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  1. 1Literary textAIU V.B.50

    Copies of letters, perhaps. Catalogued as pertaining to Maimonides and R. Ḥisday. Needs examination.

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  2. 2LetterBL OR 5533.1

    Recto: Circular letter in the name of Moshe Maimonides to the congregations in Egypt (ca. 1168–1204 CE). The recto preserves only an eloquent introduction. Verso …

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  3. 3LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/66

    Letter from al-Fayyumi b. Saadia, probably addressed to Moses Maimonides.

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . זבחים כחרו. . . . . . . . .
    3. . . . ומ[ל]א אוכל טוב כר…

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  4. 4Legal documentENA NS 20.2

    Notes from a lesson given by Maimonides. There is a fingerprint. See analysis and edition in Friedman, "Notes by a Disciple in Maimonides' Academy Pertaining …

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  5. 5Literary textENA NS 33.7

    Praise poem for Maimonides (FGP)

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  6. 6LetterMS 8254, fol. 14

    Letter by Moshe Maimonides. A copy. Following the responsum, there is a copy of Maimonides' letter to Pineḥas ha-Dayyan of Alexandria. (Information from Amir Ashur …

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  7. 7LetterT-S 10K8.14

    Letter to Moshe b. Maimon (Maimonides) from an unnamed friend. Includes poetic verses by Yehudah haLevi. (Identification and information from Joel Kraemer, "Six Unpublished Maimonides …

    1. בשמ רחמ שלום רב לאוהבי [תור]תיך
    2. ואין למו מכשול
    3. גיר כאף ען הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת מרנו
    4. ורבינו אור עינינו נשף חשקינו צניף ראשנו
    5. ותפארתנו יחיד דורנו אדו…
    1. In your name, O merciful one. Those who love your teaching enjoy well-being; 
    2. they encounter no adversity. 
    3. His eminent dignity — diadem of glory, o…

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  8. 8LetterT-S 12.822

    Incomplete letter to Moses Maimonides congratulating him on becoming the Head of the Jews of Egypt. Maimonides held this post briefly in the early 1170s …

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    1. ]ל כבוד גד קד הדרת יקר צפי תפא מרינו ורבינו
    2. ]ינו וקדושינו גאון מקדשינו זוהר שמשינו עטרת ראשינו
    3. מחמד נפשינו רבכינו ופרשינו רוח אפינו ואור עפעפ…

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  9. 9LetterT-S NS J477

    Letter in the hand of Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu probably addressed to Moshe Maimonides (active ca. 1168–1204 CE), based on the importance of the addressee and …

    1. למעלה למעלה ויזכהו לראות חמודו
    2. רבנו אברהם יושב על כסאו בחייו יקיים
    3. על הדרתה קרא הכת תחת אבותי
    4. ינהי אלי מושב יירומם אן ורד עליה אמרהא
    5. אלמטאע עלי יד א…

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  10. 10Literary textYevr. II A 300

    Documentary per FGP, but all fragments look literary. Mainly Maimonides, plus a Qaraite siddur.

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  11. 11Literary textYevr. II A 313

    Documentary per FGP, but all fragments look literary. There are dozens of sub-shelfmarks, some Maimonides, ha-Rif and Rashi

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  12. 12LetterAIU V.B.48

    Letter from Netanel b. Ḥalfon to Moshe Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1 Nisan 1485 Seleucid, which is 1174 CE. Describing the plight of the bearer …

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  13. 13Legal query or responsumBodl. MS heb. b 11/14

    Middle fragment: Legal query addressed "our master Moshe," possibly Maimonides (d. 1204). "To have traveled widely was a title of pride. No wonder that some …

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    1. ומא תקול הדרת אדונינו משה יחי לעד
    2. פי מן יטלע יקרא פי ספר תורה ויב/א/רך
    3. הגומל ומא סאפר למכאן הל הדה
    4. אלברכה להבטלה אם לא יפתינא רבנו
    5.  …

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  14. 14LetterCUL Or.1080 J33

    Letter sent by the cantor Sheerith to Maimonides, in which the writer excuses himself for being unable to do a certain service for the recipient, …

    1. ממלוך חצרתה
    2. שארית החזן
    3. הדרת מר ור השר הרופא החכם והנבון
    4. משה שצ
    5. ממלוכהא שארית יקבל קדמיהא
    6. חרס אללה מעאליהא אן בעד חצורי
    7. בין ידיך ותקרר אלחאל אלדי תעל…

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    1. The servant of his honor
    2. She’erit the cantor
    3. To his honor, our master and teacher, the prince, the wise and discerning physician, 
    4. Moses, may …

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  15. 15Literary textMIAC 236

