Legal document: AIU VII.D.48

Description

Legal document, a one-year employment contract for the services of a kosher butcher. Location: Rashīd (Rosetta). Dated: First third of Tishrei 5534 AM = September 1773 CE. The document explains the terms of employment and sale of kosher meat by the shoḥet Yosef b. Yahuda Ashkenazi. Although the kosher butcher's first name is damaged in the opening lines, it can be inferred as Yosef based on its repetition throughout the remainder of the document. The salary payments are set to follow a twice-weekly structure on Mondays and Thursdays, with Yosef receiving 72.5 medin each day from the community through the "gabela" kashrut taxation system (ll. 5, 18). The document was left unsigned and unwitnessed. ASE/MCD.