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1LetterENA 2808.62
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Addendum to a letter. Addressed to a woman. The sender reports that after finishing the letter, al-Bazzāz al-Ḥajj arrived and insisted that the sender's son …
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2LetterT-S Ar.34.332
Primary language
Arabic
Letter in Arabic script. Addressed to a 'brother.' The sender has recently traveled from Damascus to Cairo (ll. 5–6 where he describes the journey and …
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3LetterENA 2556.7
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter addressed to the judge R. Yeshuʿa in Fustat. The sender's name may be legible: [...] al-[Iskan?]darānī b. Ibrāhīm. The sender asks the addressee "to …
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4LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1448
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from the Qaraite community of Damascus to the Qaraite community of Fustat/Cairo. Numerous senders are named. Date unknown. Written in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Deals …
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5LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1449
Primary languages
Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from an unknown writer, in Jerusalem, to Shelomo ha-Kohen and ʿOvadya Kohen, presumably in Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Thursday 24 Heshvan 5514 (עמדת), which is 1753 …
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6LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1459
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter to Aharon Rofe in Damascus. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The writer may be writing from Ṣanʿā (penultimate line of recto) where he has traveled …
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7LetterBodl. MS heb. e 101/18
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from Zakkay b. ʿAzaryahu the Nasi to the community of Damascus. Only the introduction is preserved. This may be a draft that was abandoned. …
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8LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1456
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from the Qaraite community of Damascus to the Qaraite community of Cairo. Dated: Wednesday, 10 Tammuz 5512 AM (ואתה על), which is 1752 CE. …
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9Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 75/11
Document date
25 Tishrei 1396 Seleucid (27 September, 1084 CE)
Primary languages
Aramaic, Hebrew
Legal deed drawn up in Damascus, 27 September 1084 CE (25 Tishrei 1396 Seleucid). Both qiyyum and shimmush written by Shemuel ha-Nasi 'the third' b. …
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10LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1739 + Yevr.-Arab. II 1408
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter draft in Judaeo-Arabic. Perhaps intended to be sent from Fustat/Cairo to Jerusalem. Dating: Unknown, catalogued as 18th century. The writer reports on the money …
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11LetterENA NS 50.12
Document date
5148 Anno Mundi (14 September, 1387 – 2 September, 1388 CE)
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter of friendship from Moshe, in Damascus, to Yosef b. Eliezer, probably in Jerusalem. In Hebrew. Dated: [5]148 AM, which is 1387/88 CE. See FGP …
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- 14th c
- damascus
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12Legal documentMoss. IIIa,1
Bill of divorce. Probably a draft: although it is signed, there are interlinear corrections for the date and for the husband's name, and there is …
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- get
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13LetterT-S 13J26.13
Primary language
Hebrew
Communal letter in Hebrew, from a city in Palestine (per Goitein and Mann) or Damascus (per Gil) to the yeshiva in Jerusalem (per Gil) or …
....
1. [ ] שהמים בבורותינו
2. וכשגרמו העונות וגברה יד הערביים לשלוט וישאו ראש עם
3. פריצי המדינה וחשוביה //וזקניה// והשופט שהיה //בה// הנה הנקרא בן אכת אבו …
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14LetterENA NS 45.3
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably early 13th century. The writer complains that the Rayyis does not trust him to deliver letters for him, thus he …
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1. ומא כפא ען אלחצרה באן אלראיס אלאגל שצ יקע(?) ללממלוך
2. אנה מא ותק בי אן יוגה אלכתב עלי ידי וסלמה/ם/ לר יוסף . .
