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  1. 7301LetterENA NS 31.11

    Letter from Shalom, in Egypt, to an unknown addressee, probably in Istanbul. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of the 16th century, based on Avraham David's …

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  2. 7302LetterT-S 28.20

    IB II, 61. Letter from Ḥalfon and Bundār b. Maḍmūn, in Aden, to Sulaymān b. Abū Zikrī Kohen, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1150 CE. In …

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    1. [ל]הא וליא ומעינא וחאפצא ונא[צרא פי גמיע אמורהא וכאן אגדל וארד]
    2. ורד ואבהג ואפד ופד וסרא ממלוכיהא בורודה וגדלא בופודה וקבלאה
    3. קבל פץ כתאמה ושכרא…

    1. Your two servants took note of

    2. what you h…

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  3. 7303LetterT-S 12.237

    Letter of appeal for charity from a Byzantine man named Mosqos (=Μόσχος). Dating: ca. 1090 CE. The scribe, also a Byzantine, has been identified by …

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    1. אשרי שומרי משפט עושה צדקה בכל עת 
    2. פיזר נתן לאביונים צדקתו עומדת לעד קרנו תרום בכבוד 
    3. לכבוד גדולת קדושת ישישת יקרת הדרת פארת (?) ועטרת כותרת 
    4. ל…

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    1. ‘Happy are those who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times’  (Pss 106:3).  
    2. ‘They have distributed freely, they have given to the…

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  4. 7304LetterMoss. VII,195.2

    Fragment of a letter in Hebrew addressing 'the elders.'

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  5. 7305LetterT-S NS 225.117 + T-S NS 226.14a

    Letter/petition to a notable in Judaeo-Arabic. Begins with a taqbīl clause in the name of a woman (al-mamlūka tuqabbil al-arḍ) but the inhāʾ is masculine …

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  6. 7306LetterT-S Ar.50.64

    Letter addressed to Abū Zikrī b. Eliyya ha-Dayyan, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer addresses Abū Zikrī first (figuratively) as his 'father' and later as …

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  7. 7307LetterT-S 8J18.29

    Letter from Alexandria expressing the deep gratitude of the community after the appointment of an inspired teacher and judge. The letter was sent to Fustat …

    1. עמיעשו
    2. ממלוכה מעאני
    3. לנטע השכל וגזע הבין ותפארת הכוהנים כבוד גדולת קדושת מר ור
    4. כרמי התלמיד היקר יש/מ/רהו צורו ויהיה תמיד בעזרו אמן נצח סלה
    5. ואלדי יעלם…

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  8. 7308LetterT-S 10J9.17 + T-S 13J23.8

    Letter written in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe and signed by Avraham b. Shemaʿya he-Ḥaver and Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel the Spaniard. The upper part …

    T-S 10J9.17

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]או . . . . . . . ענוה ושפ[ל . . . . . . . ] . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] אלא אצדאר .…

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  9. 7309LetterT-S NS 336.2

    Minute fragment, few words in Hebrew

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  10. 7310LetterNLI 577.10/13

    Verso: Note in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports that the Gentiles who live in Zuqāq Khabīṣa near the synagogue (cf. T-S NS 306.1b (PGPID 4465), r12) …

    1. אלמולי אלסעיד אסעדה אללה פי
    2. גמיע חרכאתה וינגחה פי
    3. גמיע מסאעיה      יעלם באן
    4. אהל זקאק כביצה שכיני בית
    5. הכנסת תבנה ותכונן בחיי ישראל
    6. קד אתוהם(?) גיראנה…

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  11. 7311LetterT-S AS 207.176

    Much damaged letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The content is unclear. The writer reports that he went on Saturday to the majlis of the rayyis. On recto …

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  12. 7312LetterBodl. MS heb. f 106/64

    Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 12th century, based on handwriting. Mentions red sulfur (kibrīt aḥmar), the estate of the addressee's dead brother, and perhaps …

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    1. אלכברית אלאחמר אלדי באעני [
    2. אחמר ואמא מא דכרת אן אלמרוחם
    3. יוסף אכוך ימצא רחמים אן קד כלף שי
    4. והו תחת אלחוטה פהדא שי אן בעיד עלי
    5. . . . . . . . כא…

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  13. 7313LetterT-S AS 143.383 + T-S AS 143.439

    Probably a letter concerning legal matters, or else a legal query. Mentions "our master" and "Gaʾon" and witnesses and oaths several times. The join is …

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  14. 7314LetterT-S AS 204.265 + T-S AS 218.101

    Letter in Ladino on grid paper. From 1886/87 CE if the '647' is the date. Needs further examination. Join by Oded Zinger.

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  15. 7315LetterMoss. Va.unnumbered

    Letter (left half only) to Abū Saʿīd Khalaf b. Men[ashshe] b. al-Qaṭāʾif mentioning a quantity of 12 dirhams and the upcoming holiday.

