Scholarship on Letter: T-S 10J7.2

Letter T-S 10J7.2

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S. D. Goitein, unpublished index cards (1950–85), #9433. Princeton Geniza Lab, Princeton University.
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Motzkin, "The Arabic Correspondence of Judge Elijah and his Family" (PhD diss., n.p., 1965), 2.
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Bibliographic citation
S. D. Goitein's unpublished edition (1950–85).
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- 5D.1.1 Typed texts_ Elijah b. zech/T-S 10J7.2
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Editor: Motzkin

Translator: Motzkin (in English)

T-S 10J7.2 1r

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Motzkin, "The Arabic Correspondence of Judge Elijah and his Family" (PhD diss., n.p., 1965), 2.

Motzkin, "The Arabic Correspondence of Judge Elijah and his Family" (PhD diss., n.p., 1965), 2.

To the dignity of the honorable, great and holy master and teacher R. Elijah the judge
(may his) R(ock) p(reserve him), from his slave, who is grateful for (past) favors, Joseph b. Jacob the Kohen.
I inform you - may God give you peace - that we left you for
Bilbays; however, he did not manage t o find a livelihood there at all, so we went over to
Minyat Ghamr where we chanced across th[is f]ellow, the bearer of the letter,
R. Abraham al-Mu'rqi'; we agreed that he should go to
Alexandria and bring my wife back, and we further agreed that he should take her packages
and go bring her back. We made the symbolic purchase certified in
court. Your letters had come to the elder
Abu'I-Suru'r the Kohen, and to the elder Abu'l-T'a'hir. If they have
arrived i n Cairo, send me a letter with the bearer of this letter
(informing me) of their arrival. ...... Let me know when they arrive, and whatever (else)
you hear, write me. I had sent you a letter from Bilbays
with Abu H'ayyu'n (in which I said) that you should pay him the rest of the sum you owe for the turban and the
two rugs which are in the possession of Ibn al-S'abba'gh, if you have safely delivered them
to him. If you have not delivered them to him, deliver them to
Rabbi Abraham, the bearer of the letter, because we haven't got anything
for expenses. I await your letter.

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We ask from God and from you - in regard to this Rabbi Abraham -
that you encourage him with agreeable words, perhaps he may report them to us.
Say to him, "This loss .... is not of your doing". May God in heaven
help me to reward you with what is good. (From all the greetings which I sent through you) pick out for yourself the especially good
ones. Inform the elder Abu' Nas'r (that I send him) best regards,
//And peace//
(and inform yourself) that the elder Abu'l-Faraj, the son of your maternal uncle, and his son ask
about you. Do not neglect (to do something) about his request to write the chief.

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