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  1. 451Legal documentT-S NS 226.33 + T-S NS 226.31

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dates: 1100–38 CE). Two fragments, probably an indirect rather than direct join. Concerns a guarantee …

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  2. 452Legal documentJRL SERIES A 220

    Deed of sale of a female slave. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Involves a woman named Sitt al-Kull and notably refers to Dār …

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  3. 453LetterT-S NS 224.97

    Fragment from a business letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon. Abu sl-Fadl is mentioned and ruba'i of 'anzrut (= Sarcocolla, mentioned …

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  4. 454Legal documentMoss. VII,125.1

    Legal notes in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (Date: 1100-1138). Partnership record. Seʿadya b. Menashshe ha-Kohen has inherited funds from his father, and places …

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    1. סעדיה הכהן בר מנשה נע  
    2. לה מע כאלה  
    3. אבו אסחק אברהם בר אפרים נע  
    4. כו דינ יעמל בהא שרכה בינהמא  
    5. עלי אן אלכו [[פי דמתה]] לא יסלף מנהא  
    6. שי אלא …

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    1. Saadiah ha-Kohen b. Manasseh (who) r(ests in) E(den)
    2. has with his maternal uncle,
    3. Abū Isḥaq Abraham b. Ephraim (who) r(ests in) E(den,)
    4. 26 din(ars…

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  5. 455Legal documentT-S NS 323.4b + T-S NS 323.4a

    Marriage contract (ketubba). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: Friday, 15 Kislev 1417 Seleucid, which is 24 November 1105 CE. Groom: Yefet …

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  6. 456Legal documentT-S NS 226.48

    Legal document. Prenuptial agreement in the hand of Halfon b. Menashse ha-Levi (dating: 1100–38) between a Rabbanite husband named Natan ha-Levi and a Qaraite wife, …

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  7. 457Legal documentT-S NS 226.29

    Legal document. Fragment of a prenuptial agreement written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dating: 1100–38. The wife is permitted to leave her house only with …

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  8. 458Legal documentENA 2727.18d

    Verso: Legal agreement. Probably in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Avigayil bt. Eliyya ha-Kohen gives her husband David b. Eliyya the right to remarry …

    1. דויד בר אליה נע
    2. אביגיל בת אליה הכהן סט
    3. ארתצת במראגעתה
    4. למטלקתה חסנה בת יהודה
    5. בעד אן כתב להא עליה ותיקה
    6. באומות העולם בלה דינ' דין חאל
    7. [וא]סתקר אידאעהא…

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  9. 459Legal documentENA NS 19.23

    Prenuptial agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dated documents from 1100-1138). It is possible that the agreement reflects special circumstances: the marriage …

    1. [...].....עִ
    2. [...].̇צע אלחק [...] עלי חאלהא
    3. [... ת]פרّד בהא לא פִיִ ליל ולא פי נהאר
    4. [...ש]רבהא ללקדח לא גיר והי מסתורה
    5. [...] ישראל פי וקת תקדיסה ונש…

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  10. 460Legal documentAIU VII.D.110 + CUL Or.1081 J34 + Moss. VII,65.1 + ENA 4011.14

    Prenuptial agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: last decade of Tishrei 1438 Seleucid = October 1126 CE. This was before the …

    1. [... דח]תמות ידנא לתחתא כן הוה חצר אלינא
    2. [... מנ]שה הזקן [דידי]ע בן אלגביליה נע וקאל
    3. [לנא ....מעכ]שו ואכתמו עלי בגמיע אלאלפאט אל[מחכמה]
    4. [ובכל לישאני…

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  11. 461Legal documentYevr. III B 634 + T-S 8J32.1 + Bodl. MS heb. f 108/61 + Bodl. MS heb. b 13/48

    Marriage contract (ketubba). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Tuesday, 5 Adar II 1437 Seleucid, which is 1126 CE. Groom: Elʿazar b. Shemarya. …

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  12. 462Legal documentMoss. VII,16.1

    Fragment of a general prenuptial agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. The agreement contains remarkable conditions that favor the woman: the bride …

