Letter: MS 8308, fol. 9

Letter MS 8308, fol. 9

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Shelfmark
MS 8308, fol. 9
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Language
Hebrew

Description

Fragment from the bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded. The addressee is a notable and has a son named Moshe (ושלום רבינו משה חמודה יוסיף) — so could be Mevorakh b. Saʿadya. The sender begs indulgence for the appearance of the letter, as he wrote it on a sickbed at night (נכתב לילה על ערש החולי תדין לכף זכות). Mentions a leader's pastoral care (אלמראעאה), how the Jews gathered and prayed for him in the synagogue (אגתמעו אליהוד ודעו לה פי אלכניס), and gratitude (shukr) for "al-haḍra al-shaykhiyya." Mentions "the witness (? al-shāhid) the cousin (ibn ʿamm) of this wicked man (al-rashaʿ)."

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Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Input date
In PGP since 2021
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, MS 8308, fol. 9. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/32758/, accessed November 27, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/32758/