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  1. 7551LetterENA 2808.7

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the beginnings of 5 lines, consisting mostly of formulaic phrases, are preserved. Dating: Perhaps 12th or 13th century.

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  2. 7552LetterENA 2804.11

    Letter from the first half of the eleventh century which contains an appeal for help in ransoming captives. The letter is from the community of …

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    1. [אל אחי]נו הקהל הקדוש הדרים בצוען מצרים
    2. [ובראש כבו]ד מ'ור' אפרים החבר בסנהדרין גדולה
    3. [ישמ' צו' בן]כב' גד' קד' מ'ור' שמריה נוח נפש ושאר
    4. [הזקנים…

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  3. 7553LetterENA NS 83.299

    Letter fragment in Arabic script. Related to ENA NS 83.300?

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  4. 7554LetterUPenn E 16517

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. (The letter is also intended for Peraḥya …

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  5. 7555LetterT-S 10J24.9

    Recto: Letter fragment to the congregations of Fustat and in particular to the dayyan Elazar. In the scribal hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi, active …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אל אצילי אלי הצדק מטע ייי להתפאר אוהבי עליון ברוכי שדי [ . .
    3. חסד דוברי צדק הגוני מעש ונאים ומתנאים זכי פועל
    4. חשובי מר. טובי עין ישרי דרך כלול…

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  6. 7556LetterENA 2592.3

    Letter addressed to the Nasi Shelomo b. Yishay from the town of Bilbays containing local news and sending greetings to the Nagid David b. Avraham …

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    1. בש] רח
    2. אל]לה תע לא יוחשנא מן גמאל אלמגלס
    3. אל]סאמי אלאגלי אלסידי אלאוחדי אל . . רי
    4. אלכבירי אלדאוודי נשיאנו שלמה הנשיא
    5. הגדול יר הו ויג כבו אלכאלק…

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  7. 7557LetterT-S AS 148.182

    Letter or note, mentioning [...] b. Ḥalfon and a Ḥaver. (Information from CUDL)

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  8. 7558LetterT-S AS 146.36

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe probably to one of his brothers. Fragment (a piece from the right side of recto). The addressee …

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  9. 7559LetterMoss. IV,60.4

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen.

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  10. 7560LetterT-S AS 147.211

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe probably to one of his brothers. Fragment (lower left corner of recto). Mentions Armenian bole (ḥajar armanī) …

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  11. 7561LetterT-S NS 338.58

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions lāsīn silk and Fustat and someone who has spent 2 years somewhere. Hand of Yefet b. Menashshe?

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  12. 7562LetterT-S NS 336.2

    Minute fragment, few words in Hebrew

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  13. 7563LetterT-S 8J25.13

    Letter from Natan b. Nahray, in Alexandria, to Musa b. Abū l-Ḥayy, in Fustat. Dating: November 14, 1079. Natan writes the account for cash from …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה ונעמאה

    2. וכבת אעדאה מן אלמסתקר ליג בקי מן כסלו כתמה אללה עלינא ועליך

    3. באחסן כאתמה ושוק א…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת חסדיו לך,
    2. ויכה את אויביך, מן הבית, בי"ז (או בי"ח) בכסלו, …

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  14. 7564LetterYevr. II A 1699

    Non-Geniza. Letter from Yosef b. Shemuel to Yosef b. Moshe ha-Hazzan, in Lutzk. Dated: 1806 CE.

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  15. 7565LetterCUL Or.1081 J19

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to "my brother." The writer mainly communicates that he arrived at his destination safely, and that he rejoiced to learn of the …

    1. בש רחמ
    2. כתאבי אליך יאכי ואעז אלכלק [עלי
    3. וענדי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
    4. עזך ונעמאך ומן חסן אלתופיק לא [[אכ]]
    5. אכלאך גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל
    6. במנה וכרמה א…

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  16. 7566LetterENA 4100.21a

    Letter from the daughter of the head of the Yeshiva to Nahray b. Nissim. Ca. 1060.