    Diagram of the structure of Rambam's commentaries on the Talmud's "Tractate Middot" – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 236) …

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  16. 16Legal documentMoss. I,115.1

    Recto: autograph medical recipe in the hand of Moses Maimonides, prescribing an emetic and other drugs. The ingredients used include sticky sugar, lemon juice, oxymel, …

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    1. סכר אוקיה גרוי תחל במא חאר
    2. ויעצר עליהמא מא לימונתין וישרב
    3. פאתרא לל̈קי ובעד אלקי בסאעה
    4. ילע̈ק אוקיתין שראב לימוא וסכנגבין
    5. ענצלי מפתרה בנאר לינה…

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    1. One ounce of sticky sugar melted in hot water.
    2. He should squeeze juice from two lemons onto it and drink
    3. it lukewarm in order to vomit. One ho…

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  17. 17LetterMoss. IV,13

    Verso: Autograph note from Moshe Maimonides to al-Shaykh al-Wathīq. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on the years when Maimonides was active in Egypt. …

    1. תדכל חצרה אלשיך אלותיק שצ
    2. ליקע אלאגתמאע בהא אדא
    3. פי יום אלסבת במחצר אלשיוך
    4. ויקרר מא ינעמל ושלומה
    5. ירבה ואמא רקעתהא
    6. פמא וצלת אלא מבלולה
    7. בללא לא ימכן מע…
    1. Would the Shaykh al-Watīq, may God preserve him, enter (the town)
    2. so that the meeting may be convened with him
    3. on the Sabbath in the presence of the…

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  18. 18Legal documentMS 8254, fol. 15

    Legal document. Dated: Av 4959 AM, which is 1199 CE. Location: Probably Alexandria, where legal documents in this period tend to be dated according to …

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  19. 19LetterT-S 8J14.18

    Letter from a member of the nasi family of Mosul addressed to Shelomo b. Yishay. Dating: the events described in the letter likely took place …

    1. פצל
    2. וכאן אלפכר שצ מענא למא
    3. רחנא אלי ר משה וקעד הו
    4. עלי באב אלדאר וגזנא אנא
    5. ואלגלאל ובסתו ידה אלשריפה
    6. ולקאנא במלקא טיב גדא
    7. וקאל אטלע אגלס ר טוק
    8. ואומא …

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    1. [Section:]
    2. Al-Fakhr, may God protect him, went with us when
    3. we set out for Rabbi Moshe's [house] but he [preferred] for his part to remain
    4. at …

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  20. 20Legal documentT-S 10K15.1

    Maimonides' decree on menstrual purity. Dated 1487 Seleucid = 1175/76 CE. See Eve Krakowski, "Maimonides' Menstrual Reform in Egypt," JQR (2020), 245–89.

    Build up, build up, clear the way! Remove a stumbling block from my people’s way.

    We, the scholars living in Egypt at this time, say: When we were …

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  21. 21Legal query or responsumT-S 12.204

    Avraham Maimonides (in office as head of the Jews 1205-1237) is asked about the procedure in which a party appears in court together with an …

    1. מא תקול הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת מרי ורבי אברהם השר הגדול
    2. בישראל ישמריהו האל פי רגל קטיע קציר אלחגה אוהב לשכץ
    3. מן מלכה גז מתנה גמורה ואגבה וכלה עלי גמיע…

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  22. 22LetterT-S 12.238

    The opening of a circular letter for "all the cities of the Rīf" in the name of Moses Maimonides. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on …

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  23. 23LetterT-S 12.825

    Recto: Letter from Moshe b. Ḥalfon b. Y[...], probably in Yemen, to a judge (who had a son named Netanel), probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. …

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  24. 24List or tableT-S 16.291

    Verso: Medical prescription (nuskha lil-khayālāt) containing twelve ingredients, along with a record of four donations received in a pesiqa dated 1225/26 CE (1537 Seleucid). ASE.

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    1. נסכה ללכיאלאת
    2. הנדי אמלג כזברה לסאן תור זהר בנפסג
    3.    י        י       ה             ה              ה
    4. אצטוכודוס אפתימון בסבאיג בור שאהתרג
    5.    ד  …

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  25. 25LetterT-S 16.291

    Recto: Letter by Meʾir Ibn al-Hamadāni to Moshe Maimonides. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1168–1204 CE, based on the period of Maimonides' activity in Egypt. …

