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Letter from Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat, probably to Barhūn b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī in Būsīr, ca. 1053. Nahray sends details of various sales in Fustat …
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Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda, Ramla, to Efrayim b. Shemarya (=Abū Kathīr Efrāyim b. Maḥfūẓ), Fustat. Dating: 1040 CE (after Kislev) per Gil and ca. …
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Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda Gaʾon (in the hand of his son Avraham) to Egypt. Mentions oppressive laws and heavy taxes and punishments and requests …
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Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Avraham b. Sahlan, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1030 (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 CE based on the years when Shelomo …
Letter of ʿEli ha-Mumḥe (‘the Adept’) b. Abraham in Jerusalem, to Efrayim b. Shemarya in Fusṭāṭ, with the continuation and, inverted, the address on verso. …
Fragment of a responsum in the hand of Shelomo b. Yehuda, regarding bread baked by Gentiles (pat shel goyim). Information from Gil and CUDL.
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Letter from Shemuel he-Ḥaver b. Moshe, Tyre, to Yaʿaqov he-Ḥaver b. Yosef, Aleppo, ca. 1025.
Letter from Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat to Farah b. Isma’il, Busir. Around 1053. Farah is in Busir, probably was sent there by Nahray, and …
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Letter from Yosef ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon to Ephrayim b. Shemarya, ca. 1035.
Fragment of a letter, possibly intended to be sent from Fustat to Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely ca. 1039 CE, since the content is related …
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Letter from Yisra'el b. Natan to a relative in Egypt. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1060 CE. The fate of the addressee was apparently a cause …
Fragment of a letter from Yisrael b. Natan, Jerusalem, probably to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. The letter deals with trades, especially of fabrics. Nahray is …
Letter from the community of Ashkelon to Shema'ya ha-Ḥaver, Jerusalem.
Legal document issued by Natan b. Avraham's court, in connection with trade between Egypt, North Africa and Sicily. Fustat, February-March 1040.
Fragment of a letter from Yosef b. Berekhya, probably to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. Around 1020. Mentions a shipment of money and papers, …
Bifolio with several different sorts of writing in both Hebrew and Arabic script. 1. A copy of a letter from Yeḥiziyahu b. David b. Yeḥizqiyahu …
Deed of compensation. Location: Tyre. Dated: Tuesday, 23 Kislev 4780 AM = 24 November 1019 CE.
Genealogical list of Elʿazar b. Shelomo ha-Kohen.
Letter by Ḥusayn b. Suwayd to Yiṣḥaq b. Ṣadaqa. On papyrus. Erratic spelling and style. Requesting that the addressee send peeled grain (dashīsh) on wheat …
Letter from the people of the Palestine Yeshiva to the community (qahal) of Fustat, mentioning Yeḥezqel b. ʿEli ha-Kohen he-Ḥaver. Dating: ca. 1080 CE.
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Letter from Eliyyahu Ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon to David Nasi b. Hizqiyyahu. Ca. mid-11th century.
Letter from Natan b. Avraham, probably Fustat, to Mevorakh b. David in Qayrawan, approximately 1037.
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Letter fragment from the Jewish community of Palermo to the Jewish community of Alexandria. Dating: ca. 1030 CE. May mention [Ḥayyim b.] Yaʿaqov ha-Sef[aradi] (who …
Letter from a Qaraite leader in Damascus to a Qaraite leader in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Goitein suggests ca. 1000 CE, likely too early; Gil’s …
Page from a court notebook concerning the verdict of the court in Fustat, written by Avraham, son of the Gaon, December 1026. See also T-S …
Letter segment from Avraham b. Saadya the Hebronite, Bilbays, to Shelomo b. Shelah, probably in Fustat, beginning of the twelfth century.
Letter from Eli Ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel, Jerusalem, to Eli Ha-Kohen b. Hayyim, Fustat, ca. 1060
Version of the letter in: Mosseri VII 155. Fragment of a letter from Yosef b. Berekhya, probably to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. Around …
Letter opening, fragmentary, from Natan b. Avraham to Shelomo b. Natan (Natanel ?), Fustat, approximately 1040. The main body was probably in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: only …
Letter copy from Sherira Gaon to the Maghrib, ca. 970. The writer describes the importance of the Yeshiva (Pumbedita) and asks to renew the communities’ …
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Letter and bills from Sicily, probably to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. Some of the bills are directed to b. Awkal for washing fabrics, …
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Letter from Hayya Gaon to Elhanan b. Shemarya, Fustat. February 7, 1018. The Gaon writes after he has been asked to write to Fustat on …
Megillat Evyatar, probably composed by Evyatar Gaon and was read in synagoges. Probably was composed in 1094. (The scribe might be Shmuel b. Ya'aqov- a …
Letter requesting aid for the poor of Palestine, 11th century. Recto: Fully vocalised poetry in a very crude (almost unreadable) hand. (Information from CUDL)
Draft of a letter of recommendation by Eliyyahu Ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon, on behalf of the scribe of the Yeshiva, Shemuel b. Semah the cantor …
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Letter, in Judaeo-Arabic with an opening in Hebrew, from Yoshiyyahu Gaon to Shelomo b. Sa'adya and the community of Rafah, concerning a dispute over an …
Letter to the Gaon, probably from Aleppo, complaining that the Gaon is paying too much heed to those who slander the writer, approximately 1035. Verso: …
Fol. 2: Deed fragment in which 'the people of Haifa's fortress' are mentioned, 11th century. CUDL description: Recto: the very beginning of a legal document …
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda very early in his public career, when he was Av Bet Din, to a notable in Fustat, ca. 1025. He …
Fragment (last part) of a court bill in the hand of Daniel b. Azarya. (Information from Gil, Palestine, vol. 2, 715, #390) Verso: Arabic document, …
Compensation bill given by Alush b. Yeshua to Shemuel (Isma’il) b. Avraham al-Andalusi, July 24, 1011. The two Spanish merchants (Alush and Shemuel) arrived in …
Letter fragment from the lepers of Tiberias to Faraj b. Avraham, probably in Ramla, approximately 1030.
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda, in Jerusalem, to Sahlān b. Avraham, in Fustat. In Hebrew. Dating: 1029 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 CE based …
Letter from Babylonia to Shelomo b. Yehuda, approximately 1026.
Letter fragment from Yoshiyyahu Gaon to a community, approximately 1020.
Letter from the sister of Ismāʿīl b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī, in al-Mahdiyya, to her brother Ismāʿīl b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1020. The sister …
Letter fragment from Daniel b. Azarya to a man in Fustat. Daniel b. Azarya shows his joy that the man recovered from his illness. Daniel …
Letter from Toviyya b. Moshe, Jerusalem, to Perahya b. Muʾammal, Fustat, probably 1048.
Letter fragment from Eli Ha-Mumhe b. Avraham, approximately 1050. NB: The transcription for the verso must belong with a different shelfmark.
Recto: Draft of a legal testimony from Fustat. Dating: late 10th or early 11th century. Concerning the legitimacy of two cantors and slaughterers, the brothers …