who again] recited the form of address.
  18. Peace.
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