3. וצייעהם תם אן אלממלוך תגאסר ונ…
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- divorce
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15Legal documentENA 4020.15
Document date
2[.] Ṭevet 4874 Anno Mundi (31 December, 1113 – 9 January, 1114 CE)
Primary languages
Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Bill of sale for a house. Faded. Location: Damascus. Dated: Late Tevet 4874 AM = early January 1114 CE (beginning of second line one can …
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- bill of sale
- damascus
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16LetterENA 1269.49
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter, first part, flowery, from the Qaraite community of Egypt to that of Damascus. Mentions specifically Moshe Melammed Fayrūz, Binyamin Nasi, and Eliyyahu Nasi. Dating: …
1. לקי
2. שלומות עצומות ורמות מבורא העולם לבחירי אל בשכל טוב האל הנחילם
3. עמודי ארץ בגדולה השם ית חננם והגדילם יסודי עולם בגבול נחמד האל
4. הגבילם חכמי לב בתור…
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- damascus
- qaraites
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17LetterMoss. V,335.3 + Moss. V,335.1
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Two un-conserved letters, with no folio shelf mark allocated yet. One is a tiny note written on vellum, on which is a short note of …
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18LetterENA 3910.8 + T-S Ar.42.198
Primary language
Arabic
Letter from al-Mufarrij b. al-Ḥusayn to his father Ismāʿīl(?). In part concerning a deposit (wadāʿa, line 8). Mentions travel to Damascus (ll. 10–11) and the …
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- danger
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19LetterT-S Misc.28.149 + T-S Misc.28.58
Document date
1468 Seleucid (17 September, 1156 – 6 September, 1157 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from an unidentified sender, in Damascus, to a certain Peraḥya, unknown location. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1468 Seleucid = 1156/57 CE. The sender claims that …
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1. ] . . [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . כב ג]ד קד [
2. השר הא]דיר שר הת[עודה(?) . . . . . . . . ח]מדת ה[ישיבה(?)
3. מ]ר ור פרחיה [הח]בר המע[ולה
4. ] לו …
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- damascus
- flax
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20Legal documentT-S 13J8.25
Deathbed will by Yefet ha-Levi. Location: Probably Damascus. Dating: Unknown, but see verso. In which he dedicates one-third of an orchard and a house located …
1. למא כאן פי אלעשר אלאכיר מן חודש אב יהפך
2. לשמחה דשנת אלפא וחמש מאה וחמשין
3. ותרתין שנין למנין שטרות בפסטאט מצרים
4. דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה איך החכם והנבון
5. מר…
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21LetterJRL SERIES B 2288
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Small fragment from the beginning of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. Probably from a father to a son. The sender reports that [She]muel intended to travel to …
1. ש[
2. . . .
3. אלדי אערף אלולד אלעזיז אלמ[ופק אלסעיד . . . . . . . . . . . . . . גמע אללה ביננא
4. במנה וופצלה תע אנא . . [
5. מע עלמך מא נחן פיה [. . . . . . .…
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22LetterT-S 13J35.7
Primary language
Hebrew
On recto, an eloquent appeal by Avraham b. Yitrō, a learned merchant from Damascus who had lost all his riches. The letter includes a length …
1. ישׁועות קרובה ברוב נחמות
2. פדות מכל צרות וקושׁט ההבטחות
3. תמיכת ההצלחות וכושׁר כל הברכות
4. ביופי העטרות בשׁני העולמות
5. ניתנת לך עם גודל השׁלומות
6. אימיצת זרו…
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- damascus
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23LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1410
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Yefet Fayrūz, in Damascus, to Eliyyahu Fayrūz, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Catalogued as 18th century. Needs further examination.
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- fayruz
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24LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1419
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Sulaymān al-Skandarī, in Damascus, to his brother-in-law Faraj Allāh Ibn Fāḍil and his wife (the writer's sister), in Cairo. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: …
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- hama
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25Literary textMoss. II,107.2
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic historical chronicle mentioning al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, the governorship of Damascus, the appointment of a certain Muṭahhar (?) after him, and …
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26LetterT-S Ar.30.250
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from a man to his father or teacher. On a bifolium. The first half is in Hebrew and the second half in Judaeo-Arabic. The …
folio 1, recto
1. ⟦ולשתות מי שיחור ולבי עצור ועזוב לאחור⟧
2. מי יתניני כמו הייתי בכיתו וכל עת
3. אצא לקראתו ואמש הייתי בסכלי
4. לא אשמע מא יאמר לי ועתה יהיה
5. עלי…
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27LetterYevr. II A 546
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
There are ~10 documents sharing this shelfmark. 546/9: Letter from the Qaraite community of Damascus (specifically Yosef ha-Kohen Khāṭir) to the Qaraite community of Fustat/Cairo …
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28Legal documentYevr. III B 164
Document date
1[.]01 Seleucid
Ketubba fragment (marriage contract). Location: Damascus. Dated: 1[.]01 Seleucid = [10]89/90 or [11]89/9 CE.
