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51LetterMoss. III,230
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter of appeal for charity. Dating: Possibly 16th century.
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52LetterAIU VII.A.36
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter of appeal for charity, probably. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, possibly 18th or 19th century. Very long-winded, and full of kabbalistic drashes about Satan and …
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53LetterENA NS 17.5
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Long, well-written, well-preserved. The sender, now fallen on hard times, may be referring to his own …
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54LetterENA 4100.11
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Last leaf only. The writer is begging for an urgent loan or gift of 5 dinars, on Sunday. A sum of 20 …
1. יעקב יטאלבה מני פמא כאן ימכנני אמצי ולא יכון
2. צחבתי ועבדהא יסאלהא תכמיל אלאצטנאע פי
3. כמסה דנאניר תציר אלגמלה ענד עבדהא עשרון
4. דינארא סוא פקד אנעמת במא …
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55LetterBL OR 10578M.13
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal to the Gaʾon Netanʾel ha-Levi from a person newly arrived in Fustat requesting some food by way of charity.
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- appeal
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56LetterT-S Ar.30.23
Primary languages
Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. From Yehuda b. Shelomo, the cantor of Damsīs, to an unidentified addressee, who is asked to …
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- appeal
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57LetterT-S NS 304.43
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Makārim b. Abū [...] and a ḥaver.
1. ] אן ימ[
2. בקינא תאלפין מן אלערי ואלגוע ומא [
3. אלנאס נטלב שי נאכל תכון(?) לנא שי נרגע [
4. וכדלך כאן לנא ענד מכארם //אלדי יגבי . . // בן אב[
5. טאלבנאה פי אל…
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58LetterENA 3793.3
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from Yosef ha-Talmud b. Yishay ha-Sar. In Hebrew. Complaining that the addressee has not fulfilled his vow to give Yosef sum of money in …
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- appeal
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2017
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59LetterJRL Gaster ar. 394
Primary language
Arabic
Letter of appeal from Yefet addressed to al-Shaykh al-Raḍiyy. In Arabic script, with the sender's name in Hebrew script. He begs for a small sum …
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60LetterMoss. VII,180
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal for charity. Addressed to someone titled al-Amīniyya. Probably from a cantor, although theoretically al-Ḥazzān could be part of the addressee's name. In …
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- appeal
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61LetterL-G Misc. 53
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal for charity. In a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew, in a crude hand. (Information from CUDL.)
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62LetterL-G Misc. 116
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic, with a long Hebrew introduction. Asking for assistance in the petitioner’s difficult times of poverty and illness, mentioning …
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63LetterENA NS 19.18
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The writer praises the addressee, expounds on his difficult circumstances, and asks for a loan of …
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64LetterT-S J1.32
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal, draft. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rhyming (-dī). On a reused list of various expenditures of the community. (See Goitein, Med Soc, II, App. A …
1. כתאבי סידי זאדני אן כאד יואוגב לי
2. אתזחל פי אלבלאד וכנת ארום אנה ליסנדא
3. ונתתרו /ת/אסלך? סנאדי אנת תסמד פיהי בעד
4. גרבתי ופקרי ואנפראדי פיא חצרתי לו ...…
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65LetterT-S 10J15.18 + T-S 8J18.25
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter in Hebrew from Yusuf, a scholar with minimal assets and now in a perilous situation because of debts, dependents, and sureties on his behalf. …
1. ] נתנו יד למצוא קורת
2. רוח מן התלאה אשר מצאתנו ועתה רבותי תקרו נא נפשי ספחני [[ ]] ויודה
3. נא הבורא למצוא חן בעניכם (!) לדברו באזני העם לעזר לנו ולהענקנ…
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66LetterT-S 12.27
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter fragment asking for a favor and stating that the writer relies on God and on the recipient for the solution of the matter. Mentions …
1. בן כב גדלת קדשת [ . . . ] . . . . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. תנצבה וא . . . . . [ . . ] . רח [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
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67LetterENA NS 37.1
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th–13th century. The sender says that even if his letters have lapsed, he has never stopped loving and praying for …
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- appeal
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68LetterJRL SERIES A 482
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Avraham Karyo, Hayyim Moshe Pianti, Rahamim Shelomo ha-Levi, and a second Pianti, in Hebrew, recommending a certain poor man for charity. There is …
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- appeal
- lor
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69LetterT-S 13J6.17
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is asked to intervene in a divorce case where the woman is being treated unfairly by her husband, who is …
1. מן אפראט קמאשא ומוכרהא וגירה יחרם להא עלי
2. מן אגואהא ואנצב עליהא ואחתאל עליהא אצאגרהא
3. פי כל פן מן אלפנון מן אלאבדתא פי אלקמאש ופי אלמוכר
4. ופי קלה אנצא…
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- appeal
- personal
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1990
PGPID
1168
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70LetterT-S AS 155.334
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably sent from Qūṣ to Fustat. Distinctive hand; high chances of finding a join. Dating: likely 13th century. The …
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- appeal
- qus
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71LetterT-S Ar.47.44
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning a pledge-drive (pesiqa) at holiday time.
