Letter: Halper 418

Letter Halper 418

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Halper 418
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Historical shelfmarks
Dropsie 418
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In PGP since 2020

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Letter of appeal for help. In Judaeo-Arabic. Written on behalf of a woman, probably in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. "A divorced woman complains that her former husband constantly asks her to return to him. She has left for Alexandria and all the time he keeps asking her to return to him in Fustat which she is afraid to do. Even the Rabbi's servant continues to pressure her to comply (ghulām al-rav baqiya yulzi(mu)nī ʿalā al-safar) saying that “it might be good for you.” Information from Zinger's dissertation, p. 47.

Halper 418 p. 1

p. 1

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Halper 418 p. 2

p. 2
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