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  1. 7001LetterBodl. MS Arab. d 23.14

    Letter in Arabic written on parchment that previously contained a Hebrew literary text. Another annotation in Judeo-Arabic was later added onto the verso of the …

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  2. 7002LetterNLI 4°9463.9

    Letter from Ḥasan b. Isḥāq, in ʿAsqalān, to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh al-Parnas, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and …

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  3. 7003LetterT-S 6J4.4

    Beginning of a letter to Shelomo ha-Sar ('ha-Sofer ha-Mahir'). The sender complains about difficult circumstances. Dating: 12th or 13th century. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  4. 7004LetterT-S 13J10.10

    Part of a rhymed letter. In the top right-hand corner is a note of the name Shemarya the teacher. (Information from CUDL)

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  5. 7005LetterT-S AS 148.54

    Short late Hebrew note addressed to Ovadiah regarding purchasing of an unidentified item. AA

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  6. 7006LetterENA NS 21.12

    Letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides (d. 1355 CE) dealing with the capitation tax and with the kashrut of meat, first half of the …

    1. כק ונוגשיך צדקה וכאצה אלגאליה אנהא
    2. ען דם אלאנסאן ובהא יעמל אלישראלי
    3. דינה שבת ומועדים וכפור וגמיע מא
    4. יכתאר פי דינה ולא לאחד ישוש עליה השם
    5. למען שמו יפ…

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  7. 7007LetterT-S Misc.28.40

    Letter addressed to a parnas. On parchment. In Hebrew. Presumably written by a European or Byzantine Jew. Asking the addressee to increase the allotment of …

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  8. 7008LetterT-S 13J29.6

    Letter from Elḥanan b. [...] (or Ṣāliḥ b. Barhūn Tāhartī according to CUDL?) to Mūsā and Isḥāq b. Barhūn Tāhartī, concerned with business matters. In …

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  9. 7009LetterT-S Ar.18(1).50

    F. 1r: Draft of letters, one to Abū l-Faḍl Sahl (maybe al-Tustarī?). Shelomo b. Aharon b. Abū […] and Shela b. Yehoshuaʿ are also mentioned. …

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  10. 7010LetterT-S AS 179.219

    Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Mentions someone sick, the community, and a price the addressee should obtain from the teacher ʿIwaḍ. Reused on …

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  11. 7011LetterT-S AS 153.258

    Small fragment from the top of a letter from Yehoshuaʿ ha-Nagid (b. 1310–d. 1355 CE) to a community, written in the hand of his clerk.

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  12. 7012LetterT-S AS 145.227

    Letter. Polite, refers to addressee repeatedly as אלמולא. Fragment from toward the end, including the end of business matters involving dirhams and then the greetings-to-the-family …

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    1. [              ]. [ ]....[                 ]
    2. [              ]אלמולא אלגזיל ותערפה
    3. [              תעא]לא דכרה אללה בכיר
    4. [              ] דראהם …

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  13. 7013LetterT-S AS 162.160

    Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. Small fragment. The sender urges his mother or one of his siblings to …

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  14. 7014LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/23

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Simha al-Naysaburi, in Alexandria, to Ulla ha-Levi b. Yosef, Fustat. Dating: around 1080. Concerns trade in saffron and other spices, and …

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    1.         בש'מך רח'
    2. וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה
    3. ואדאם עזה ונעמאה ותאידה ותמכינה וכבת
    4. אעדאה ואלדי דכר מן אלשוק והו ענדנא – –
    5. באצעא…

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    1. (2−1) בשמך רחמ'. הגיע מכתבך, אדוני ורבי הנכבד, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים
    2. ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת חסדיו ואת עזרתו לך, ואת יכולתך, ויכה את
    3. אויבי…

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  15. 7015LetterT-S 16.344

    Letter from Abū l-Maḥāsin Yefet b. Shela, probably in Alexandria, to Yosef ha-Kohen "the pride of the traders" (peʾer ha-soḥarim), in Fustat. Dating: mid-12th century; …

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    1. عبدها محاسن
    2. ב
    3. לכבוד השר היקר הכהן המיוקר כ
    4. גק מר ור יוסף פאר הסוחרים כאן
    5. עבדהא טלע אלי מצר ליסתגמע
    6. בחצרתהא ויהניהא באלסלאמה וכאן
    7. שגל תאני פי ב…

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  16. 7016LetterT-S 13J16.14

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Avraham b. Sahlan. Dating: approximately 1020 (per Gil) which is supported by the lack of Gaonic honorifics in Shelomo …

    1. שלום להרבות וברכות לצוות וטובות להקוות וישועות להנוות והצלחות
    2. להתוות וכל משאלות להצוות עם כל תאוות מאריכות ומרחיבות לחשוב
    3. בבתי אבות והגון בקריבות וה…

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  17. 7017LetterENA NS 83.337.1

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The whole folio is preserved, but the text is too faded to read.

