Legal document: ENA 3795.8

Legal document ENA 3795.8

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ENA 3795.8
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Recto: Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. A woman declares that she has no claims against Rabbenu Yiṣḥaq ha-Rav ha-Gadol nor against her cousin (ibnat khāl) the female servant of the synagogue nor the latter's husband [Yiṣ]ḥaq b. Rajā. Goitein understands this document as a deathbed will and the reason for the release as that she had lived on public charity. What the document says is that "if it were not for God or her, I would have been cast down in the road, and I would have perished." Two lines are crossed out, mentioning an item worth approximately 10 dirhams. (Information in part from Goitein’s index card)

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Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 3795, f. 8; ENA 3795, fol. 8
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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ENA 3795.8 recto

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ENA 3795.8 verso

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Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 3795.8. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6775/, accessed July 17, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6775/