    1. הבחור [...]
    2. ודכולהִ[א ...]
    3. הכהן הִ[... ולא]
    4. ישתמُהִאִ ולא ימדִ יִדִה [עליהא ב̇צרב ...]
    5. מן כואתִהִ אלא באכתיא[רהא ...]
    6. פי מכאן ואחִדִ טול מא [...]
    7. אן…

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  13. 463Legal documentMoss. VII,77

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Involving Abū l-Baqā' and the late Abū l-Riḍā, who had business dealings in Yemen. Needs further …

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  14. 464LetterBodl. MS heb. b 11/21

    India Book (IB) I, 33. Only the lower part of this document has survived. It is written in the form of a letter and contains …

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    1. [...]לתקריר 
    2. [...] דרהם –
    3. אשתרי בדלך 
    4. לאך מספר ד קטע אלתמן ענהם אלף דרהם
    5. עדל לטרף סנבל                   ש' דרהם 
    6. ג' אעדאל מקצור וכורג'תין    …

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  15. 465LetterT-S AS 146.403

    Minute fragment. A beginning of a letter addressed to Mevorakh b. Saadya written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. AA

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  16. 466Legal documentT-S 8J5.1

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: Tuesday, 7 Elul 1425 Seleucid, which is August 1114 CE. Inventory of the estate …

    TS 8 J 5, f. 1a

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. חצרנא אנן שלשת הדינים הקבועים בעיר אלקאהר[ה ]
    3. ובפסטאט מצרים יום אלתלאתא אלסאבע מן חדש אלול
    4. שנת אתכה לשטרות פי מנזל אלשיך אבו…

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  17. 467Legal documentT-S NS 320.29

    Legal notes in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38). Digest of a bill of sale for an enslaved woman. Slave: Tawfīq, a minor. Seller: …

    1. אלבאיעה
    2. נפיסה בת מ כתיר דידיע בן עצפורה
    3. אלמנת מ יעקב הכהן דידיע בן אלמעוצה
    4. גאריה . רסאויה דון אלבלוג תדעא תופיק
    5. אלתמן יט אלא רבע ביע אלגלב
    6. ואן כאן ת…

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  18. 468Legal documentF 1908.44A

    Recto (written later): Legal document written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Also signed by Mevorakh b. Natan. Dated: last decade of Tishrei 1428 Seleucid …

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  19. 469Legal documentENA 2728.2

    India Book (IB) II, 11b: Legal document written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. Dating: 1100-1138. Left side of inquiry with regard to an inheritance of …

    1. בנדאר שר הקהלות בר יפת ש[ר הקהלות ...] 
    2. ⟦חמודיו⟧ //עמותה דוד[י]ו\\ אברהם שר הקהלות [...] 
    3. ואחיו יצחק נדיב [ה]קהלות ב[ר בנדאר...] 
    4. וכלף חמודו חמדת הק…

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    1. Bundār [II], Leader of the Congregations, son of Japheth, L[eader, etc…]
    2. and ⟦his father-in-law {alt. tr.: sons}⟧ \\his uncles,// Abraham, Lea…

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  20. 470LetterT-S NS 313.6

    Letter in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (ca. 1100–38 CE). Almost complete. Unclear if Ḥalfon himself is the sender; could be written on …

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  21. 471List or tableENA 2728.2

    List of the honorary titles of the Bundar family of Aden, ca. 1120. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. Names and titles in the list: …

    II 11b

    1. בנדאר שר הקהלות בר יפת ש[ר הקהלות …]
    2. ו[[חמודיו]] //עמומתה דוד[י]ו// אברהם שר הקהלות […]
    3. ואחיו יצחק נדיב [ה]קהלות ב[ר בנדאר …]
    4. וכלף חמודו חמדת…

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  22. 472Legal documentENA 4101.3b + JRL SERIES B 7252

    Legal deed concerning a female slave, who is probably sold (mentions the figure 1[.].5 dinars). Mentions people including a woman named Sitt al-Nās, Mevasser b. …

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  23. 473Legal documentT-S NS 226.11a

    Small fragment from the end of a betrothal deed, from the year 1119, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. Published by Ashur, Engagement and Betrothal, …

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  24. 474LetterMoss. VII,168

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. …

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  25. 475Legal documentENA NS 16.34

    Segment of a prenuptial agreement, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi.

