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  1. 301LetterT-S 10J9.33

    Letter in the hand of Avraham b. Natan, probably addressed to Mevorakh b. Saʿadya with blessings for his son Moshe. Explaining the circumstances surrounding the …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. צבח אללה אדוננו באסעד צבאח ויגיעו שנים רבות ויראהו תורת רבנא משה
    3. וחופתו ויעשה לו נס כשם שעשה לאבותנו אתצל בי עתב חצרתהא פי
    4. מעני אלד[ינא]ר לא…

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  2. 302LetterL-G Misc. 101 + ENA 4011.75 + L-G Misc. 11 + Bodl. MS heb. e 100/55

    Letter from Shemuel b. Eli Gaʾon in Baghdad to an unknown person. In the hand of his disciple Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder of Irbīl. …

    ENA 4011.75 Recto

    1. שמואל הלוי ראש הישיבה של גולה
    2. [ביר'] עלי [ר]אש הישיבה של גולה ז'צ'ל'
    3. אחינו אהובינו יקירינו בעלי בריתינו עדת הקדש שומרי משמרת
    4. התורה…

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  3. 303LetterT-S NS 99.43

    Fragment of a letter. 6 lines in Hebrew with praises for an important person (including that God make his enemies drink poison), then 1 line …

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  4. 304LetterENA 4010.15

    Letter from Ṣadoq b. Av ha-Kohen, either in Ramla or Jerusalem, to [...] ha-Reviʿi. Mainly in Hebrew. About the oppressive measures of the local government …

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  5. 305LetterENA 2727.6c

    Letter fragment from [...] b. Mūsā to sent to Abū l-Ḥasan Ṣedaqa b. Nissim. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Might be the same addressee as …

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  6. 306LetterT-S NS 99.16

    Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter mentioning a letter that the writer had sent to Alexandria and someone or something that arrived in al-Mahdiyya. Also mentioning …

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  7. 307LetterT-S AS 200.173

    Bifolio containing draft(s) of letter(s) in Judaeo-Arabic and some Arabic script. Late.

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  8. 308LetterIOM D 55.3

    Letter addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions business in fava beans, vetch, cucumbers, and wheat. Mentions Bilbays. Mentions people such as David ha-Dayyan, …

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  9. 309LetterENA NS 77.103

    Small fragment from the bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Hand of Yefet b. Menashshe? Very little of the substance is preserved.

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  10. 310LetterT-S 13J29.10

    Letter from Mūsā b. Iṣḥaq b. Nissim al-ʿĀbid (al-Mahdiya) to Avraham b. Daʾūd al-Raḥbī (Fustat), ca. 1030. The writer supplies goods from the Maghreb, including …

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    1.                                       בסם אללה אלרחמן אלרחים
    2. אטאל אללה יאכ'י וסידי ואלעזיז עלי בקאך ואעזך ואכרמך ואידך ואסעדך וכאן לך ומער
    3. ולי…

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  11. 311LetterT-S AS 155.263

    Letter; on verso, probably continuation of of the letter, with quotations from 1 Shemuʾel 25:6; 1 Chronicles 12:19. (Information from CUDL)

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  12. 312LetterT-S 13J22.5

    Letter of holiday greetings from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his paternal aunt. 13th century. (Information from CUDL)

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    1. ולדהא אבו אלברכאת בן אלרייס
    2. אהני אלסת אלגלילה אלואלדה אלאצילה אלכרימה
    3. אלנבילה עמתי אלעזיזה עלי וענדי אטאל אללה
    4. בקאהא ואדאם עזהה ונעמאהא ומן חס…

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  13. 313LetterT-S Ar.18(1).113

    Letter from Berakhot b. Shemarya, in Damietta, to his parents or at least elder relatives or in-laws (ואלדיה). The address is made out to his …

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  14. 314LetterMoss. IV,53.3

    Letter fragment (lower right corner). In Judaeo-Arabic. The scribe has large lameds. Mentions lamps (qanādīl), the phrase "wa-anta ʿalā ʿayn [mā tarā]" (cf. T-S 10J20.12), …

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  15. 315LetterENA NS 78.6

    Small fragment of a letter in Hebrew. There is a poetic introduction with praises. In the margin refers to "his son my master the Rav" …

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  16. 316LetterT-S AS 176.256

    Commercial letter. In Arabic script. The sender mentions various things he has sent. He may refer to unrest in Ramla (al-ʿajjāj bi-l-Ramla). He has also …

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  17. 317LetterBodl. MS Heb. d.74/30 + T-S 13K2.5

    Collection of letters relating to the calendar controversy of 921–22. This is part of what Sacha Stern (2020) calls the Letters Miscellany: Letter 4 of …

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  18. 318LetterT-S AS 201.111

    Postcard in Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. The printed template is headed "Union Postale Universelle Egypte Carte Postale اتحاد الپوسته العام مصر تذکره …

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  19. 319LetterT-S AS 152.360

    Recto: Letter in Hebrew. Dating: early 13th century, based on the mention of the Judge Anaṭoli in the penultimate line. The sender is apparently a …

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    1. לה [ ]ר למה הינח?[ ]ישר[ ]

    2. והלכ[ה] אחרי אלי נכר ענתה ואמרה

    3. לי גרם המזלי הביאני עד הנה

    4. ואני אמרתי לה תחזור לייחוד השם

    5. אמרה לי וא…

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  20. 320LetterENA 2735.4

    Letter apparently sent to Qayrawan. Hemdat ha-Yeshiva is mentioned. Handwriting of Efrayim b. Shemarya? There is an "al-Ghazzī" in the address.

