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  1. 6001LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1863/7a

    Letter fragment addressed to a Nagid. ʿAmram? [...] b. ʿAmram? Only a small sliip from the introduction is preserved.

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  2. 6002LetterT-S AS 149.162

    Small and damaged fragment from the right part of either a letter or a literary text. Mentioning the oneness of God, and with Hebrew citations. …

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  3. 6003LetterBL OR 5544.1

    Letter from a Spanish community to Egypt concerning an impoverished and aging man from Rodez, France, who approached the ruler of his land for redress …

    1. הם אחינו מקהילות קדש תפוצת הגולה [
    2. הו[ ]רים אוצרי חיים בוחרי [
    3. [מ]צניעי לכת מ...לימ. מליאי מצוות ברוכי ייי [
    4. אלופים מסובלים לשונם מרפא ייראי אים [ ]…

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  4. 6004LetterT-S AS 152.228

    Letter fragment to a Jewish dignitary referring to the welfare of the community (ṣalāḥ al-qahal) and mentioning Abū Naṣr b. Isḥāq ha-Levi. (Information in part …

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  5. 6005LetterT-S Misc.36.L.1

    Letter in Yiddish from Rachel b. Avraham of Prague in Jerusalem to her son Moshe in Cairo.

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  6. 6006LetterT-S AS 103.196

    Unidentified text, possibly a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  7. 6007LetterMoss. Ia,7

    One of two drafts (the other is T-S G1.26) of a curious and obsequious letter from a man whose handwriting is known, apparently to a …

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    1. לבעצהם
    2. סאלת אלנדא (?) הל אנתהר (?) פקאל לא ולכנני
    3. עבד ליחיא בן כאלד וליס במאל אשתראני
    4. ואנמא תוארתני ען ואלד בעד ואלד
    5. והדה בעץ אוצאף אלמולא אל…

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  8. 6008LetterT-S AS 150.133

    Fragment of a letter mentioning the elder Manṣūr. Dating: Probably 13th or 14th century, based on hand and typical abbreviations (mam[lūk], makh[dūm], sh[aykh]). (Information in …

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  9. 6009LetterENA 1822a.73

    Bottom part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Containing a request to deliver letters to the Nezer (= Natan b. Shemuʾel?) and al-Raḍiyy, as well as …

    1. קלבי מנהם . . . בן . . . יתומים . . . .[. . . . .
    2. יא ולדי סאעה וקופך עלי הדה אלאחרף קד
    3. סיירת אליך כתאב ללנזר וכתאב ללשיך רצי
    4. פוצלהם אליהם מן כל בד ו…

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  10. 6010LetterAIU VII.E.97

    Letter from Shelomo [...], in Damietta, to Shemuel ha-Levi, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Friday, 29 Adar II 5559 AM, which is 5 April 1799 …

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  11. 6011LetterT-S AS 147.7

    Fragment of a letter concerning Qaraites, the Nasi Yoshiyyahu, and halakhic discussions including the rabbinic prohibition of meat and milk. (Information in part from Goitein …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]מ . יך[
    2. הנשיא רב יאשיהו דמיתי כי [
    3. והיום נטה לערוב ומחר . [
    4. מאצל הנער היה צועק בר [
    5. ובוז והנשיא מתראה כי הוא …

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  12. 6012LetterJRL B 6155

    Letter fragment in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: looks late, probably no earlier than 14th century. Mentions al-muʿallim Yaʿaqov several times; an epidemic (המגפה); and money.

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  13. 6013LetterENA NS 63.6

    Letter in Hebrew and some Judaeo-Arabic in a Yemenite scribal hand, perhaps issued by a beit din in Ṣanaʿa. Dated [21]50 Seleucid which is 1839 …

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  14. 6014LetterT-S 8J25.2

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Confirming the arrival of 10 dirhams with Abū ʿImrān, …

    1. בש
    2. אלדי אעלמך בה יאכי וסידי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה
    3. בקאך ואדאם עזך וסלאמתך ונעמתך אני כתיר אלשוק
    4. אליך מא לו וצפת בעצה לטאל שרחה אללה תעאלי
    5. יגעלך פי חי…

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  15. 6015LetterYevr. II A 1628

    Non-Geniza. Letter to Avraham b. Aharon of Troki. 1680 CE. (Information from NLI.)

