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  1. 10751LetterT-S Ar.39.186

    Note from Shemuel to a distinguished addressee. In Arabic script, except for the name Shemuel which is written in Hebrew. Begins with the glyph. The …

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  2. 10752LetterT-S NS 226.180

    Fragment of a letter from Yefet b. Menashshe. Mentions transactions in flour; someone called Sammān; a trip to Sicily; kamala (qinbīl); and belts (zanānīr). There …

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  3. 10753LetterT-S 6J1.30

    Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably no earlier than 13th century. Refers to "the agreement that was between me and you" and …

    1. ]מכרוה באן נחן טייבין פי כיר וע[א]פיא
    2. ]אנס ואן לא תסאל מן כתרת אלוחשה ולא בתנטאר
    3. ]ללמכדום וללצגאר אללה תעאלא יקרב אלאגתמא[ע
    4. ]קריב גיר בעיד אנס ויא ס…

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  4. 10754LetterMoss. II,137.1

    Letter of ʿEli ha-Mumḥe (‘the Adept’) b. Abraham in Jerusalem, to Efrayim b. Shemarya in Fusṭāṭ, with the continuation and, inverted, the address on verso. …

    1. [כתאבי אלי סיידי אל]חבר אלמעולה
    2. [ ] מן אלקודס ען
    3. [חאל סלאמ]ה ושוק אליה שדיד גמע
    4. [אללה ביננא פי] אכץ אלמואצע ברחמתה:
    5. [ ] אני מא אקטע אלמסלה ען
    6. [סלאמת…

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  5. 10755LetterT-S 6J7.11

    Letter concerning business matters. In Judaeo-Arabic. Many tantalizing details, but too fragmentary to understand. Mentions: 1000 dirhams; "whatever you wish, send it and I will …

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    1. ] . . . [
    2. ]ר כמסמ[איה
    3. ] אלף דרהם ואן כתבה סירהם
    4. ] להם אלחדר אן תגו חתי תתגיר
    5. ]א גמיע מא תרידוה סירוה אביעה
    6. ] . . אנה מטלוב ערפוני אסיירה לכם
    7. ]…

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  6. 10756LetterT-S Misc.35.93

    IB ח91. Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Yosef Ibn Ghyyāth, in al-Andalus, to Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi. Dating: ca. 1138/39 CE. The letter mostly consists of …

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    1. [איש] שכל ̇ר חלפון הלוי ̇נ̇ר̇ו אוהבו הדורש שלומו
    2. יצחק ב̇ר יוסף ̇נ̇ע אבן גיאת2
    3. [...] עמדי ומן אטאל אל רבִ תעאלי בקאה פי
    4. [אעלי מראתב אלעז]3 כתבת…

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  7. 10757LetterT-S AS 167.303

    Might be a communal letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded and damaged. Mentions 'al-Shāmiyyīn' and various numbers and Sayyidnā Moshe. Could also be literary or prognostications. Needs …

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  8. 10758LetterENA 1822a.62

    Recto: Letter or letter draft. There is a poetic introduction in Hebrew, with wide space between the lines. The marginal text is Judaeo-Arabic, filled with …

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  9. 10759LetterT-S Ar.30.36

    Short note from a father to the teacher of his son. Only if the boy memorizes biblical passages which he will be able to chant …

    1. בש רח
    2. יא מן אנא עבדה קד כנת סאלתה
    3. אן יקרי אלצגיר כל גמעה אפטארה
    4. אלפראשה וגרת עאדה מתלה אן
    5. יקרו אלצביאן כל מוסם מא יצלח
    6. פי אלפורים אלמגלה וקבל אלפסח

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    In Y(our name) O Me(rciful) !  

    O you, whose servant I am, I have requested you several times to teach my little one every week the portion fro…

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  10. 10760LetterENA NS 2.21

    Letter of request for money addressed to the Qaraite community on occasion of a circumcision. (Information from Goitein's index cards). Goitein may have identified it …

    1. בר
    2. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רעה ימלטהו ייי
    3. ייי אלהי אבתיכם יוסף עליכם ככם אלף פעמים
    4. כנת קד כתבת עדה רקאע ללגמאעה ברוכים
    5. [יהיו] לשמים ערפתהם //פיהא// אח…

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  11. 10761LetterT-S NS 297.52

    Letter, probably. In Arabic script. Dating: Late, probably the 18th or 19th century. Probably originates from al-Maṭbakh al-Ḍamīrī in al-Marj. Needs examination.

