Letter: T-S 6J8.4

Letter T-S 6J8.4

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Shelfmark
T-S 6J8.4
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Language
Hebrew

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Description

Letter in the hand of Avraham Maimonides (d. 1237) or his son David asking a cantor to arrange a collection in the synagogue on a Thursday morning for two chickens and bread for a poor, old, sick man. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 463, and from Amir Ashur; cf. T-S Misc.8.18, written in a similar hand and layout.) Dating: 13th century

Related People

Sender
Avraham Maimonides (uncertain), David I Maimonides (uncertain)

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Additional metadata

Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Box 6 J 8, fol. 4; TS 6 J 8, fol. 4; TS 6 J 8, f. 4; TS Box 6 J 8, f. 4
Input date
In PGP since 2004
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Translation

T-S 6J8.4 1r

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1r
Dotan Arad, "The Mustaʿrib Jews in Syria, Palestine and Egypt: 1330-1700‎" (in Hebrew) (PhD diss., PhD Dissertation. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem., 2013).

Recto

  1. אמת     
  2. אלחזן אבואלרצא ש"צ     
  3. ידבר חאמלהא פי
  4. פרוגין וכבז יום   
  5. אלכמיס פי בית   
  6. הכנסת תחצלהם לך         
  7. ענד כרוג ספר     
  8. תורה  המקודש   
  9. לאנה עני וזקן וחולה
  10. ואין לאל ידו ושלום
  1. אמת
  2. אלחזן אבו אלרצא שצ
  3. ידבר חאמלהא פי
  4. פרוגין וכבז יום
  5. אלכמיס פי בית
  6. הכנסת תחצלהם לה
  7. ענד כרוג ספר
  8. תורה המקודש
  9. לאנה עני וזקן וחולה
  10. ואין לאל ידו ושלום
Mark Cohen, The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages (Princeton University Press, 2005).
  1. Truth  
  2. May the cantor AbuʾI-Riḍā, (may your) R(ock) p(rotect you),
  3. kindly arrange a collection for the bearer for
  4. two chickens and bread on
  5. -8. Thursday morning in the synagogue, when the holy Torah is taken out.
  6. -
  7. -
  8. -
  9. He is poor, old, and sick,
  10. and lacks strength And peace. 

T-S 6J8.4 1v

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