Letter: AIU VII.E.99

Description

Letter in Hebrew from Meʾīr b. Shalōm Ben-Naʿīm to Rabbi Yaʿaqov Molkho (perhaps from Cairo to Dimyāṭ). Dated 5580 AM which is 1819/20 CE. The letter details Meʾīr's arrangements following the death of his brother Yiṣḥaq Ben-Naʿim, who left behind a widow and one child. In the letter Meʾīr explains that he is sending a guardianship deed and a polisa (money transfer) to support his deceased brother's family. The letter mentions that a certain Rabbi Algazi will be involved in carrying out these arrangements. For Yiṣḥaq Ben-Naʿim's prior residence in Dimyāṭ, see JRL Series L 26 (PGPID 30229). Given that this letter has survived as a geniza fragment it may never have been sent and was perhaps a draft (unless Rabbi Molkho later used the BES geniza). MCD.