Letter sent from Saʿd, in Egypt, to his son-in-law Aharon, in Seleucia in Byzantine Asia Minor. Saʿd had believed his son-in-law to be dead, killed …
May they accept greetings from me and from the people around me, from my friends [and from]
my relatives. May our God also bring together the scattered people of Judah and Israel,to lead them up to the temple
of His holiness, ‘to gaze upon the delightfulness of the Lord and to contemplate His temple’ (Pss 27:4)
Accept greetings from me, Sa‘d, and I am letting you know that my soul longs
to see your face and to gaze upon your honour.