Letter: T-S 8.51

Letter T-S 8.51

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T-S 8.51
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Letter to the Nagid Mevorakh (1079–1111 CE), it seems from the community of al-Maḥalla. Mentions Yosef al-Dimashqī, Ibn al-Mushaṭṭab(?), and Hillel (b. ʿEli) al-Ḥazzan al-Baghdādī. On recto there are responsa or a halakhic treatise concerning the laws of Shabbat. (Information from CUDL and Goitein's index card.)

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Mentioned
Hillel b. ʿEli

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
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In PGP since 2017
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T-S 8.51 1v

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1v

T-S 8.51 1r

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1r
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