1. [...].חתן וכלה יבנו ויצליחו............[...]
2. [...מ]אה וחדא שנין לשטרות בדמשיק מדינתא דעל נהרי אמנה ופרפר מותבה רשותיה דאדוננ[ו...]
3. [...]ראש ישיבת גא…
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29LetterENA NS I.32
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Verso: Letter addressed to ha-Kohen ha-Parnas. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is a recommendation letter or a request to help the bearer, a young man from Damascus. …
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30Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 65/30
Marriage contract from Damascus, 956, which records a marriage gift of 225 dinars (of which only 25 were advanced) and a dowry evaluated at 395 …
1. ביום ב ב י יומין בירח ניסן שתא ה דשבועא דהיא שנת ד אלפין וז מאוון
2. ושת י שנין לבריתה דעלמא בדמשק מדינתא מודי אנא ישראל חתנה
3. בר מ יצחק סט להתנסבה להדא…
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31LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1511
Document date
25 Tammuz 5341 Anno Mundi (26 June, 1581 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from an unknown writer, in Damascus, to his parents. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Thursday, 25 Tammuz 5341 AM = 1581 CE (unless we are only …
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32LetterJRL SERIES B 3688
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Fragment of a letter to a Nasi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 13th century. Mentioning something that arrived from Damascus; something the writer sent with Yaʿqūb; Rabbenu …
Verso
1. ] . . י אלמולוי אלדאוודי . . [
2. ] פי הדה אלאיאם פאללה תעא
3. ]ן כדמתה וואצלנא הדה
4. ]רה מן דמשק וקד סירתהא
5. ] ואלמזונות קד ס[. . . .]א
6. ע]לי יד יעקוב …
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33Legal documentT-S 8.129
Document date
18 Kislev [48]41 Anno Mundi (2 December, 1080 CE)
Primary languages
Aramaic, Hebrew
Marriage contract (ketubba) concerning a wealthy and influential family. Dated: 18 Kislev [48]41, which is 1080 CE. (Gil thinks 4741 AM and 979/80 CE.) The …
1. [...] דרחמנא
2. [בי]רח כסליו בתמניי עשר יומין בה בשתא [...]
3. [... ו]ארבעין וחד שנין לבריאתה דעלמא ב[...]
4. [...]ה בר שמואל דמן מדינת דמשק ושכ[ן...]
5. [... ה…
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34Legal documentT-S NS 224.45
Document date
1440 Seleucid (28 August, 1128 – 15 September, 1129 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Fragment from the left side of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: [1]440 Seleucid = 1128/29 CE, under the …
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35LetterT-S NS J195
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Ṣedaqa b. Yosef al-Muqaddasī, in Damascus, to Abū l-Faḍl(?) b. ʿAbd al-Sayyid b. al-Ḥasan(?) the physician (al-mutaṭabbib), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the …
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1. לו וצפת בעץ מא ענדי מן אלשוק לחצרתה
2. מולי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם
3. עזה ותאיידה ועלאה ורפעתה וסנאה
4. ותמכינה וכבת אעדאה למא וסעה כתאב
5. ולא…
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36Unknown typeYevr. II K 9
Document date
5 Heshvan 5399 Anno Mundi (13 October, 1638 CE)
Karaite ketuba from Damascus. The groom is Tosef Halevi b. Yehuda. The previously married (baʿūla) bride is Esther known as Zubaida d. 'Ovadyahu b. David. …
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37Legal documentT-S Misc.11.225
Document date
14 Adar 5365 Anno Mundi (4 March, 1605 CE)
Primary languages
Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Recto: Partnership agreement dated Purim 5365 (Adar 14) = 1605 CE, Cairo, between Shemuel Mosseri of Damascus and [...], which is to last for a …
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38LetterYevr. II A 1854
Primary language
Hebrew
Long letter to Ishaq Noah b. Avraham in Kokizov. The writer is mentioning the communities in Jerusalem and Damascus, and referring to the observation of …
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39Legal documentT-S NS 320.108
Document date
4693 Anno Mundi (3 September, 932 – 22 September, 933 CE)
One of four fragments from the court ledger of the Babylonian congregation of Damascus (T-S 16.181, T-S AS 146.66, T-S NS 320.108, and T-S 12.592). …
TS NS Box 320, f. 108, ed. Friedman, Jewish Marriage, vol. 2, pp. 435-437 (Doc. #55) N.T. 04-03-89 (p) The Babylonian congregation of Damascus, 933 }…
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40Legal documentCUL Add.3388
Primary language
Aramaic
Marriage contract of a ransomed captive woman, Damascus, possibly [10]82/3 or [11]82/3.