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  16. 7316LetterENA 3728.1

    Letter in Ladino to Shelomo Almanas or Almatango[?] on verso from Aharon ha-Kohen. Dated below signature Jumada I 1_78AH [?]. The most likely reading based …

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  17. 7317LetterHUC 1271

    Upper part of a letter in Arabic script to الحضرة السامية الاجلية العلية(؟) الشيخية النفيسة(؟). Dating: likely 13th century. Only formulaic content is preserved. In …

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  18. 7318LetterT-S Ar.39.23

    Business memorandum in Arabic script. Reporting on the arrival and shipment of different loads, mainly firewood. 30 loads of firewood reached Minya al-Qays at the …

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    1. واما الحطب فقد وصل الى القيس ثلثلين حمل من حساب
    2. ثلثة دراهم وربع الحمل  وبقية الحطب جميعه باقي في
    3. منبال من حساب درهمين الحمل الى النيل يحمل
    4. ودر…

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    1. And as for the firewood, it has reached [Minya] al-Qays, 30 loads at the price of

    2. 3 dirhams and ¼ per load, and all of the remaining fire…

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  19. 7319LetterMoss. VII,203

    Interesting letter in calligraphic Judaeo-Arabic, probably 15th century or later, full of creative spellings, probably from someone whose mother tongue was not Arabic. The writer …

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  20. 7320LetterT-S AS 129.66

    Piyyuṭ in Hebrew; an opening formula of letters in Aramaic; exercises in Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

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  21. 7321LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 420

    Small fragment of an unidentified document in Arabic script, probably a letter. May mention the kharāj and a qāḍī.

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  22. 7322LetterT-S Misc.20.32

    Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter mentioning R. Zekharya; Qalyūb; the holiday; likely Ḥol ha-Moʿed (וצטאניאת אלעיד); and the phrase "to the gate of the Jews" …

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  23. 7323LetterT-S Misc.28.252

    Probably a letter. In Hebrew, in flowery style. The portion preserved consists entirely of blessings.

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  24. 7324LetterAIU VII.E.92

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Karo y Frances & Company, from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Ḥefez. Dated 29 Elul [5]569 AM Information from Wagner, Linguistic …

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  25. 7325LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/27

    Letter from Musa b. Abu'l-Hayy to Evyatar ha-Kohen Gaon, ca. December 1094.

    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא חצ[רה מולאי] אלרייס אלגליל הגאון //ירום הודו// ואדאם עזהא ותאיידהא
    2. ועלוהא וסאוהא [[וסעאדת]] וכבת עדאהא מן מצר מסתהל טבת ערפנא
    3. אל…

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  26. 7326LetterT-S AS 182.215

    Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning sums of money. T-S AS 182.214 and T-S AS 182.215 may belong together.

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  27. 7327LetterT-S AS 151.61 + T-S AS 151.92

    Fragment from the lower part of a Hebrew letter. Signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shelomo b. Eliʿezer. Contains a date, 4 Nisan (the week of Parshat …

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  28. 7328LetterT-S 12.297

    Letter from ʿImrān and Maymūn, in Alexandria, to their brother Yosef b. Yaʿaqov al-Marrākushī(?) al-Jibālī, in Fustat, Sūq al-ʿAṭṭārīn. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 12th …

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  29. 7329LetterT-S 8J20.4

    Letter from Perahya b. Yosef, the learned nephew of the India trader Avraham Ibn Yiju, beginning with Bible verses, including Job 23:28. (S. D. Goitein, …

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    1. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך ואין למו מכשול
    2. ואמרתם כה לחי ואתה שלום וביתך שלום
    3. וכל אשר לך שלום והגזר אומר ויקם לך
    4. ועל דרכיך נגה אור כי יי יהיה בכסליך…

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  30. 7330LetterT-S NS 167.17

    Documentary; letter concerning communal affairs; mentions עבדאללה בן דוד הנגיד and Shmuel Minir. (Data from FGP)

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  31. 7331LetterT-S AS 146.326

    Letter fragment (lower right of recto, part of the right of verso). Essentially all the remaining phrases are formulaic. ASE.

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  32. 7332LetterENA NS 21.15

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. In which the sender asks the addressee to check if the merchants of Barqa (al-Barqiyyīn) arriving in …

    1. כתאבי אליכ יאכי וסידי אטאל אלה בקאך ואדאם
    2. סלאמתך ען סלאמה ועפיה ללה אלחמד עלי
    3. דלך יום אלד לין בקי מן כסליו וקד כ[. . .] מרת
    4. עני וקד וצייתך עלי א[ן ת…

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  33. 7333LetterMoss. VII,207.2

    Fragment of a late letter in Hebrew, likely ca. 16th century, mentioning sums in peraḥim.

