List or table: ENA 2562.2

List or table ENA 2562.2

Description

Large communal account in Hebrew for the 'collection of the ʿArikha' for the year 5483 AM = 1722/23 CE. The upper section lists nearly a hundred names, neatly listed in roughly alphabetical order, each paired with the sum of money they contributed that year. A handful of the names: Ḥananya Dammūhī, Yaʿaqov Ibn Ḥabīb, Yaʿaqov Lanyado, Yehuda Malṭī, Yehuda Simsār, Nissim Ṭawīl, Neḥemya Saragosi, Nissim Ḥefeṣ, ʿAqiva Ṣahalon, Raḥamim Mosseri, Shimʿon Frances. The section underneath lists itemized expenditures, which include some names as well as categories like 'for travelers,' 'for the poor,' 'for Jerusalem,' 'for Safed,' 'for Hebron.' Merits further examination.