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  12. 10762LetterT-S AS 147.231

    Letter to [...] al-Kohen al-Ḥaver. Only conventional content is preserved. (Information from CUDL)

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  13. 10763LetterENA 3309.12

    Copies of letter(s) in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning Abū Manṣūr al-Munajjim and al-Rayyis al-Fāḍil Abū Isḥāq and communal affairs. Dating: ca. 12th or 13th century.

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  14. 10764LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 735

    Small fragment from the beginning of a letter or official report in Arabic script: wa-yunhī baʿd [...] al-adʿiya al-ṣāliḥa wa-l-[...] lillāh taʿālā bi-[...].

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  15. 10765LetterT-S NS J36

    Petition from Ḍiyāʾ bt. Yūsuf al-Qamrī (or possibly "bayt Yūsuf al-Qamrī" = his wife) to her relative Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn al-Firnās (=ʿEli b. Yaḥyā ha-Kohen). …

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    1. בשמ' רחמ'
    2. כתאבי אליך יא סידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
    3. תאידך וסעאדתך וסלאמתך ונעמתך וכאן לך
    4. וליא וחאפצא ונאצרא אנה ולי דלך ואלקאצר עליה
    5. ואלד…

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  16. 10766LetterENA NS I.3

    Letter from a woman to Sitt [Qa]ḍīb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions items like the robes (shuqāq?) and the blankets (al-mulayḥifāt). Regards to Sutayt, the elder Abū …

    1. . . .
    2. ]א ללאימאן אל
    3. ]עלי ולד . ויתקל
    4. ] אלגויים ואל . . .
    5. וא [. . . . . . . .]לת ואכדתהא מעי
    6. . . . . . . . . . . .] . ב . . . . . . . . . .
    7. וגדת . . …

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  17. 10767LetterHalper 401

    Letter from David b. Shekhanya to David b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi, an elder of the Qaraites in Fustat and a protector of the Jews in the …

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  18. 10768LetterT-S 6J2.30

    Letter from Yeḥezqel, unknown location, to Avraham ha-Melammed, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks the addressee to find out from Abū l-Bahā' if …

    1. ב
    2. חצרה אלשיך אלאגל אלתלמיד אלגליל ר אברהם המלמד החכ[ם
    3. והנבון שצ מכצוצה באגל סלאם מן כאדמהא אלדאעי להא
    4. יחזקאל וינהי אלי גלאלהא אנה כאן סאל תפצלהא פי …

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  19. 10769LetterT-S 6J4.28

    Letter from the nephew of a Ḥaver (whose eldest son is Abū l-Maʿānī), mentioning the 13th-century judge Anatoli. (Information from CUDL.) The sender might be …

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    1. . . .
    2. אכי פי הדא אלמעני חתי לם יפצלה
    3. בינכם באיש נגאובה גלבת פי קצתנא
    4. נקול לה כדלך פחלף לה באלחראם
    5. אני מא נבכל עליך לי במשיי ולא
    6. באלכלאם פלם י…

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  20. 10770LetterENA 2742.2

    Letter from Wafāʾ b. Abū l-Faraj to a dignitary. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Consists entirely of poetic expressions of longing and honor. On verso: "The …

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  21. 10771LetterT-S NS 323.31 + T-S 12.532

    Two fragments from an 11th-century Hebrew letter from Spain. Requesting financial support for a convert who suffered at the hands of Christians, lost her husband, …

    1. [באתה] אלינו אנ[שי... | ... ]ה שתי ש[...

    2. [קרו]בתה כסבורה ש[.... | ... אחר] שנהרג בעלה [...

