Legal document: T-S NS 34.119 + T-S NS 34.130

Legal document T-S NS 34.119 + T-S NS 34.130

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T-S NS 34.119 + T-S NS 34.130
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Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Two short fragments of a legal document (or prescriptive text?) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE) that contain instructions for conducting a marriage ceremony. The fragments might be a part of a Responsum. It is possible that the two parts connect but that is not certain. But both certainly belong to the same manuscript. "And one should drink from the bowl... and a ketubba does not need to be written..." Each of the two parts contains five lines and when connected they make eight lines. The complete document contained additional lines. | signifies the place were the two fragment connect. (Information from Ashur dissertation)

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Scribe
Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi

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Geniza
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Paper
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
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In PGP since 2019
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T-S NS 34.119 1r

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1r
Amir Ashur, "Engagement and Betrothal Documents from the Cairo Geniza‎" (in Hebrew) (PhD diss., n.p., 2006).

T-S NS 34.119 1v

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1v

T-S NS 34.119 recto

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recto

T-S NS 34.119+ T-S NS 34.130

  1. [...וה]|תקין
  2. [לו ממנו בנין עדי עד ברוך אתה ה יוצר] | האדם
  3. [...] עלי דלך ש|יא
  4. וישרב מן אלקדח אל|נביד הו והי
  5. ומא יגב כתב כתובה |[...]ל[.] מלאך בקידושים
  6. ולא גיר דלך גמלה ו[...]
  7. <<לאגל>> לא גיר ל[...]
  8. א[מ]לא[ך ...]

T-S NS 34.130 1r

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1r

T-S NS 34.130 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 34.119 + Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 34.130. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/25989/ (accessed August 6, 2026).