Letter: JRL Gaster heb. ms 1636/9 + JRL Gaster heb. ms 1636/8

Letter JRL Gaster heb. ms 1636/9 + JRL Gaster heb. ms 1636/8

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JRL Gaster heb. ms 1636/9 + JRL Gaster heb. ms 1636/8
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Hebrew

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Letter of recommendation. In Hebrew. Location: Salonika. Dated: Adar 5609 AM, which is 1849 CE. On behalf of Yiṣḥaq Yosef b. Shemarya of Palestine. The writers attest that he bears letters from the sages of Spain and Italy and German and add their own.

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Thessaloniki

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John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
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In PGP since 2021
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL Gaster heb. ms 1636/9 + John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL Gaster heb. ms 1636/8. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/32304/, accessed January 8, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/32304/