Letter: T-S NS J141

Letter T-S NS J141

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S NS J141
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter from Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu ha-Kohen, in Bilbays, to Shelomo b. Natan ha-Levi, in Fustat. Mentions that there is only a single Torah scroll at the synagogue; the writer asks Shelomo to persuade the leader of the community to add another one since prior promises to do so have not been kept. Regards to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Maḍmūn al-Levi. Also mentions al-Shaykh al-Iftikhār and al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab.

Related People

Sender
Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu
Recipient
Shelomo b. Natan ha-Levi

Related Places

Destination
Fustat
Origin
Bilbays

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Material support
Paper
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2019
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Transcription
Translation

T-S NS J141 1r

°
1r

T-S NS J141 1v

°
1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS J141. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/26323/ (accessed June 30, 2026).