1. בשמ
2. למא לם אגד סביל ללמתולי בחצרה רבנו הרב יחי
3. לעד געלת הדה אלאסטר [. . .]וד ען גרץ ואחד
4. . . . .]. . מצית מטלמא אלי חצרה סידנא שר
5. השרים] ירום הודו פ…
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- appeal
- pesiqa
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72LetterT-S 8J22.14 + T-S 13J16.11 + T-S 13J22.21
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
An Instruction to Avraham (b. Sahlan) to find money for a poor man.
1. ראש כלא
2. רבנא אברהם היקר המיוקר אהובנו חביבנו חשובנו תהי
3. ברכה ותשא שלום אנת שמ צור דאכר חאל
4. אלכמסה דראהם אלמאכודה ללצ'עיף מן אלפסיקה ואן אלכהן
5. אלפאצ'…
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73LetterT-S Ar.34.186
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Recto: Letter of appeal. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the name of a woman who is 'cut off and my husband is absent.' Also mentions her son, …
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- appeal
- women's letters
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74LetterT-S Ar.38.52
Primary language
Arabic
Letter(s) of appeal for charity. Likely drafts. In Arabic script. The one on recto is addressed to Abū Manṣūr and the one on verso is …
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- appeal
- arabic script
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75LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/11
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter of appeal for charity addressed to a certain Rosh ha-Qehillot. It is written entirely as a Hebrew poem. There are lengthy descriptions of the …
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- appeal
- literary with documentary value
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76LetterCUL Or.1081 J12
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to 'rabbenu.' The sender seems to be without anywhere to spend the night and is asking for help. Mentions Abū …
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- homelessness
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77LetterYevr.-Arab. II 2430
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal for charity. The writer and the addressees do not appear to be named. The writer asks the addressees for help equipping his …
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- appeal
- dowry
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78LetterYevr. III B 653
Primary language
Hebrew
Formulary for a letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew. It is a formulary because about 11 lines from the bottom, it asks the addressees …
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- appeal
- formulary
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79LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/95
Letter of appeal for charity from Abū Dāniyāl to Maṣliaḥ Gaon. The house where the writer lives with all his family is collapsing around them. …
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- appeal
- poverty
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80LetterT-S Misc.27.4.8
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter/petition from Umm Bū l-Munā to a notable. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. She asks/reminds him to send a letter on her behalf with the bearer …
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- appeal
- women's letters
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81LetterT-S Misc.28.19
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal for charity from Isḥāq b. Avraham to the Nagid Moshe b. Mevorakh (1112–26 CE). What remains is almost entirely in Hebrew, though …
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- appeal
- moshe b. mevorakh
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82LetterT-S Misc.28.75
Primary languages
Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Recto: Letter of appeal for charity in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary hand. Written across a bifolium. Perhaps a draft. Verso: The right-hand page is related …
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- appeal
- arabic script
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83LetterT-S NS 297.94
Primary language
Arabic
Letter addressed to a certain Abū l-Barakāt. In Arabic script. The writer complains about poverty and unemployment and kashf ḥāl ('uncovering').
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- appeal
- arabic script
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84LetterT-S NS 320.14
Primary language
Hebrew
Recto: Letter of appeal for charity from a Torah scholar. In Hebrew.