    1. [ ]קאמת [ ]
    2. [ ]אנין עליהם
    3. [ ]ן ואחדה מנהם
    4. [ ] תתצרף פי דלך בחסב
    5. [ ] אנה לא יתזוג עליהא
    6. [ ] מעכשו מאיה
    7. [ ]ברא מן אנץ
    8. [ ]הדה

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  26. 476Legal documentT-S Ar.51.53

    Recto: Legal document in Judaeo-Arabic, which partly consists of a deathbed will. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday, 24 …

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  27. 477Legal documentT-S NS 190.5

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Fragment (lower right corner). Concerning a divorce. Mentions something (the bill of divorce? the ketubba payment?) …

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  28. 478Legal documentL-G Misc. 48

    Legal deed. On parchment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In which Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Tinnīsī (aka Yefet b. Shemarya) appoints Makārim b. Shelomo …

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  29. 479Legal documentT-S NS 224.14 + T-S NS 224.13

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Drawn up under the authority of the Nagid Moshe b. Mevorakh (ca. 1112–26 CE). It is …

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  30. 480Legal documentT-S NS J620 + T-S NS J624

    Legal agreement between spouses. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. The husband of Sitt al-Bahāʾ takes her to court to revisit the …

    1. [ ] בית דין [ מ]צליח הכהן נע עלי נפסה לזוגתה סת אלבהא
    2. [ ] בל אלואגב אן יכון [ מ]עישתה פי אלקאהרה ויצטר אלי אלמבית
    3. [ וליס לה וגה] אן יפרץ להא עלי זוג…

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  31. 481Legal documentT-S NS 224.40 + T-S NS 184.67

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Ṣāfī b. Yakhin appoints [Yaʿ]aqov(?) b. Yiṣḥaq(?) al-Sijilmāsī as his agent to collect aloe from another …

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  32. 482Legal documentBL OR 5566A.1

    Segment of a ketubba (marriage contract), in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi.

    1. ולכל הקהלה [ ]
    2. בתרין בשבת דהוא שיתת עשר יו[מי ]
    3. הלוי היקר חתנא בר מרור יעקב ה[לוי ]
    4. סת אלכל כלתא בתולתא דא והות [ליה לאנתו ואשתיירון]
    5. עלוהי עשרין די…

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  33. 483Legal documentENA NS 64.8

    Court ledger in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Fragment of a bifolio; three columns of text are partially preserved. Recto: Probably a partnership …

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  34. 484Legal documentT-S NS J67a + T-S NS J67b

    Two fragments from the bottom of a very large legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Written on parchment. Under …

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  35. 485Legal documentT-S AS 146.53 + T-S AS 146.425

    Bill of divorce (geṭ). Husband: Ṣedaqa b. Shel[omo] (same as in T-S 8J35.12 (PGPID 18633)?). Wife: Malīḥa bt. Berakhot. Written and signed by Halfon b. …

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  36. 486Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 12/2

    Court record. A settlement between a brother and his two sisters concerning their late father’s inheritance, dated 1128/9. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. …

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  37. 487Legal documentENA 3657.7

    Marriage document. Draft of a prenuptial agreement, by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Damaged. Aramaic. AA

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  38. 488Legal documentCod.Heid.Or.79

    Legal document. Deed of sale for a house in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ that Levi b. Namer sells to the banker (al-ṣayrafī) Abū l-Ḥasan Shelomo b. Menashshe …

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  39. 489Literary textBodl. MS heb. e 74/1–6

    The first six leaves of a copy of the Ghurar al-Balāgha of Hilāl al-Ṣābi' — a book of formularies for letter-writing — copied in the …

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  40. 490Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 3/7

    Legal document. Record of release. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1125 CE. This document describes release from a partnership in …

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    1. These proceedings took place before us—[we, the undersigned … as well as those who  signed]  
    2. with us below. Thus: [Mr. Shemariah ha-Kohen]  

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  41. 491Legal documentT-S NS 224.43