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  16. 6016LetterT-S AS 158.1

    Letter referring to the synagogue and quoting extensively from the Hebrew Bible. Dating: probably ca. 13th–15th century based on hand, layout, and typical abbreviations. May …

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  17. 6017LetterT-S NS 305.53

    Letter in Arabic script, with a few words in Hebrew script. Dating: Probably 12th or 13th century. Mentions al-shaykh Bū Zikrī in l. 2. Seems …

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  18. 6018LetterMoss. IV,85

    Polemical letter addressed to 'the congregation of Fustat/Egypt.' Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Maybe ca. 13th or 14th century, but this is uncertain. The senders describe …

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  19. 6019LetterT-S 13J21.3

    Recto: Letter from the teacher Abū Yaʿqūb to an unknown recipient. Written in a good hand and pleasant style. This letter implores the addressee to …

    1. כאדם חצרתה
    2. אלמעלם אבו יעקוב
    3. . . . . . ]ת אלכאלק תעאלי וחצרה
    4. מול]אי אלשיך אלגליל אלהי ישראל
    5. יצלח חאלה ויוסע רזקה ויכפיה
    6. מוונה כל אדם //רע// ויגן עליו…

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  20. 6020LetterBodl. MS heb. c 13/15 + Bodl. MS heb. e 108/69

    Fragment of a letter on behalf of the lepers of Tiberias.

    Bodl. MS heb. e 108/69 69 recto

    1. שלומות אפודים וברכות | וטובות אחודים ונחמות אגודים
    2. כלל כל המחמדים וחכמת הנחמדי|ם ליקר כבוד קדוש מר ור
    3. אוהב חסד ורודף…

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  21. 6021LetterMoss. Va,8

    Letter from Daniʾel b. ʿAzarya (according to Gil, on the basis of handwriting) to Avraham b. Furāt mentioning Abū Naṣr b. Ya'aqov, Ramla, the copying …

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  22. 6022LetterT-S Misc.20.63

    Recto: Letter fragment, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. Mentions 'your slave' (likely the sender) and 'all of the policemen/infantry' (al-rajjāla jamīʿuhum). Verso: too faded to …

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  23. 6023LetterTel Aviv 6

    The middle fragment is the a small fragment of an Arabic letter, preserving the first line of the letter and the address: to Sammanūd, to …

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  24. 6024LetterT-S 8J27.17 + T-S 10J12.11

    Letter from a woman to her brother in Fustat expressing her loneliness. She gives advice regarding the recipient's relationship with their other brother. "You know …

    Recto. T-S 8J27.17

    1. בשמך רחמנ
    2. כתאבי אליך יאכי ואלעזיז עלי וענדי אטאל
    3. אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ונעמאך ומן חסן תופיקה

    T-S 8J27.17 and T-S 10J12.11

    1. לא אכלא…

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  25. 6025LetterT-S NS 321.32

    Letter from a man, probably in Damietta, to his mother, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. To be sent to the …

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  26. 6026LetterENA 2804.2

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on the years when Shelomo b. Yehuda served as Gaʾon.

    1. [לחברנו ויקירנו ונכבדנו כגק] אפרים החבר בס גד [יהי צור עזרו]
    2. [ויקיים לו את כל מ]שאלתו תקותו וסברו בן כק מ[ר ור שמריה נע]
    3. [ ] שצ תשובת כתבו כאשר הודי…

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  27. 6027LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 490

    Letter, probably. In Arabic script. The beginnings of 11 lines are preserved.

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  28. 6028LetterAIU XII.48

    Business letter or official correspondence in Arabic script. Dating: 11th or 12th century (paleographic dating). Written in a chancery hand with very large space between …

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    1. فاما ما اتمنته في معنى التمر والصباغ [------]ـين

    2. صحبة المندوبين عليهما فمنها صح بلا عنبار

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  29. 6029LetterT-S Ar.40.117

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Possibly a draft, as it is covered with subsequent jottings. Addressed to 'the brother' Abū l-ʿAlā' (this is not completely …

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  30. 6030LetterENA 2806.1

    Letter from Yehosef b. Shemuel Bavli to the judge Anatoli b. Yosef. In Hebrew. He states that he will not hand over a security to …

    1. לחכם דורינו המחזיק בדקינו המסיר סדקינו
    2. הגודר פרצותינו אדונינו ומרינו ורבינו
    3. אנטולי הרב הגדול ה[מעוז] המגדול
    4. הנכפל בצדקו כאז בציפורי ובית [רבי]
    5. בן כב…

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  31. 6031LetterBodl. MS heb. a 2/21

    Letter in the hand of Berakhot b. Shemuel to his father-in-law. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century. He complains about neglect. He mentions al-Shaykh al-Rashīd, …

    1. ייי בחכמה יסד ארץ כונן שמים בתבונה
    2. חנה מלאך ייי סביב ליריאיו ויחלצם
    3. אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ אמאם אלמגלס
    4. אלסאמי אלאגלי אלמולוי תבת אללה
    5. מגדה וצאעף סעדה וק…

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  32. 6032LetterT-S 8.22 + NLI 577.10/1

    Description from NLI 577.10/1: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably late 12th or early 13th century; this range can probably be narrowed based on the …

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    1. לאנה כאן פי אלאתנין ובאע(?) נקץ(?) פטן(?) אל[שי]ך אבו אלכיר א . . .  פי אלא . . ואלאשראף(?)
    2. פיתפק ראיך וראי רבינו פי ביעהם אמא גמלה ואנא מפרק…

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  33. 6033LetterT-S 10J31.11

    Letter from an unnamed business agent (fattore), in Egypt, to his employer Yosef Naftali. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of the 16th century. The addressee …

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  34. 6034LetterT-S 12.342

    Letter of recommendation (?). "This note was cut out (?) from the book belonging to the Persian (al-ʿAjamī) staying with the Jew who speaks on …

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  35. 6035LetterENA 2808.48

    Letter probably from one of the later Maimonidean Nagids (less likely Avraham Maimonides himself). In Judaeo-Arabic. There is an 'emet' motto at the top, with …

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  36. 6036LetterT-S AS 172.327

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Alludes to a dispute "between you and them."