    1. צעיר עבדי אדוני
    2. מאיר בן אלחמדאני
    3. וענוים ירשו ארץ והתענגו על רוב שלום
    4. שמר תם וראה ישר כי אחרית לאיש שלום
    5. אשמעה מה ידבר האל ייי כי ידבר שלום
    6. ישא ייי פ…
    1. The least of the servants of my lord,
    2. Meir b. al-Hamadhānī
    3. “But the lowly shall inherit the land and delight in abundant well-being.” [Psalms 37:11]

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  26. 26LetterT-S Ar.30.286

    Autograph letter from Maimonides to his pupil Ṭoviyya. The letter consists entirely of a detailed prescription of a regimen (tadbīr). Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based …

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  27. 27LetterT-S AS 149.89

    Autograph letter from Maimonides to a judge. Dating: ca. 1168–1204, based on the years when Maimonides was active in Egypt. The addressee is asked to …

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  28. 28LetterT-S AS 149.106

    Opening of a faded letter written (and signed) by Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE), addressed to the the Great Dayyan [...] b. Yosef - probably …

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  29. 29Literary textT-S AS 201.107

    Maimonides autograph of his commentary on the Mishna (Kelim 8:9). (Information in part from FGP.)

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  30. 30Legal query or responsumT-S AS 221.306

    Responsum in the hand of Maimonides, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on Maimonides' years of activity in Egypt. The primary text, from a …

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    1. עליה ובדר מנה עליהִ וִעלי ואלדִה

    2. אלמתופא בלשון קללהִ [יורינו] רבינו

    3. מא ילזמה חק עלי תגריחה (?) בלשון

    4. הרע ושכרו כפול מן השמים

    5. אל…

    1. […] against him and in his anger he assailed him and his late father
    2. with a curse. [Instruct us,] our master,
    3. to what penalty is he liable for havin…

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  31. 31LetterT-S AS 223.276

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably from the circle of Avraham Maimonides or the pietists who came after him, and referring to (Moshe) Maimonides, peace be …

    1. ] יפעל . . . . [
    2. ] אלפיץ אלאלאהי אלדי אודע ענדי ס[יידי
    3. אל . . . יעמל בהא ואן סיידי עלם סאיר [
    4. ירא שמים ואלממ ינקלהא ען אל . . [
    5. נקלתהא אבאי אלדי ערפ…

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  32. 32Literary textT-S Misc.25.24

    Recto is a draft of a poem in praise of Moses Maimonides by Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi.

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  33. 33LetterT-S Misc.28.98

    Letter fragment addressed to Maimonides. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on the years when he was active in Egypt. There is a lengthy introduction, and …

    verso

    1. ממלוך הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת הוד ועטרת
    2. וצניף כותרת מרנו ורבנו משה הרב ה[גדול]
    3. הפטיש החזק ה[...]ו שמים יאריך אלהינו
    4. ימיו בטוב ושנותיו בנעימים בז…

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    1. The slave of the excellent, honourable, precious, diadem of glory,
    2. the crowning turban, our master and our teacher Moses the Great Rav,
    3. the st…

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  34. 34LetterT-S NS 99.41

    Copy of Maimonides' letter to Yosef b. Yehuda which comprises the introduction to the Guide for the Perplexed. In the hand of Shelomo b. Shemuel …

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  35. 35Legal documentT-S NS 169.38

    Codification of Jewish law, by the hand of Joseph Rosh Ha-Seder, mentioned by Scheiber and Abramson. Also a responsum by Maimonides to Efraim from Tyre …

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  36. 36LetterBL OR 5566B.26

    Letter from a judge to Avraham Maimonides, reporting about a case that came before him in Adar I 1529 Seleucid (which is 1218 CE). About …

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  37. 37Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 3/6

    Deed in which Abū Isḥāq Abzārī gives the Nagid Avraham Maimonides the right to buy back the burj, a tower in the ancient Byzantine fortress …

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  38. 38LetterCUL Add.3415

    Letter from the tailor Yaʿaqov b. Ṭahor to Yehuda al-Ḥalabī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 24 Elul (4800 +) 197 AM = 4997 AM, which is 1237 …

    1. בש רח אלממלוך יעקב בר טהור סט
    2. יקבל אלארץ בין ידי סידנא כגק מר ור יהודה
    3. השר הנכבד הח והנ אדאם אללה סעאדתה ובלגה
    4. מקצודה ואראדתה ואכאר לה דניאה ואכרתה

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  39. 39LetterT-S 6J10.9

    Draft of a Hebrew letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi to a distinguished physician also named Moshe (but probably not Maimonides because Moshe b. Levi …

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    1. העבד ישתחוה לפני מושב אדוניו
    2. וישאל מטובו שימשוך עליו חוט
    3. החסד וידינו בכל מליו ומעשיו
    4. לכף זכות כמו שלמדנו מהדרתו
    5. והוי דן את כל האדם לכף זכות ו…