1. [... חתן וכלה יבנו ויצליחו
2. [... נ]תשעין וארבע שנין לשטרות בדמשיק מדינתא דעל נהרי אמנה ופרפר
3. [...]הנעלה כירח יכון עולם ועד בשחק נאמן סלה והדרת אדוננו…
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41Legal documentT-S 16.181
Document date
4693 Anno Mundi (3 September, 932 – 22 September, 933 CE)
Primary language
Hebrew
Betrothal register (53c according to Friedman) between Hillel b. Aharon haLevi and Tāma bt. Yiṣḥaq. One of four fragments from the court ledger of the …
1. בה בשבת ביד יום בחדש אדר השני שנה ג שלשבוע שנת עיבור ושנת ד אלפים ם
צג שנים [לביריות]
1. עולם בדמשק נתן חותם ערבון הלל הלוי בר אהרן דמן מעזיה על תאמה…
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42LetterJRL SERIES A 852
Primary language
Hebrew
Fragment of a letter in Hebrew from the second half of the 16th century, mentioning attempts to prevent a certain edict, in which R. Yosef …
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43LetterT-S 10J12.27
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Verso (original use): Letter. Request to Avraham Maimonides to write a recommendation to the head of the Palestinian Yeshiva (which at that time had its …
1. להדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת כגק מרינו ורבינו אדונינו
2. הודינו והדרינו עטרת ראשינו אברהם השר האדיר
3. המבהק החזק [הרב] הגדול בישראל בר כגק מר ורב
4. אדונינו משה ה…
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44Legal documentT-S NS J283
Marriage contract (ketubba) from Damascus, late tenth century. The dowry list includes a short garment of linen decorated with silver and golden threads, two shirts, …
TS NS J 283, ed. Friedman, Jewish Marriage, vol. 2, pp. 274-275 (Doc.(#28), N.T. 03-14-89 (p)Damascus, late tenth century
1. [...].ב ע.[...]
2. [... נ]צפי…
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45LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1452
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter draft from the Qaraite community of Cairo to the Qaraite community of Damascus. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Unknown. Regarding a marriage-related legal case that reached …
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46LetterT-S NS 99.48
Primary language
Ladino
Bottom of a letter in Ladino from Damascus to Fustat, addressed to Yosef Pisho (?) the student of Yiṣḥaq Ashkenazi (very possibly Isaac Luria). The …
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47Legal documentBL OR 5534.1
Document date
19 Kislev 5422 Anno Mundi (11 December, 1661 CE)
Primary language
Aramaic
Calligraphic get (bill of divorce) dated the 19th of Kislev 5422 AM (5422) from Damascus. Moshe b. Avraham known as Ibrahim repudiates Malkah known as …
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48LetterENA 3140.2
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from a woman, probably in Damascus, to her distant husband. Written in Judaeo-Arabic and some Hebrew. Dating: Likely ca. 14th or 15th century, based …
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49LetterT-S AS 167.30
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Verso (probably original use): Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The female sender complains about the lack of letters from the addressee. "People came from …
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1. ] בקא פי ש[. . .] סואיי ומן [
2. ואלאן לם נרי מנך לא גואב ולא כתאב [
3. וגא אלנאס מן דמשק ואעלמוני אנך פ[י עאפיה
4. בכל כיר ואלסאעה אנת תעלם ענ[י
5. גריבה…
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50Legal documentYevr. II A 1320
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Adar II 1752 Seleucid (22 February, 1441 – 22 March, 1441 CE)
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Hebrew
Circumcision certificate, Qaraite. Location: Damascus. Dated: Tuesday, [..] Adar II 1752 Seleucid, which is 1441 CE. (1) Eliyyahu ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. (2) Avraham b. (3) …
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