    Bottom of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: last decade of Adar 1441 Seleucid = March 1130 CE. Contains …

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  42. 492Legal documentT-S NS 224.45

    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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  43. 493Legal documentT-S 20.87

    Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Recto: Decision of the court on repairs in a compound partly owned by the Qodesh. Dated: …

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    1. [ ]תה [ ]
    2. [ ]ה ואנהא אד לם תלחק ואל[א ]
    3. [ ]א ואטפאלה תחת סכנה כבירה מן [ ]
    4. תסקיע אועד אנה יקום במא ינפק פי אלעמא[רה ]
    5. ינוב אלהקד[ש ]מן אלאגרה …

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    1. (1-2) .... and if it is not carried out, and if …. not 

    2. …. and his children in a grave danger of …. 

    3. assessment, (in which) he proposed…

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  44. 494LetterBodl. MS heb. f 107/52

    Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Addressed to someone important, possibly the Nagid, and possibly specifically Maṣliaḥ Gaon (based on some flattering phrases …

    1. ראש ישיבת גאון יעק]ב יהי שמו לעולם כירח יכון [עולם אדאם אללה
    2. גאההא וידים סעאדתהא ויזידהא אצעאף [
    3. אולאדהא ויוצל איאמהא ואיאמהמא באיא[ם אלגואל
    4. ולא יכל…

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  45. 495Legal documentT-S 16.239

    Marriage contract, fragmentary and damaged, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, in the later period of his activity as scribe (dated documents: 1100-1138), in …

    1. ]י ארבעה דינרי דדהבא חק ימני שוי חד דינר דדהב מלאה שויא עשרה דינרי דדהבא עצאבה מני מדהבה שויא ארבעה דינרי דדהבא מערקה לאנס שויא חד
    2. ]א אזרק שון כולהו…

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  46. 496Legal documentT-S NS 321.12

    Court register, fragment. Upper left corner of a legal record. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dating: 1127–39, under the reshut of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. …

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  47. 497LetterT-S NS 173.76 + T-S NS 226.113

    Letter/petition of a woman to the Gaʾon Maṣliaḥ ha-Kohen (1127–39). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38). Describing in detail an episode related …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום [רעה ימלטהו ה]
    3. קד געל אללה תעאלי הדרת אדוננו מצ[ליח הכהן ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב יהי שמו לעולם]
    4. כירח יכון עולם מלגא לכל קא…

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  48. 498LetterENA 4020.30

    Letter by the scribe Ḥalfon b. Menashshe to his brother in law, with a long narrative about the difficulties he encountered procuring a tax receipt …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. רקעתי אלי מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם חראסתה ונעמאה
    3. וכבת באלדל חסדתה ואעדאה מן תופיקה אלחסן לא אכלאה וכאן לה
    4. . . . ] וחאפטא פי ו…

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    1. In your name, merciful one.
    2. I am writing to you — my lord, the lofty elder, may God perpetuate your existence and make your protection and ben…

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  49. 499Legal documentENA NS 2.45

    Recto: Fragment of a large ketubba in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. "The primary purpose of providing a woman with real estate was the …

    1. אל. . .ה ען אלתלתה מואצע אל[
    2. קניא א.כתארדונה באלביע וקבץ אל[
    3. ירושה בעולם ואן ליס לה אלתעלק ב.[
    4. הכשר לקנות בו מעכשו בביטול כל מוד[עין
    5. וגעלתה ברסם כבז…

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  50. 500Legal documentT-S NS 321.50

    Legal document. Partnership agreement (copy). Written in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dating: 1112 CE (based on T-S Misc.28.263). Goitein records that this fragment …

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    1. ]..חסן .........................[
    2. ]דלך ומנא מן כתב באסמאינא גמיעא וכדלך פעל[
    3. ]פעלה צאחבה גמיעאנא מתפק אן וניתנא מסתקימה[
    4. ]א יד... .ל. מא .. מן…

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    1. […] good … […]
    2. […] that, and those of us who wrote our names together. Likewise …[…]
    3. […] his fellow enacted, agreeing with all of us, our intenti…

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