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  40. 40LetterT-S 16.292

    Recto: Letter from Ḥananʾel b. Shemuʾel to a certain Shela (and/or David he-Ḥaver?). The opening greetings include a complaint about lack of letters and mention …

    1. כל מעייני נתתי בך ובמודע לבב[י אמצתיך] חקרתיך בעין ל[בי(?)
    2. בניין של קדושים כ מ ורב שילה השר הנכבד החכם הנבו[ן
    3. שצ היב מאת הנכסף לחזותך השמח בחברתך המ…

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  41. 41Literary textT-S Ar.44.79

    Autograph leaves of Maimonides, Treatise on sexual intercourse. (Information from CUDL)

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  42. 42LetterT-S Ar.46.97

    Letter to Maimonides with autograph response on verso. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on the years when Maimonides was active in Egypt. "T-S Arabic Box …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . אחת שאלתי
    2. מאת ייי אותה אבקש אל ישוב דך נכלם תם
    3. אשתהי תדברני פי מא לאח לי אן אפעלה והו אני
    4. אכון אכל אלקד…

    Verso, second block (ll. 3–5)

    1. What is prescribed from the types of nutrition [
    2. And if that does not work (?), in that case [
    3. with the kernels remove…

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  43. 43Legal documentT-S AS 111.164

    Recto: Hebrew prayer. Verso: last lines of an autograph responsum by Maimonides, and part of a liturgical text in Hebrew. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based …

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    1. ...
    2. ... ולא יקדר אלחמו ימנע
    3. דלך בוגה וכתב משה

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    1. ...
    2. ... And the father-in-law cannot prevent
    3. this at all. Moses wrote this.

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  44. 44Legal query or responsumT-S AS 155.207

    Autograph responsum by Moses Maimonides. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on the years when Maimonides was active in Egypt. (Information from CUDL)

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  45. 45Literary textT-S J2.39

    Recto: Maimonides’ autograph draft of a 3-line poem he composed and included at the beginning of his philosophical work ‘Guide for the Perplexed’. Verso: the …

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  46. 46Legal documentT-S J2.78

    There are several distinct items on this fragment, all but one in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. (I) The main text block was edited …

    1. גרץ] הדא אלשמוש אלמבארך
    2. אלסעיד אלמופק אלסדיד
    3. ריאסה הדרת יקרת צפירת
    4. תפארת כבוד גדולת קדושת
    5. מרנו ורבנו אדוננו משה הרב
    6. הגדול בישראל אור הדור ופלאו
    7. צנ…

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  47. 47Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 56/45 + Bodl. MS heb. f 56/46

    Court register. Bodl. MS heb. f 56/45r: Deathbed will. Dated: Wednesday, 18 Nisan 1493 Seleucid = 24 March 1182 CE. Testator: Abū l-Faraj b. Moshe …

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    1. למא כאן פי יום אלארבעא אלתאמן עשר מחדש ניסן אתצג
    2. חצרנא אלי אלשיך אבו אלפרג השר הנכבד החכם והנבון בר
    3. כגק מר ור משה הזקן הנכבד דידיע בן אל…

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    On Wednesday, the eighteenth of the month of Nisan 1493 we were present with the sheikh Abū ʿl-Faraj, the esteemed notable, the wise and pruden…

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  48. 48Legal query or responsumMS 8254, fol. 14

    Responsum by Moshe Maimonides. A copy. The responsum corresponds to #355 in Blau's edition ("I am very troubled by various matters, and my body is …

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  49. 49LetterT-S 10J20.5

    Petition from Hibatallāh b. Bū l-Faḍl Ibn al-Shofeṭ to Moshe Maimonides. Dating: ca. 1180 CE or generally 1168–1204, based on the years Maimonides was active …

    1. מפתח חרצובות ומשלחף עצבות ומ[ר]חק אובות[
    2. להקים חוקי משנה ולהסיר תואנה ולהדוך רוש ולענה יזכהו שוכן
    3. מעונה לבנין עיר חנה ולחזות ישועה ולשננה אני יי בעת…

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    1. looses the bands, removes sadness, dismisses the ghosts . . .

    2. (2-3) to confirm the rules of the Mishnā, to abolish any pretext, to pull dow…

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  50. 50Legal query or responsumT-S NS J43

    Draft of a letter that was not sent. A question that was addressed to Maimonides about remission of debts. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on …

    TS NS J 43, ed. S. D. Goitein, "Unpublished autograph Responsa byMaimonides" (Hebrew), Tarbiz, 28(1959), pp. 195-196, 11-10-89, N.T.(pp)(Wrongly cite…

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