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- charity
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85Legal documentMoss. VII,181
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
A letter begging for help from a distinguished addressee, in elegant and vocalized script. The writer intends to travel but lacks a covering. On verso …
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- appeal
- judaeo-arabic poetry
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86LetterMoss. VII,196.1
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter of appeal in Hebrew, probably 14th century or later, including lengthy praises for the addressee and then a request to help with the [poll?] …
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- appeal
- tax
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87LetterMoss. VII,197.1
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Fragment from a letter of appeal in which the writer alludes to news 'that made my chest constrict and the world collapse on me.' He …
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- appeal
- language of distress
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88LetterNLI 577.4/101
Letter of appeal probably from Berakhot b. Shemuel, addressed to Abu l-Ḥasan the father of Abu l-Mufaddal. He says he has been a stranger in …
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- appeal
- berakhot b. shemuel
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89LetterMoss. II,196.2
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Fragment from the opening of a deferential letter. On verso the writer mentions 'the tax' (? al-mās) and 'your promise'—perhaps he is requesting charity.
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- appeal
- tax
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90LetterT-S 12.237
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter of appeal for charity from a Byzantine man named Mosqos (=Μόσχος). Dating: ca. 1090 CE. The scribe, also a Byzantine, has been identified by …
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1. אשרי שומרי משפט עושה צדקה בכל עת
2. פיזר נתן לאביונים צדקתו עומדת לעד קרנו תרום בכבוד
3. לכבוד גדולת קדושת ישישת יקרת הדרת פארת (?) ועטרת כותרת
4. ל…
1. ‘Happy are those who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times’ (Pss 106:3).
2. ‘They have distributed freely, they have given to the poor;…
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- appeal
- byzantines
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91LetterT-S Ar.30.309
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter addressed to Abū l-Faraj and Abū l-Ḥasan. In Judaeo-Arabic, with extremely rudimentary spelling and and handwriting (e.g. אכדיל אלכום for ادخل اليكم). This is …
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- appeal
- wine
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92LetterBodl. MS heb. c 56/19
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from a wretched Abū l-Ḥasan b. Yūsuf begging for charity from a dignitary, probably Avraham Maimonides or his father. The handwriting appears to be …
Recto
1. יחיד הדור ופלאו] ממזרח שמש
2. עד מבואו יהי] שמו לעולם דגל
3. הרב]נים נר המערבי מרדכי
4. הזמן סנהדרא רבה יחי לעד
5. וינהי אנה אולא פי אציק חאל
6. אן יכון וקד…
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- appeal
- moshe b. levi ha-levi
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93LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/75
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. From Yaḥyā al-Sofer(?) addressed to the Nagid David I (b. Avraham Maimonides, served ca. 1237–1300 with …
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- appeal
- david i maimonides
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94LetterAIU VII.E.40
Primary language
Hebrew
Fragment (lower right corner) of a letter of appeal (begging letter) in Hebrew. ASE.
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- appeal
- begging
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95LetterT-S 6J6.3
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from a certain Abū l-Faraj to someone titled Sayyidnā. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely Mamluk-era (i.e., after ca. 1250) based on paleographic features, position of …
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- appeal
- capitation tax
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2018
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96LetterAIU VII.E.52
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Fragment (lower right corner). Written on behalf of somebody begging for charity from a …
1. ואלכאלק תעאלי געל[
2. וללעבד דיון כת[ירה
3. אלי מולאי אלדיאן [
4. יעישו בה ומן . . [
5. וש]הד אללה אן ל . [
6. יגמז עליה פי . [
7. אליום שהרין מגלוק [
8. כאיף מן דלך לא…
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- appeal
- begging
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97LetterENA NS 34.2
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably 16th century. Written by Yehuda al-Ashqar b. Yiṣḥaq b. [...], a resident of Jerusalem who, …
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- 16th c
- appeal
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98LetterENA NS 47.15
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter of appeal for charity addressed to Yiṣḥaq Barukh. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, maybe 16th or 17th century. The writer is a teacher.
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- appeal
- late heb
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99State documentT-S Ar.4.10
Primary language
Arabic
Petition from a certain Jaʿfar to a Fatimid dignitary (qāʾid) in which Jaʿfar asks that the support (maʿūna) granted to him not be withdrawn because …
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1. العبد جعفر
2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
3. عبد مولاى القائد الجليل اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه وتاييده وحراـ[ـسته…
1. The slave Jaʿfar
2. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
3. The slave of my master, the glorious leader, may God prolong his life and …
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- petition
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PGPID
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100LetterENA NS 52.4
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter of appeal addressed to Rabbenu Yiṣḥaq. In Hebrew. The writer's place has been destroyed and some people have been sold by the shaliṭ/sulṭān (into …
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- appeal
- slaves
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2017
PGPID
11805
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