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Text in Hebrew. Dating: After the Spanish expulsion, per Avraham David. Describing how all the "maʿamad" that oversaw all the communities of Egypt did something …
No Scholarship Records
Letter in Hebrew, late. Needs examination.
Late document in Hebrew, probably a legal declaration, in which the writer seeks to absolve himself from the complaints against him from Shemuel and Avraham …
Letter in Hebrew, possibly begging for charity. Probably late. Needs examination.
Fragment of a late letter in Hebrew, likely ca. 16th century, mentioning sums in peraḥim.
Possibly a letter in Hebrew, though might also be literary with an unusual format. Dated: first third Tammuz 5358 AM. Needs examination.
Fragment from a late legal deed, only partially preserved.
Fragment from a book of legal formulas
Letter in Hebrew. Small fragment. Late. Currency mentioned: medin (מאידיש). Mentions receipt of a sum of money.
Fragment from a late legal deed dealing with support for orphans. It was agreed that the shop belong to the deceased will be mortgaged for …
Late responsa regarding inheritance of the first-born. Data from FGP by Glick.
Very dark, faded and damaged letter in Hebrew. Regarding monetary issues, but very hard to read due to its state of preservation.
Fragment of a late legal deed regarding debt by Ya'aqov Kastro to be paid to Avraham in instalments. Signed by Ya'aqov Neriya
Fragment from the middle part of a late legal deed regarding partnership
Damaged fragment from a late legal deed, probably bill of appointment, not much is preserved.
Legal document in Hebrew. Dating: Late (c. 16th century?). Mentions a R. Yeshuʿa and the owner of a store (בעל חנות) among a broader legal …
Legal document. Dated: Friday, 5 Shevat 5346 AM = 24 January 1586 CE. Avraham b. Saʿadya Sadīd the physician acknowledges that he owes Moshe Skandarī …
Jottings of business accounts in Hebrew. Late. Mentions various people who owe rent: Avraham b. Ḥayyim b. Zikrī; Teshuva b. Seʿadya; There are additional jottings, …
Late. Minute fragment from a top of a legal deed (...מעידים עדות ברורה...), mentioning אדוננו הנגיד Our Master the Nagid. AA
Small fragment (upper right corner) from a court record. In Hebrew. Dating: Probably 16th century. Involves [...] Pordonil/Fordonil (the family is sometimes called Perwho owes …
Fragment from the lower part of a Hebrew letter. Signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shelomo b. Eliʿezer. Contains a date, 4 Nisan (the week of Parshat …
Letter in Hebrew. Late. Small fragment. The sender heard that a certain woman 'went up' from somewhere to somewhere (שמעתי שעלתה הגברת...). The sender also …
Opening of a letter to the yeshiva in Safed, from the beginning of the 16th century. The sender is informing on the demise of Shemuel …
4 late responsa about excommunication enforced on a banker who took a loan and refused to pay it back (data from FGP by Glick) .
A letter, almost complete, from Shelomo b. Shem Tov, who served as a proxy of the Jerusalemite community in Egypt. The writer admonishes the addressee …
Copies of various letter by Ishaq Laniado. Late.
Copies of late letters in poetic Hebrew
Draft of instructions to write signature on legal document. Late. The first note on the recto is in the first-person and signed by Yaʿaqov b. …
List of names. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably 17th–19th century. Entries include Mosseri, Ben Zakito, Elimelekh b. Eliyyahu, and about two dozen more. The text …
Late letter in Hebrew (and perhaps another language as well). Fragment. Needs examination.
Late letter in Hebrew addressed to "my father" whose name is lost to damage but features a wide variety of rabbinic honorifics. The first line …
Recto: Draft contract. Dated: 1845(?) CE (l. 6, verso). In which ʿAfīf and Avraham Abū Aharon receive an ʿisqa investment of 40,000 arayot from Yaʿaqov …
specimen letters for various occasions, in a late hand. (Data from FGP)
Letter sent from an unknown person, in Alexandria, to a family member named Yosef, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: Probably no earlier than 15th century. …
A faded letter in a late, cursive Spanish hand
Late Hebrew letter in a cursive hand. On verso a drawing and few words
Letter from Yaʿaqov Daminshi (דמינשי) to his brother-in-law Shemuel. In Hebrew. Dating: Late. Mentions a matter of money and "סידיקי ההרגז" (is this a person?) …
Fragment of a late letter in Hebrew signed by Seʿadya b. Moshe ha-Dayyan. See Arad, D. (2008). Syria’s links with the Jews of Cairo in …
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Fragment of a late court record regarding partnership between 3 partners: Avraham Almosnino, Netanel Rozo and Yosef Barukh. AA
Letter from Malkiel Ashkenazi to his brother Moses in Egypt. Family letter from Malkiel Ashkenazai fro Hebron (mid. 16th century) to his brother Moshe in …
A letter sent to the head of the community R. Yehuda, in the second half of the 16th century. The writer is complaining about Yehuda …
Bill of debt issued in Cairo in 1509/10 CE (5270 AM) to be paid to David Di Medina and his brother Avraham in 10 Ducati …
Letter in Hebrew. Late. The writer is asking advice about payment of a debt.
Letter addressed to the officials Ẓedaqa ha-Levi and Yaʿaqov [. . .]. In Hebrew. Dating: 16th century, based on Avraham David's assessment. The letter concerns …
Torn late letter. The writer inform that a person named Qanfanton(?) cursed him and throw him to ... (the rest is torn).
Only one line: agreement by Shemuel Sabio. Late
Faded late letter in Hebrew
Legal document. Location: Modon (Methoni, Greece). Agreement of Moshe b. Shelomo Perla in front of Yiṣḥaq b. Yosef and and Shemuel Ṭawīl to remain in …
Business letter. In Hebrew. Beginning only. Dating: Late, perhaps 16th century. Mentions someone named David Ibn al-Khayr as well as the goods אפלמור (lime or …
Letter from Moshe b. Abidirham. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of the 16th century. Concerning philanthropic activities for the benefit of the rabbis of Egypt. …