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  34. 7334LetterENA 2804.5

    Letter from Efrayim b. Shemarya to Natan b. Avraham. Dating: ca. 1034 CE (per Gil). Relates to the early stages of a conflict between Natan …

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  35. 7335LetterT-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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  36. 7336LetterT-S 8J25.6

    Letter from Isma’il b. Ishaq al-Andalusi, Aleppo, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: mid-11th century. Details about sending letters. The writer is about to travel …

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    1. כתאבי יאמולאי חרס אלל[ה חיא]תך וטול עמרך ואדאם עזך

    2. מן חלב ואן כאן יאמולאי ל[ם] תתקדם כלטה ולא מק<ר>ה ולא

    3. צחבה חקיקה פענדי מן [ט]יב שימך ס…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני, ישמור אלוהים את חייך וייתן לך אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך,
    2. מחלב. אדוני, אף על פי שלא היו לנו לפני כן לא שותפות ולא הסכם ו…

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  37. 7337LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/37

    IB I, 17. Letter from Yehuda Ibn Sighmar, at Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, at Fustat, from the year 1097. The letter contains three parts: …

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    1. וצל כתאב חצרה רבנו הרב גדול הישיבה אטאל אללה בקאהא ואדאם עלאהא
    2. ותאיידהא וכבת עדוהא ושפאהא באל עואפי וכאן ענדי וקופי עליה 
    3. כמים קרים על נפש עיי…

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    1. הגיע מכתבך, הדרת רבנו הרב גרול הישיבה, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך
    2. ואת עזרתו לך ויכה את אויביך ואת משנאיך לגמרי, והיתה לי קריא…

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  38. 7338Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 10

    Bifolio with several different sorts of writing in both Hebrew and Arabic script. 1. A copy of a letter from Yeḥiziyahu b. David b. Yeḥizqiyahu …

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    1. יהודה אלוף בישיבה שלגולה בר אבר[הם]
    2. ותמה אני ממר אלחנן ראש הסדר בר שמ[ריה]
    3. כי בא ממנו כתב אל שער הישיבה
    4. הגיד בו כי שלח כתב אל מרנו
    5. גאון צבי יחי…

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  39. 7339LetterT-S 10J6.13

    Draft of a halakhic question. (Information from CUDL)

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  40. 7340LetterJRL B 7502 + JRL B 7449

    Letter(s) in Judaeo-Arabic. High register. Verso is addressed to Moshe b. Nissim and resembles the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Needs examination. Join: Alan Elbaum.

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  41. 7341LetterT-S 13J18.18

    Letter from the wife of Maʿānī. Desperate letter of appeal to the 'courts' (judges) from a blind woman whose husband had fled to Alexandria and …

    1. אשריכם זורעי על כל מים משלחי רגל ה(שור) והח(מור)
    2. אשרי שומרי משפט עושה צדקה בכל עת
    3. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רעה ימלטהו ד'
    4. ד' ישמרהו ויחייהו ואשר בארץ וא…

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    1. "Happy shall you be who sow by [all waters, Who let loose the feet of (cattle) and (asses)" (Isaiah 32:20).
    2. "Happy are those who act justly, w…

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  42. 7342LetterT-S 8J14.14

    Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Elʿazar Shammāʿ (candle maker or seller) to Abū l-Fakhr b. Abū l-Maʿālī. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Only the opening and the …

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    1. עבדו ומודה חסדו השוגה בא[הבתו
    2. ישועה בר אלעזר שמאע
    3. בש] רח
    4. ] חכמה ולשונו חבר משפט תורת אלהיו בלבו לא תמעד אשוריו

    Recto, upper margin:

    1. ואלגואב…

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  43. 7343LetterENA NS 16.25

    Fragment of a letter addressed to the Gaʾon 'at the gate of the Yeshiva.' The sender reports that he has fulfilled the order, and a …

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  44. 7344LetterMoss. II,193

    Verso: Letter in Arabic script. Missing only the first couple lines. The writer mentions exchanges of goods (ll.2–3); he has sent a dinar for someone's …

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    1. . . . [

    2. اسل الله قرب الاجتماع على الاحوال السارة بمنه ولطفه     ومما اعلمك اطال الله بقاك ان قد انفذت [اليك

    3. الثوب والشعير ربعهم(وبعتهم/ر…

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  45. 7345LetterENA 2808.21a

    Letter from Avraham Maimonides (autograph) to Fakhr al-Dawla al-Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic. He has heard that Fakhr al-Dawla is upset at him, and he is shocked …

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  46. 7346LetterT-S 12.300

    Letter from ʿEli ha-Mumḥe b. Avraham, in Jerusalem, to Efrayim b. Shemarya, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Dating: ca. 1045 …

    1. קד כאנת כותבי צדרת אלי סיידי אלחבר [אלמעולה]
    2. אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ע[דה ולם]
    3. יצל לאחדהא גואב וארגו אן יכון [ל]כ[יר]
    4. סאלתה תערפי אכבאר אלשייך אבי
    5. …

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  47. 7347LetterT-S AS 172.316

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Looks like the handwriting of Avraham Maimonides. "Forgive me. . . . R. Eliyya. . . . Maʿariv. . . . …

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  48. 7348LetterAIU VII.E.168

    Recto: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab, perhaps begging for charity. Mentions necessity/want (al-ḍurūra) several times and concludes with, "I have no …

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  49. 7349LetterT-S AS 148.46

    Business letter to Zikrī, mentioning Ibrahim Ibn al-Fawsalī (אלפוסלי) (?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, perhaps 14th or 15th century. Asks the addressee to obtain something …

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  50. 7350LetterMoss. II,157

    Begging letter, probably, in elegant script informing the addressee that his brother Abū l-Baqā al-Tājir used to give charity to the writer and help his …

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