Scholarship on Letter: T-S 8J17.13
Letter T-S 8J17.13- Bibliographic citation
- S. D. Goitein, A Mediterranean society; the Jewish communities of the Arab world as portrayed in the documents of the Cairo Geniza (University of California Press, 1967-1993, 1967), vol. 5.
- Location in source
- 35
- Relation to document
- Discussion
- Bibliographic citation
- S. D. Goitein, A Mediterranean society; the Jewish communities of the Arab world as portrayed in the documents of the Cairo Geniza (University of California Press, 1967-1993, 1967), vol. 2.
- Location in source
- 37, 136
- Relation to document
- Discussion
- Bibliographic citation
- S. D. Goitein, "The Twilight of the House of Maimonides" (in Hebrew), Tarbiz / תרביץ 54 (Mandel Institute for Jewish Studies / המכון למדעי היהדות ע"ש מנדל, 1984), 67-104.
- Location in source
- 85
- Relation to document
- Discussion
- Bibliographic citation
- Mark R. Cohen, The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages (Princeton University Press, 2005).
- Location in source
- #94
- Relation to document
- Digital Translation
- Bibliographic citation
- S. D. Goitein's unpublished edition (1950–85), available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/1980/.
- Relation to document
- Digital Edition
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Editor: Goitein, S. D.
Translator: Cohen, Mark R. (in English)
T-S 8J17.13 1r
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S. D. Goitein's unpublished edition (1950–85).
Recto
- אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימין במצר יברכם
- צורם ויהיה בעזרם יוצרם אנס יעלמו באן
- מצות צדקה עטימה ענדה תע וכצוצ
- למן פיה ריח תורהו וקאצד אלתוגה אלי ירושלם
- עיר הקדש תו בחייכם ובחיי כל ישראל פלעל
- אחסאן אלגמאעה ברוכים יהיו אנהם יגתהדו
- ויגבו פי בתי כניסיות לחאמלהא אלשיך ר דוד
- היב ולא תכלוה יגי אלא והו דאעי לצדקתכם
- אלחק תע לא יחוגכם ויגעלכם מן הנותנים
- לא מן הלוקחים ולעל תסתעגלו ות[ ] וה
- // אלדי תגבוה // חתי ירוח מע אלקפל ולכם ת[
- אלחק תע יתבת פיכם אלנץ [
- אבותיכם יוסיף עליכם [
- ושלום
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ולא / תעוקוה / לאנה / מחפוז / ללספר
Mark R. Cohen, The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages (Princeton University Press, 2005).
- In the name of the Compassionate
- [. . .]
- The noble community in Fustat, may their Rock bless them, and their Creator help
- them, a(men) n(esah) s(ela), knows that the duty of charity is a great thing in the
- eyes of Him, the ex(alted). This is especially so when the person is scholarly
- (lit., possesses the fragrance of Torah) and is on his way to Jerusalem the Holy
- City, (may it be) r(ebuilt) and (established) during your lifetime and the lifetime of all
- Israel. Through the beneficence of the community, may they be blessed, I hope
- they will strive to take up a collection in the synagogues for the bearer of this
- letter, the elder R. David, (may) God b(e his succor). Do not deprive him of
- something since he prays in thanks for your charitableness. May God the
- ex(alted) not put you in need, but rather make you “givers rather than takers.” I
- hope you expedite this and g[iv]e him what you collect so that he can set out
- with the caravan. [It will be] to your merit [as an act of righteousness (charity)] (cf.
- Deuteronomy 24:13). May God the ex(alted) affirm through you the verse [“May
- the Lord, the God of] your fathers increase your [numbers a thousandfold,” etc.]
- (Deut. 1:11). And peace.
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Do not hold him back for he is all ready for the journey.
T-S 8J17.13 1v
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