Letter: Bodl. MS heb. c 72/22

Letter Bodl. MS heb. c 72/22

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Bodl. MS heb. c 72/22
Primary Languages
Hebrew
Judaeo-Arabic

Description

Letter from David (b. Yaʿāqov) al-Shammās to Moshe b. Yehuda of Alexandria. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Also signed by Aharon b. Ḥasde'el ha-Levi. "As for what you mentioned concerning your wife, it is not that she hates you and desires a bill of divorce for that reason. For she has been patient..." It seems that Moshe b. Yehuda promised to return on a certain date in a certain year and then delayed his return and failed to communicate properly with his wife when that date approached, and now people are getting anxious that he may have had a change of heart. The sender asked her about the raisins; she said they arrived with the son of Sehmuel al-Skandarī. Merits further examination.

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Collection
Bodleian Library
Historical shelfmarks
Bodl. MS Heb. c 72, fol. 22; Bodl. MS Heb. c 72, f. 22
Input date
In PGP since 2021
Bodleian Library, Bodl. MS heb. c 72/22. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/34174/, accessed November 23, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/34174/