Letter: T-S NS 163.43

Letter T-S NS 163.43

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S NS 163.43
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

  • Image

Description

Bottom part of a communal letter in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides. Refers to an "aforementioned" (al-madhkūra) someone or something. Almost all of the remaining text is a discussion of the punishment due "a wood gatherer" (מקושש עצים), i.e., someone who violates the sabbath. While the Torah commands the stoning of such a person, "due to our sins we do not have the ability to do this" (כמא בלגנא יגב רגמהם באלחגר לכן בעונות מא לנא יד נפעל הדא). He goes on to emphasize that God will punish them in this world and the next.

Related People

Sender
Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides

Additional metadata

Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2026
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S NS 163.43 1r

°
1r

T-S NS 163.43 1v

°
1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 163.43. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/41620/ (accessed April 13, 2026).