    3. [ל]ה בכפר נאג'רה על מה [ ... | ... וסיפר] לנו כל…

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  22. 10772LetterT-S AS 142.55 + T-S AS 203.161

    A damaged letter from a merchant. 16th century. A sale of wheat and cheese is mentioned, and few names such as PYMH פיימה, David Shamno, …

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  23. 10773LetterCUL Or.1081 J72

    Late and unusual letter in Judaeo-Arabic to the writer's brother Faraj Allāh. The writer opens with greetings to a large number of family members and …

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  24. 10774LetterT-S 10J10.15

    IB III, 29. Letter written by the India trader Avraham Ibn Yiju after his arrival in Aden, to his brothers and sisters in al-Mahdiyya or …

    III, 29

    1. [... אלדי] אעלמך בה יאכי אנני מא אדרי מא אכתב בה [אליך]
    2. מן כתרת אל שוק ועצמה אל תוק פאסאל אללה פי קרב אל אגתמאע בכם עלי אפצל אחואל
    3. אלדי נעלמ…

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    1. {Add: [This] is to inform you} my brother, {add: that} I do not know what to write;
    2. so strong is my longing and so ardent my yearning. I ask G…

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  25. 10775LetterT-S AS 145.368 + T-S AS 145.369

    Letter in the handwriting of Yefet b. David. In Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to "the Raʾīs." Dated: 13 Adar I (no year). He says that "we attended …

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  26. 10776LetterT-S NS J248

    Letter from Abū l-Faraj to R. Eliyya or to [...] b. R. Eliyya. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer is distressed. He had sent a letter with …

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  27. 10777LetterT-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. 10778LetterCUL Or.1080 15.18

    Letter in a Romance language, perhaps Spanish, signed in Hebrew: Yehuda Maḥriẓ (? יהודה מחריץ). An alternate reading for the surname is "Madin / מאדין".

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  29. 10779LetterT-S Ar.39.419

    Recto: Business letter in Arabic script. Mentioning various small transactions and giving instructions. Verso: Barely legible Hebrew text

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  30. 10780LetterT-S 10J14.9

    Letter consisting of a long list of Ḥanukka greetings and well-wishes to dozens of people, including Abū l-Riḍā and his siblings, the recipient’s mother, the …

    1. ] . . עלי כאלתך כתיר [
    2. ]ף נעמה לם יעוזה סוי אלנצר אליכם ו . [
    3. כביר וצגיר ואבו אלרצא ואכוה ואכותה כתירין
    4. אלשוק אליכם ומסתוחשין מן כבירכם וצגירכם
    5. וכאל…

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  31. 10781LetterT-S AS 152.217

    Letter from ʿAmram ha-Mumḥe b. Ḥalfon ha-Ḥaver, who signs his name in the margin. In Hebrew. ʿAmram's son Moshe wrote T-S 16.252. Dating: probably 11th …

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  32. 10782LetterT-S AS 148.30

    Informal business note addressed to Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 11th century. The sender is on board a boat and fears that it …

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  33. 10783LetterT-S AS 152.25

    Fragment from a commercial letter, mentioning that a letter from Abū l-Ḥusayn has arrived, and invoking the ʿaṣabiyya of the addressee to ask him to …

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  34. 10784LetterT-S 8J38.6

    Letter to Yefet b. Sason (aka Ḥasan b. Surūr) who is described as 'the Modest' (הצנוע). Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic, with the introductory blessings in Hebrew …

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    1. ויהי משגב לדך משגב לעתות בצרה
    2. ברכה עודפת וטובה נודפת ו . . . . ה מוק[פת] ו . . . . . מו . . . . .
    3. ורפואה מושקפת וחנינה מרחפת וחמלה מרופפת ורוח…

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  35. 10785LetterT-S 8J18.19

    Letter from a widow, with one orphaned daughter and whose house had collapsed, petitioning a high-ranking official in the community for assistance. The woman employs …

    1. עבדתה אלדאעיה לה
    2. יתימה בן אלעאבד נע
    3. בשמך
    4. אעלם חצרה מולאי אלריס אלאגל אדאם אללה תאיידה
    5. אן קד וקעת אלדאר אלדי כנת אנא ואליתימה נתאוא פיהא
    6. וקד בקינא חא…

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    1. Your slave who prays for you 
    2. The orphan girl, son [sic] of al-ʿĀbid, (who) r(ests in) E(den) 
    3. In your name, O Lord 
    4. I inform my master the mo…

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  36. 10786LetterT-S 8.30

    Letter fragment in the hand of Peraḥya b. Yosef Yiju addressed to Avraham b. Aharon ha-Kohen, with greetings to sons Abū ʿAlī and Abū l-Surūr. …

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  37. 10787LetterAIU XII.117

    Recto: Letter/petition, or letter in the style of a brief petition, from "your student Bū l-Majd" to a high-ranking physician. In Arabic script. Dating: Probably …