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  18. 7018LetterT-S Ar.21.36

    Letter sent from Rashīd addressed to Shelomo Ḥalafta Yerushalmi, in Bulaq. In Judaeo-Arabic. Probably the same sender as ENA 2855.21. Dating: late 15th or early …

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  19. 7019LetterAIU VII.E.52

    Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (lower right corner). Written on behalf of somebody begging for charity from …

    1. ואלכאלק תעאלי געל[
    2. וללעבד דיון כת[ירה
    3. אלי מולאי אלדיאן [
    4. יעישו בה ומן  . . [
    5. וש]הד אללה אן ל . [
    6. יגמז עליה פי . [
    7. אליום שהרין מגלוק [
    8. כאיף מן דלך לא…

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  20. 7020LetterT-S 8J13.22

    Letter from Abū Saʿīd b. Abū l-Ḥasan al-Abzārī, possibly in al-Mahdiyya, to his mother, probably in Fustat. He also addresses the letter to his brother …

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    1. יאואלדתי ומולאתי וסידתי אלמנעמה עלי
    2. אלמחסנה אלי ומן אדאם אללה מדתהא וחרס עלי
    3. מהגתהא וגמע בהא ושיכא עלי אבלג אמל
    4. ואסוג גדל(?) סבב כתאבי יא מולא…

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  21. 7021LetterMoss. VII,167

    Letter fragment from Seʿadya Abū Saʿd to Shelomo (Sulaymān) אבוסטרה(?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 15th century. Most of the content of …

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  22. 7022LetterT-S 13J6.21

    Letter from the judge Menashshe to the Cairene judge Avraham b. Natan regarding a personal and communal affair in the small town of Sumbutya (Sunbāṭ), …

    1. ] יחזק במעוזי ויעשה שלום להעליזי
    2. משמני ארחות. ומשקטי מנוחות. ומעטי שבחות. ומחבושת מזיחות.
    3. ומחרוזת א..ות. ומחבורת מצלחות. ומבשמי ממולחות. ומזמורי
    4. מפצ…

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  23. 7023LetterENA 2958.2

    Letter fragment in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides. An instruction to a cantor to warn a woman that her husband had submitted …

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  24. 7024LetterT-S NS J303c

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif to one of his brothers. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). Mentions the phrase/title/name "Sar Shalom." Little else …

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    1. [ ] אבנה געל פדאה ולא עדם
    2. [ ] בקאה יפת בן משה נע
    3. [ ] אלקטאיף אמאנה מודאה

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  25. 7025LetterT-S 6J4.2

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower part). Looks like the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe. Mentions the late "Nezer"—if this refers to Natan b. Shemuel, the …

    1. . . . . [
    2. בעדר ותרבה(?) אדוננו . . . . . . [
    3. ותרבה(?) מולאי אלנזר זצל . . . אק . . . 
    4. ואלם יטלע אללילה לא כלמתה זמאן
    5. טויל עלי אנני אעלם מן כרים
    6. אכלא…

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  26. 7026LetterMingana 16

    7 fragments. Fol. 1 a receipt in Ladino, "de el Turco Musa(?)," Shimʿon, and an "anillo" (אנילייו) "ring" as part of the transaction. Fol. 2 …

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  27. 7027LetterT-S 12.2

    Letter from Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. Yahboy, probably in Qayrawān, to an unknown addressee, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1045 according to Gil. The writer is …

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    1. כתאבי הדא אליך יאסידי ורייסי ותאג ראסי אטאל אל[לה בקאך

    2. מכתצרא בסבב סרעה כרוג חאמלה אלי ספאקס לירכב מן [ ]

    3. מן אלמהדיה משרוחה וגמלא מא אריד…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ו'ראשי' ועטרת ראשי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ....
    2. בקיצור, מפני החיפזון שביציאת נושא המכתב לספאקץ, כדי לנסוע .... (כתבתי ל…

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  28. 7028LetterENA NS 31.14

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. From Abū Saʿd(?) to Moshe, Yaʿaqov and Avraham. Mentions various business matters. There is an unusual simile at the top of …

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  29. 7029LetterENA NS 31.29

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq to Avraham Krispin. In Ladino. Mentions Yiṣḥaq de Curiel. Needs examination

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  30. 7030LetterENA NS 67.7

    Letter from a merchant. Around 1060. Regarding a disagreement, and both sides ask Labrāṭ b. Moshe Ibn Ṣughmār from al-Mahdiyya to decide between the parties. …

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    1. א . מ . [. . . .] ור אבן אלג . . [
    2. קד וכ[לת]ך //עלי// קבצהא ואסתכרא[ג
    3. וכאלה לא תכרג מן ענדך אלא [
    4. לא תפרט פי דאלך לאן חאגה בא[
    5. ביני ובין אנסאן…

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    (3-1) נתן הרשאה, וכבר גבה אותם, וההכנסה .... אל תוציא מידך את כתב ההרשאה אלא .... אל תתרשל בזאת כי הצורך בקנייה .... 

    (6-4) ביני ובין אדם .... …

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  31. 7031LetterJRL B 7651

    Small fragment of a letter in Hebrew. It seems to spell יקרת as יקראת.

