Letter: T-S K25.196 + T-S Ar.47.233

Letter T-S K25.196 + T-S Ar.47.233

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T-S K25.196 + T-S Ar.47.233
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Primary Language
Hebrew

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Letter from the French rabbi Shemuel b. Yaʿaqov to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). In Hebrew. Written across at least two bifolia. Among many other matters, Shemuel objects vigorously to a legal opinion of a certain R. Yeshaʿya which Avraham apparently inclined to accept: "Do not think that he is a great man and a great sage and that we are ignoramuses...." The letter also includes information about Shemuel's contact with rabbis in ʿAkkā. (Information from Friedman, "The Nagid, the Nasi and the French Rabbis," 230, 260.)

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Recipient
Avraham Maimonides

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS K, 25, f. 196; TS K, 25, fol. 196; TS Box K, 25, fol. 196; TS Box K, 25, f. 196; TS Arabic Box 47, fol. 233; TS Arabic Box 47, f. 233
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In PGP since 2021
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T-S K25.196 1r

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1r

T-S K25.196 1v

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1v

T-S Ar.47.233 1r

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1r

T-S Ar.47.233 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S K25.196 + Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.47.233. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/34258/ (accessed August 6, 2026).