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  21. 321LetterT-S 13J18.6

    Letter from Toviyya ha-Kohen b. Eli ha-Kohen ha-Me'ulle to his brother-in-law, the judge Natan ha-Kohen he-haver ha-Me'ulle b. Shelomo ha-Kohen he-Hasid, regarding various errands concerning …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. וצל כתאב הדרת כגק מרנו ורבנו נתן
    3. הכהן החבר המעולה ישמרו שומר ישראל
    4. ויעזרו וקראתה ופהמת מצמונה וסררת
    5. בסלאמתכם אללה ידימהא ואשתהי מן
    6. תפצלהא אן…

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  22. 322LetterT-S NS 320.113

    Letter addressed to a dignitary named Yefet. Opens with Hebrew praises and wishes for a speedy recovery, then switches into Arabic (in Arabic script) for …

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  23. 323LetterBodl. MS heb. c 64/11

    Letter in Hebrew dated 1781/82 CE (542 = מבשר) from the Jewish community of Jerusalem to the Jewish community of Pisa begging for financial aid. …

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  24. 324LetterENA 2727.7b

    India Book III,10a: Letter (top fragment only) from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq to Avraham b. Yiju. Salutation to Avraham b. Yiju and acknowledgment of receipt of …

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    1. והיה שדי בצריך וכסף תועפות לך
    2. והיה ראשיתך מצער ואחריתך תשגה מאד
    3. והיה זרעך כעשב הארך (!) ופרצתה (!) ימה וקדמה וגֹ
    4. לִיִקִרִ אִדִוִני ואור עיני מ…

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  25. 325LetterT-S NS 324.133

    Letter written in a mixture of Judaeo-Persian and Arabic in Arabic script. Only partly legible. The fragment is labeled "L8" in Shaul Shaked's (unpublished) classification …

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  26. 326LetterT-S 8J23.3

    Left side of a letter of appeal for charity, from Shaul ha-Levi. What is preserved seems to contain learned discussion of charity. (Information from Goitein's …

    1. ] ונעמתה אלקאיל בפצלה אעזה אללה ואטאל בקאה
    2. שאול הלוי
    3. ]. . . ומן אטאל אללה בקאה ודאם עזה
    4. ].ק. . . . . . . ואלעלא וגעלך סבבא אלי
    5. ]. לקצר לסאני וצל אלי…

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  27. 327LetterT-S AS 154.205

    Probably part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, in a rudimentary hand. Mentioning the synagogue, ‘the house of my sister’, ‘at my brother’s,' al-Maḥalla, and a …

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  28. 328LetterT-S AS 148.94

    End of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The letter was written on the sender's behalf by the scribe Yūsuf. Mentions al-Quḍāʿī ('the healer of stomach trouble') …

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    1. ואכוה וען אל[
    2. ותערפה סואלי ענה [
    3. אלקצאעי וסידהם מתגה [
    4. פתוציה באן יחמלהם מא נבכל(?) .
    5. ולא תק[ט]ע כתבך ענא קראת ע[ליך אלסלאם ועלי מן תחוטה
    6. ענא…

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  29. 329LetterENA NS I.49

    Letter addressed to Sason b. Ḥayyim Ibn Sabra. In Judaeo-Arabic. With a rudimentary hand and spellings. Mentions Ibn Ṭayyib al-Zabībī, going to Tyre, selling wheat, …

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  30. 330LetterT-S 8J29.3

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Between judges or communal leaders, dealing with at least two ongoing legal cases. The first concerns a lawsuit between al-ʿAmmānī and …

    1. ]בה אלי ענדנא כיף לא תוב(?) . פ . . . . [ . . . . . . . .
    2. תעצב ללעמאני וגאב לה עדים . . אני(?) כתבו אן אלמאל
    3. אלדי ללעמאני אלדי ביד אברהים אלזנד אנה …

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  31. 331LetterT-S 10J8.2

    Letter in which Shelomo b. Eliyyahu asks his teacher, the judge R. Hananel, to inform his father Eliyyahu that he is very ill, suffering from …

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    1. אבי אבי רכב ישראל ופרשיו
    2. עבדו בן מודה חסדו שלמה ביר אליה הדיין סט
    3. אלממלוך אלאצגר יקבל אלארץ טאיעא ללה תע
    4. אלמגלס אלסאמי אלאגלי אלמולוי אלאכמלי…