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  32. 7032LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/2

    Very long letter dated ca. 1100, issued by the two judges of the capital in the name of the Nagid Mevorakh, in which a circuit …

    1. نسخة كتاب الرئيس الاجل
    2. بخط רבנו אלראב الی عند الشوفاط
    3. בשמך רח
    4. כתאבנא אנו שני הדיינים הקבועים בפסטאט מצרים הממנים
    5. מפי כגק מו מבורך אלוף הבינות חכם הי…

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  33. 7033LetterAIU VII.E.13

    Fragment (lower left corner) of a Judaeo-Arabic letter probably from a woman to a male family member. Dating: likely 12th or 13th century. She requests …

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  34. 7034LetterT-S 8J37.9

    Beginning of a letter to an unidentified scholar. On the verso there is some writing in large Arabic script, but unrelated to text on verso.

    1. . . . . ] [ד]יק ייי . . . . . . . . . .ורוג
    2. . . . . ] . . . . . . . . . . . .וד ייי וג

    . . . . . . . . .

    1. . . . . ] התורה . . . . . . החכמה ועם [
    2. .…

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  35. 7035LetterT-S NS J88

    Letter/petition from an unknown writer to the Head of the Jews. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer complains about ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz and his mistreatment of a woman …

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    1. יא סידנא רייס אליהוד
    2. לא תסאל מא נחן פיה
    3. מן עבד אלעזיז אלעאדה
    4. אלדי תערפהא מנה מא
    5. תגיירת ירמי להא אלכב[ז
    6. וחדה ואלפלוס תבקא חאירה
    7. עלי מן ישתרי ל…

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  36. 7036LetterENA NS 55.11

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Very faded. Sent from Jerusalem to Cairo, based on the damaged address on the verso: מירושלם למצרים.

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  37. 7037LetterT-S NS J146

    An urgent summons to appear before the court from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides (b. 1310–d. 1355 CE).

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  38. 7038LetterT-S 6J5.10

    Note on verso. "Let the ruqʿa be read. Its contents are that they are asking her to lend them drapery and curtains." Seems like a …

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  39. 7039LetterAIU II.A.73

    Letter draft addressed to Mīkhāʾīl [...]. Dating: 18th or 19th century. Possibly dealing with a container of sal ammoniac (looks like "al-qafaṣ al-nushādir"). The sender …

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  40. 7040LetterT-S AS 149.198

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew. Wide line spacing.

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  41. 7041LetterMoss. II,104.1

    Fragment from a 16th-century letter in rhymed prose. (Information from CUDL) On the verso a name appears possibly as the recipient of the letter: Abraham …

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  42. 7042LetterF 1908.44U

    IB IV, 40 (ח54). Letter from Yiṣḥaq Ibn Ezra, in Spain, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: before Nisan, probably of 1139 CE (Goitein …

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    1. יאמולאי וסידי אדאם אללה עזّך ואטאל מדתך כתבתה לילה אלאחד
    2. ען שוק לא יעלמה גיר אללה תעלי וחצרתני סכאפה פי דלך אלשכץ
    3. אלדי פי עלמך איצא ולעמרך פקד…

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    1. אדוני ומרי, יתמיד ה' את יקרך ויאריך את חייך. הריני כותב מכתב זה בליל יום ראשון
    2. מתוך געגועים שאין יודעם אלא ה' יתעלה. ובאו אליי דברי הבל עם/בדב…

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  43. 7043LetterT-S 10J9.7

    Fragment of a letter to Yehuda ha-Kohen b. Yosef ha-Kohen the dayyan, mentioning Sulayman b. Yosef. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. אלחכם אלאגל אלסנד אלאפצל ר יהודה מולאי וסידי אדאם אללה עזה אלתזם
    2. אעצאמה ואכבארה סלימאן בן יוסף
    3. יא מולאי וסידי ועמאד . . . . . . . . וסנדי ומסתפאדי ו…

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  44. 7044LetterNLI 577.1/36

    Letter fragment, in Arabic script. Possibly a letter of appeal or a divorce document narrating the writer's circumstances. He was married for 14 years until …

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  45. 7045LetterNLI 577.4/101

    Letter of appeal probably from Berakhot b. Shemuel, addressed to Abu l-Ḥasan the father of Abu l-Mufaddal. He says he has been a stranger in …

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  46. 7046LetterT-S AS 117.229

    Unidentified text in Arabic, probably a letter. Recto: piyyuṭ. (Information from CUDL)

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  47. 7047LetterT-S 6J4.8

    Letter from ʿAzarya b. [...] to a Kohen (both the individual and his father’s name were in the piece now missing from the right side …

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  48. 7048LetterT-S 12.824

    Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a Rosh Yeshiva named Moshe; his honorifics are unusual if not unique for the Geniza. The sender opens …

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  49. 7049LetterJRL B 6013

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  50. 7050LetterT-S AS 154.239

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif. Fragment (piece from the left side of recto). Mentions a deposit (wadīʿa); goods for a …

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