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  37. 6037LetterT-S Misc.24.35

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script in a different hand. Mentions "your friend in Cairo" and regards to various people such as Hājj [...]. Partial transcription: …

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  38. 6038LetterAIU VII.E.136

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Yaʿīsh Ḥarrār in Alexandria from Yaʿaqov ha-Levi.

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  39. 6039LetterT-S G1.14

    Letter/petition from a 'foreign' widow (marʾa armala gharība) to a notable. Appealing for charity for herself and her three girls during this cold spell, in …

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    1. בש ר{ח}מ
    2. אלדי אעלם בה הדרת מרינו ורבינו
    3. ואדונינו ימלא משאלו{ת} לבו לטובה
    4. אני מראה ארמלה גריבה ופי
    5. חלקי תלת בנאת איתאם ואשתהי
    6. מן צדקאת ישראל שי…

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  40. 6040LetterENA 2740.4

    Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to somebody in Jerusalem. Dating: No earlier than 1425 CE, as values are given in ashrafīs– which were first minted …

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  41. 6041LetterENA NS 36.14

    Fragment of a late letter in Judaeo-Arabic. In the first two line the writer addresses the letter to their father Ḥananel "אלואלד אלעזיז כה׳׳ר חננאל …

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  42. 6042LetterT-S NS J212

    IB ח14. Letter of Hillel b. Ṣadoq Av Bet Din, Fustat, to Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel. Dating: probably 1132. Although only a small section from the …

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    1. בש̇̇מ רח̇̇מ
    2. קד עלם אללה מא נאלני מן אלשוק ואלוחשה ואלתאסף לפראק ח̇̇צרה
    3. מולאי אלשיך [... ח]ל[פון] השר2
    4. ה[...]

    Recto, right margin

    1. פאידה פינע[…

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  43. 6043LetterT-S AS 151.94

    Addendum to a letter. The sender had already written the original letter when Abū l-Faḍl b. Barakāt known as Abū l-Faraj brought two letters from …

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  44. 6044LetterJRL B 3706

    Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter including the phrases: "I have not done [...] for three months. . . Rabbenu Peraḥya ha-Dayyan arrived. . . al-Shaykh …

    1. . . .
    2. ] אנקטעת ומא יכפא ען כדמתך
    3. ] . ייך לי אליום מדה ג אשהור לם
    4. ]חת וכ . . . . [אי]צא אלצינייה
    5. ] . לי גא רבנו פר[חי]ה הדיין א . . . . . וגית נקרה(?…

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  45. 6045LetterT-S NS 320.6

    Letter from Masʿūd b. Mawhūb to his brother Sābiq b. Mawhūb. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is agitated about the news he heard from Umm Subayʿ …

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  46. 6046LetterT-S AS 169.56

    Fragment of a legal document. Mentions: [...] b. Bayān; a warning; Yefet b. Menashshe and his wife; his sister al-Turfa bt. Menashshe and their mother; …

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  47. 6047LetterT-S AS 179.81

    Fragment of a letter or petition in Arabic script from Muwaffaq b. Hiba. Dating: Probably Ayyubid or Mamluk-era. Mentions Damietta(?)

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  48. 6048LetterENA NS 83.340

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. Mentions Rabbenu [...], a request for news, an excuse for not coming in person, something …

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  49. 6049LetterT-S 10J24.2 + CUL Or.1080 J211 + T-S Misc.28.256

    IB II, 48 + IV, 13-14 (ח76). Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq, in Aden, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi. Dating: October/November 1140 CE. In Judaeo-Arabic. …

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    IB IV, 13: T-S 10 J24.2 1r

    1. בשמ' רחמ'
    2. וצלת כתב חצרה אלשיך אלאגל אלסייד מולאי אטאל
    3. אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ועלאִה ורפעתה וסנאה ועלוה
    4. וארתקאה ולא עטל…

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    IB IV, 13: T-S 10 J24.2 1r

    1. בשמ[ך] רחמ[נא].
    2. הגיעו המכתבים של הדרת השיך המפואר ביותר, מרי ואדוני, יאריך
    3. ה' את חייו ויתמיד את מעמדו הנכבד ומעלתו…

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  50. 6050LetterT-S AS 200.275

    Verso: Bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions [...] Ibn al-Urjuwānī. Otherwise very damaged and difficult to read. Recto: Account in Judaeo-Arabic headed "the end …

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