    ENA 4100, f. 21 A ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 3, pp. 183-186 (Doc. #486) Letter from the daughter of the head of the Yeshiva to Nahray b. Nissim. Ca. 106…

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  17. 7567LetterT-S AS 125.240

    Verso: unidentified text in Arabic script, possibly the bottom of a letter. Reused on recto for liturgical text in Hebrew. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  18. 7568LetterT-S NS 312.142

    Large letter from [...] b. Mevorakh addressed to Nahray b. Nissim (called 'Nahray ha-Rav ha-Muvhaq'). The sender's name is faded. The letter opens with large …

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  19. 7569LetterJRL B 5334

    Letter fragment addressed to the Gaon Shelomo (b. Yehuda?), or conceivably his son). In Hebrew. Only the beginnings of four lines from the beginning are …

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  20. 7570LetterT-S H3.81

    Huge model of a begging letter. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. From one who boasts to have belonged to ‘the owners of money’ (aṣḥāb al-amwāl) and …

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  21. 7571LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/1

    A long letter of recommendation on behalf of Obadiah the Proselyte, by Barukh b. Yiṣḥaq of Aleppo, written in elegant and vocalized Hebrew. For more …

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  22. 7572LetterAIU IV.B.42

    Hebrew literary work, reused for drafts of phrases from an Arabic letter.

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  23. 7573LetterT-S Ar.35.131

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script. The glyph appears at the top. The hand is skilled and the margins are large, and there is a taqbīl …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. وصلت رقعة مولاي اطال الله بقاه
    3. ادام تائيدها ونعماها ومن حسن توفيقه
    4. لا اخلاها وقراتها وفهمت مضمونها وشكرت
    5. الله …

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  24. 7574LetterENA NS 77.181

    Letter from Yehuda b. Avraham to [...]m b. Yehoshuaʿ. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. The sender opens with congratulations on the birth of a …

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  25. 7575LetterMoss. II,134.2

    Recto: part of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, complaining about the lack of letters from the addressee and explaining that a letter had been sent to the …

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  26. 7576LetterENA 2727.55

    Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, apparently addressed to Makārim, who is probably the same as Abū l-Makārim b. al-Talmid Abū l-Riḍā. In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter …

    1. בר
    2. ישפוט השם בין ברכאת בן אלד/י/אן ובין מכארם
    3. לא שך אן פי קלב אלשיך אבי אלמכארם אבן אלשיך
    4. אלתלמיד אבו אלרצא החכם והנבון נע דחול מן
    5. סבב כצאמה מע אכי …

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  27. 7577LetterT-S H15.144

    Recto is a long piyyuṭ. Verso contains an extremely faded text block in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly documentary. At 180 degrees to this there are some names, …

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  28. 7578LetterT-S 8J8.19

    Letter to Mevasser b. Shelomo. Only formulaic greetings are preserved. Dating: 11th or 12th century. EMS

    1. ו ואמץ וחן וכבוד וחוסן ישועות ויקר ותפארת לכגק מר ור
    2. מבשר הזקן הנכ ביר שלמה הזקן נט רח וצל כתאב סידי אלשיך
    3. אלסיד נט רח ווקפת עליה ושכרת אהתמאמה וחסן…

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  29. 7579LetterENA 3588.1

    On one side there are accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. On the other side there is what looks like an address of a letter in Arabic script, …

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  30. 7580LetterReinach II

    Letter to Abū Yūsuf Yaʿaqov ha-Ḥaver b. Yiṣḥaq, the leader of the Jewish community in Aleppo. In Hebrew. Mentions a letter recieved from the addressee's …

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  31. 7581LetterT-S AS 146.200

    Recto: beginning of a letter with Judaeo-Arabic address on top and Hebrew blessings as introduction. Looks like the hand of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder. …

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  32. 7582LetterT-S AS 178.174

    Note from Yūsuf to "al-Rayyis Rabbi Eliyya" (= Eliyyahu the Judge). In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Giving instructions or making a request …

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  33. 7583LetterENA 2762.9

    Small letter fragment, seems to be written by Efrayim b. Shemaryah. AA

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  34. 7584LetterENA 2727.16

    Letter begging for help from a communal authority ('sayyidnā'), written by Abu Sahl b. al-Ahuv during a famine. Likely early 13th century. He opens with …

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    1. ממלוכה אבו סהל

    ולד אלאהוב זל

    1. אלממלוך //יקבל// אלארץ וינהי למאלך רקה אנה ערף מא יאול אמרה אליה מן
    2. סבב מות אכיה ואיקאעה //פי אלתהמה// ומותה ו…

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  35. 7585LetterT-S AS 145.237

    Letter to a Rosh Kalla, mentioning a certain Yehuda. Mentions the arrival in Damsīs of the representative (nā[ʾib]) of the amīr Muẓaffar(?) al-Dawla. (Information in …

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  36. 7586LetterJRL B 2736

    Beginning of a letter to an important person, "mordekhai ha-zeman," etc. Not much content remains. The writer mentions a ṣabbāgh and a ḍāmin. Probably late …

