Scholarship on State document: T-S NS 110.6
State document T-S NS 110.6- Bibliographic citation
- S. D. Goitein, "Prayers from the Geniza for Fatimid Caliphs, the Head of the Jerusalem Yeshiva, the Jewish Community and the Local Congregation," in Studies in Judaica, Karaitica and Islamica, Presented to Leon Nemoy on his Eightieth Birthday (Bar-Ilan University Press, 1982).
- Location in source
- 54–55
- Relation to document
- Digital Translation
Translator: Goitein, S. D. (in English)
T-S NS 110.6 1r
In [Your name, O] Me[rciful].
And we pray for the life of our lord, the g[reat] k[ing], the prince of the sons of Kedar, our master and lord, the Imām al-Āmir bī’aḥ[kām] Allāh, the Commander of the F[aithful] and for his sons, the r[oyal family], and all persons of his e[ntourage], who serve the k[ing] out of love and wa[ge] w[ar] f[or him] against his e[nemies]. May G[od]–m[ay He be] p[raised]–help them and help us; may He subdue their foes and ours; and may He fill their hearts with kindness t[owards us] and towards all His people, the house of Is[rael], and let us s[ay] Amen.
Blessed be the memory of those whose souls rest in peace, namely, the Gaons of Israel, the heads of their yeshivas, their chief judges, their scholars and public leaders, who have ruled over the people of the Lord of Hosts in fairness and integrity prior to our present lord and Gaon, namely . . .
And may life, p[eace] and honor, longevity and fulfllment of all wishes, an auspicious star and all of the blessings pr[onounced] by the prophets be granted to his h[onor], g[reatness], and h[oliness], [our] m[aster and] t[eacher], our lord and Gaon Maslīah, the High Priest, the head of the yeshiva “Geon Ya‘aqov,” the honored and revered. May God bless him and make him great . . . may He prolong his rule until the coming of the f[irst] kingdom. In his time Judah will be saved and Israel dwell securely. May God crown him with a crown of might. May He grant that he find favor in the eyes of the king and of the great and of all that see him.
May our God bless also all Israel, its heads, scholars, judges, learned men and notables, here and in all the settlements to which they have fed in their exile, when they were forced to leave the land of their love and dwell in countries not theirs, in East and West, North and South. May He call out to gather us in and shorten our sufferings, to fulfill that which is written . . .
May our God bless everyone in this h[oly] congregation, old and young, with all the blessings pronounced by the prophets; may He bless, k[eep] and h[elp] them, and may He answer them, before they call, as it is written, “Before they call, I shall answer them,” together with all Is[rael], and let us s[ay] Amen.
T-S NS 110.6 1v