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  32. 332LetterT-S NS J603

    Letter addressed to "the two congregations." In Hebrew (for the introduction) and Judaeo-Arabic (for the body). Moderately wide space between the lines. Almost all of …

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  33. 333LetterMoss. IV,89

    Letter from a perfumer, submitting an account to the addressee. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably late 12th or early 13th century. Numbers are given in Greek/Coptic …

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  34. 334LetterT-S AS 200.447

    Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic petition, with the tarjama in Arabic script (only the word ʿabd is preserved). Of the petition itself only the middle …

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  35. 335LetterT-S 10J15.2

    India Book (IB) IV,46 (ח49). Letter from a member of the Ibn Muhājir family, probably in Seville, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. …

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    1. אלחכם אלאגל אלרייס אלאכמל ר' חלפון אטאל אללה בקאה נאשר מעאליה אלשיק אליה אבן מהאג'ר
    2. יאמולאי וסידי ועמאדי וסנדי ומן אטאל אללה בקאה ווצל ג'בטתה

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    1. (אל) החכם המפואר ביותר הראש המושלם ביותר ר' חלפון יאריך ה' את חייו. (מאת) המפרסם את מעלותיו, המתגעגע עליו, אבן מהאג'ר.
    2. אדוני ומרי וסומכי ומשענ…

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  36. 336LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/29

    Detailed but incomplete letter to an army doctor, possibly from his son-in-law, end of the 11th century. Contains many details about accounts, selling of books, …

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  37. 337LetterMoss. VII,180

    Letter of appeal for charity. Addressed to someone titled al-Amīniyya. Probably from a cantor, although theoretically al-Ḥazzān could be part of the addressee's name. In …

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  38. 338LetterT-S AS 57.226

    Text is too damaged to identify, possibly a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  39. 339LetterAIU XII.27

    Either letter or state document in calligraphic Arabic script with wide space between the lines.

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  40. 340LetterT-S 13J7.21

    Verso: Petition or letter in Arabic script. Lower left corner. Describing a dispute and ending with a a raʾy clause. Needs further examination.

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  41. 341LetterENA 3935.13 + ENA 3935.14

    Right fragment: Letter fragment in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  42. 342LetterT-S 20.84

    Letter from one community to another (possibly from Byzantium to Egypt). On parchment. In Hebrew. Large but extremely faded. Appealing for assistance on behalf of …

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  43. 343LetterT-S Ar.30.53

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Reporting on Abū ʿImrān b. Abū l-[...] who stole six good orange trees (uṣūl nāranj min khiyār al-uṣūl) from a ruined …

    1. . .] מן בעדך ודאך אן למא כאן [בעד
    2. כרוגך מצא אבו עמראן בן אבו אל[. .
    3. אלי דוירה כראב וקלע מנהא סתה
    4. אצול ואכרג מן כיאר אלאצול
    5. ואכרב אלדוירה ואנשאהם פי …

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  44. 344LetterT-S 8J38.2

    Letter fragment to a brother conveying good wishes. The addressee is apparently an accomplished cantor and had studied with a notable and "his brother the …

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    1. . . . ] פי . . . . .ן [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. שבח מא נאלוה אחד קבלך ולא ינאלוה
    3. אחד בעדך מן שכרה לך וקולה אנך קראת
    4. עליה ועלי אכיה…

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  45. 345LetterT-S 8J39.12

    Letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon, from Tinnis, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Ca. 1055 (Gil). Regarding a shipment of textiles that Nissim b. Ḥalfon had …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומו[לאי אטאל אללה בקאך ו]אדאם עזך ותאידך ונעמתך מן תניס לגי

    2. בקין מן אב ען סלאמה ונעמה ואלחמד ללה חק חמדה אעלמך יאסידי אן וצל כ…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת חסדו לך, מתניס, בי"ח
    2. באב, שלומי טוב ואני מאושר, תודה לאל…

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  46. 346LetterHalper 408

    Letter from Yehuda Rozanes(?), unknown location, to Yosef Amarillio, in Salonica. In Hebrew (first two lines) and Ladino (remainder). Dating: Probably prior to 1485 CE. …

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  47. 347LetterT-S AS 184.321

    List of materia medica in Arabic script, containing simples such as endive, Armenian bole, and red arsenic (realgar) and yellow arsenic, probably part of a …

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  48. 348LetterT-S AS 167.195

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Torn and damaged. Recto is difficult to read, while verso contains mostly greetings. Mentions people such …

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  49. 349LetterCUL Or.1080 J143

    Letter in Arabic script. Possibly from a mother to a son. Handwriting and spelling are dreadful. There are many greetings as well as instructions about …

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  50. 350LetterCUL Or.1080 J40

    Petition from the daughter of Hilāl 'Shaykh al-Yahūd' of Ashqelon to Yaḥyā ha-Sar. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38 CE). Gil identifies the …

    ULC Or 1080 J 40, ed. Gil, Palestine, pp.508-509 (Doc. #597), C.B. 10-13-87 (p)Letter of a woman from Ascalon to the dayyan Hiyya b. Isaac,approximat…

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