    1. الحكيمي

    2. بو المجد تلميذه

    3. المملوك يجدد الخدمة الكريمة المولوية المالكية

    4. الحكيمية ويسأل اجابة حضوره فان

    5. المملوك حصل له الم في رجله وباب العمار…

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  38. 10788LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1860/2a

    Letter of appeal for charity/assistance. In Judaeo-Arabic. Eloquent, sometimes rhyming. Appeals to ʿaṣabiyya, as a preface to asking for help (אלחצרה אלסאמיה . . . …

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  39. 10789LetterT-S NS J253

    Informal note from Shemuel urgently requesting that the addressee send him with the bearer "two and a half" of the item that Barakāt had given …

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  40. 10790LetterT-S NS 320.66

    Marriage-related document, possibly a ketubba,, based on the reference to החתן הנחמד in the last line. But only a thin vertical strip from the right …

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  41. 10791LetterT-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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  42. 10792LetterJTS Schechter 4

    Letter from Eliyyahu ha-Kohen “Beit Din” b. Avraham from al-Raqqah to Ya’aqov he-Ḥaver b. Yosef, Aleppo, ca. 1030. The writer thanks the addressee for taking …

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    1. א'ה'ב'ת' צ'ד'ק' ו'ת'ש'נ'א ר'ש'ע' ע'ל' כ'ן' מ'ש'ח'ך א'ל'י'ם' א'ל'ה'י'ך' ש'מ'ן' ש'ש'ו'ן מ'ח'ב'ר'י'ך'
    2. א'ל' י'שיש ה'חכמה בנועם תלמודו וטיהור ניבו…

    You love justice and detest iniquity, therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy, preferring you to your companions (Psalms 45:8).

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  43. 10793LetterENA 2461.15

    Multi-fragment shelfmark with two documents. The upper fragment is from a letter to a Nasi, opening with the formula: אלממלוך יקבל ידי סידנא הנשיא. MCD.

    1. ב
    2. אלממלוך יקבל ידי סידנא הנשיא
    3. הגדול ירום הודו ויסאלה קבול
    4. עדרה ויחמל ענה אמר אלשהאדה
    5. פאלמולא תוגנא אללה בבקאה
    6. אכבר באלוקת ושלומו יגדל
    1. In [your name, o Merciful]
    2. The slave kisses the hands of our master the great
    3. Nasi - may his glory be lofty - and asks him to accept
    4. his apology and…

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  44. 10794LetterT-S AS 10.24

    Possibly part of a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  45. 10795LetterT-S NS 321.21b

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge. The sender complains that people are “opposing me by submitting responsa to the head of the …

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  46. 10796LetterENA 2808.40a

    Letter in Hebrew. Regarding debts and rent of houses.

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  47. 10797LetterT-S AS 177.100

    Family letter probably addressed to a woman ("... wa-lā tajlisī..."). The sender apparently wouldn't have traveled if (s)he had known something (...fa-mā kuntu sāfartu wa-lā …

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  48. 10798LetterT-S 18J4.18

    IB III, 12. Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq in Aden to Avraham Ibn Yiju in India, probably from 1146. Corrected copy of IB III,13-14 (T-S …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. וצל כתאב חצרה אלשיך אלאגל מולאי אטאל אללה בקאהא
    3. ואדאם עזהא ועלאהא ורפעתהא וסנאהא ועלוהא וארתקאהא
    4. ולא עטל מן גמיע אלכיראת סאחתהא ופנאהא…

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    1. In Your name, O Merciful.
    2. The letter of his excellency, the most illustrious Sheikh, my lord, has arrived—may God protect your life
    3. and make p…

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  49. 10799LetterT-S 20.138

    Verso: Another letter in a different hand, from a husband to his wife. He encourages her to send their two sons to school in the …

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    1. אלתורה יתו[
    2. לכיר מתל [
    3. הדא אלדי כ[
    4. ורד אללה עאקבתהם [. . . . . .] נחן
    5. מא נחן מכדומין ענד אלנאס אלא בסבב
    6. אלעלם ובמא תבת פי אדהאננא פי חאל
    7. צגרנא…

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  50. 10800LetterT-S AS 200.327

    Small fragment, possibly from a letter. Legible phrases: אלחכים שצ . . . [.]אלע פיהא פי כל וקת . . . .

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