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  37. 7587LetterENA NS 22.7

    Widow with young children, a stranger in Egypt, describes her plight to the elders, it seems, of the Karaite community, asking them to help her …

    1. בשם א]ל רחום וחנון אבי יתומים ודין אלמנות
    2. קד קצדת אללה תעאלי וקצדת מואלי אלשיוך אלסאדה אלפצלא
    3. טול אללה אעמארהם ולא שתת להם שמל ול[א] איתם
    4. להם ולד ול…

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  38. 7588LetterT-S 24.77

    Letter from Maymūn ha-Kohen b. Adonim b. Yoshiyya, on board the Sultan's ship which was to leave Alexandria for Spain, to Seʿadya b. Elʿazar. In …

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  39. 7589LetterT-S AS 167.26

    Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. "When he arrived in al-Maḥalla, I inquired from him, and he said that he went to you many …

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  40. 7590LetterT-S 13J21.22

    Written to the judge Hananel b. Shemuel, this letter mentions the son of the Nagid (Avraham Maimonides, his son-in-law) and a certain R. Menahem. The …

    1. בה
    2. || אלממאליך יקבלו אלארץ
    3. בין ידי רבנו ישצ וינהו מא
    4. ביעמלו הולא אלקום בנא
    5. קד אגתמעו עצבה יפעלו
    6. מענא שי אדא חצרו בין
    7. ידי רבנו אשד קוה מן [[גמ]]
    8. גמלת…

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  41. 7591LetterT-S AS 146.155

    Recto: Hebrew blessing; probably the closing line of a letter. Finishes with: u-lehistofef be-beto amen sela, followed by a diamond pattern of four dots. Verso: …

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  42. 7592LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/21

    Letter to the community of Jerusalem from Elhanan b. Shemarya, 1013 CE.

    1. אלחנן ראש הסדר בירבי שמריה אב
    2. אל העדה האפודה אודם ופטדה המישרת צעידה ומשינה
    3. נדודה באזרוע צעדה ועל ידים צמודה המשפרת רעודה
    4. המחומשת תעודה בצרה מודה וב…

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  43. 7593LetterT-S 13J16.2

    Letter sent from Alexandria by Hayyim b. Eli ha-Kohen to his father in Fustat, asking him to complete a number of errands, in particular in …

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    1. כתאבי יאואלדי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאידך וסעאדתך
    2. וסלאמתך ונעמתך מן סכנדריה לתלת בק[י]ן מן טבת ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה
    3. ושוק אליך ש…

    recto

    1. אני כותב לך, אבי היקר לי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך
    2. ואת שלומך ואת חסדו לך, מאלכסנדריה, בכ"ח בטבת; שלו…

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  44. 7594LetterT-S 8J25.16

    Recto: Fragment of a letter by a very unhappy man describing his state as ״drunk, but not with wine,״ asking for legal help. (Information from …

    1. ]דה סכארא בלא נביד לא ולד ולא מאל [. .
    2. ] תעצבו וקצדו כל מן לה גאה ויד ואחתאלו עלי אל
    3. ] ולם נגדו ראחה ענד שופט וגבת מן ישהד לי
    4. ]דה שי לם יתבתה ואגתהד…

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  45. 7595LetterT-S AS 176.355

    Recto: Fragment from the beginning of a petition, or a private letter in the style of a petition. The addressee is reminded that he had …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. المملوك يقبل الارض وينهي
    3. قد اسار الي ذكر قصيد مـ[

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  46. 7596LetterT-S 20.135

    Letter from Abū l-Faraj, in Alexandria, to his son-in-law Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century. Abū l-Faraj admonishes Shelomo to treat his …

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  47. 7597LetterT-S NS 321.29

    Verso: Fragment from a letter written by Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE), probably connected to recto.

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  48. 7598LetterENA 1178.46

    Letter from Binyamin Castro to a business partner. In Hebrew. Dating: 16th century. Informing the addressee about the death of Moshe b. Shoshan (ll. 2–3), …

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    1. נבונים ומעולים שרים ומפוארים אחי וגבירי נרו אתמול כתבנו לכ[ם
    2. גבירי בארוכה וכעת אודיעכם גבירי כי נפטר כר משה ן שושן נע וחיי לכון ולכל
    3. ישראל שב…

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  49. 7599LetterT-S AS 148.95

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic, with a long Hebrew introduction. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  50. 7600LetterJRL B 6391

    Four letter fragments in Judaeo-Arabic. At least two of them (fols. 1 and 4) are probably from the same letter, but the other two fragments …

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