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  1. 1251LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1466

    Letter from an unknown man to Umm ʿAbd al-Laṭīf. In Judaeo-Arabic. Quite long, filled with business matters and greetings. Needs further examination.

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  2. 1252LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1467

    Recto: Letter from Shemuel(?) to Hārūn. The writer may be the husband of the addressee's paternal aunt. In Judaeo-Arabic. Locations unknown; the writer mentions someone …

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  3. 1253LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1468

    Letter from Shemuel to his cousin (ibn khāl) ʿAbd al-Raḥīm, in Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic. Consists almost entirely of greetings and updates on the health of …

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  4. 1254LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1470

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Writer and addressee unknown. Dating: No earlier than 15th century, since it mentions the currency ashrafī. Deals mainly with business matters. Mentions …

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  5. 1255Literary textYevr.-Arab. II 1475

    Story in Judaeo-Arabic. Reminiscent of the 1001 Nights, in that they tell of a clever woman in the palace of the king, answering riddles, etc. …

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  6. 1256LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1478

    Letter from a woman named Harja, somewhere in Syria, to her brother ʿAbd al-Dā'im Ibn Fayrūz, in Cairo. See tag for other letters by her.

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  7. 1257LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1479

    Letter from Avraham Neḥmad to Moshe b. ʿAbd al-Waliyy. Writer and addressee are Qaraites.

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  8. 1258LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1480

    Letter from the Qaraite community of Jerusalem to the Qaraite community of Damascus. The scribe is Meir Rofe Tawrīzī, and the letter is also signed …

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  9. 1259LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1487

    Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Needs examination.

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  10. 1260LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1488

    Letter from Faraj Allāh to unknown addressee(s). In Judaeo-Arabic with one line of Arabic script on verso. The letter consists mostly of expressions of concern …

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  11. 1261LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1489

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with some Arabic script in the margin and the address written in Arabic script. Dating: No earlier than 15th century; mentions …

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  12. 1262LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1490

    Letter of condolence from Yūsuf b. Shemuel to his 'partner' (sharīk) Naṣrallāh.

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  13. 1263List or tableYevr.-Arab. II 1490

    Accounts in Arabic script.

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  14. 1264LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1491

    Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Dā'ūd al-Ḥazzān (the writer is quarreling with him) and the beadle ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq. Also mentions "dār al-shāmiyyīn," the house …

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  15. 1265Unknown typeYevr.-Arab. II 1497

    Legal testimony, or perhaps a letter. Written in Judaeo-Arabic on a bifolium. The document contains a blow-by-blow account of what various messengers said about the …

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  16. 1266LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1499

    Letter to the writer's 'son' ʿAbd al-Wāḥīd. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer repeats half a dozen times that the addressee should not believe the false rumors …

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  17. 1267LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1500

    Letter from Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that he arrived safely in Jerusalem with his group on Thursday at the end of the day. …

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  18. 1268LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1501

    Letter from Ibrāhīm al-Ḥakīm, unknown location, to ʿAbd al-Karīm b. Maʿānī(?), in Cairo. The letter is in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script.

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  19. 1269LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1509

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier than 15th century; mentions the currency ashrafī. Needs examination.

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  20. 1270LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1510

    Recto: Letter from an unknown man to a communal authority. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer is seeking help in a convoluted case involving marital trouble and …

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  21. 1271LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1511

    Letter from an unknown writer, in Damascus, to his parents. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Thursday, 25 Tammuz 5341 AM = 1581 CE (unless we are only …

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  22. 1272LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1512

    Mentions ʿAbd al-Laṭīf b. ʿAbd al-Waliyy; 60 dinars; a woman (Ḥājja Khātūn) who is the sister of Najm al-Dīn, and who mentioned that Umm ʿAfīf had told her that the writer would send her her money; it goes on in this vein.

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  23. 1273Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1514

    The second block of text reads, "Naṣrallāh b. ʿAbdallāh Nafīs(?) witnessed regarding the aforementioned Abū l-Ḥasan and Abū l-Faḍl the brother of the aforementioned Naṣrallāh and his wife."

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  24. 1274Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1529

    Release in the name of Naṣrallāh b. Salmān b. [...] al-Skandarī, in which he declares that he has no further claims on a long list of people, it seems following the death of somebody.

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  25. 1275List or tableYevr.-Arab. II 1530

    List of names of men and/or households, possibly in Cairo. The list fills a narrow bifolium. There are a few lines in Arabic script at …

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  26. 1276Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1539

    A woman named Khāṣṣ bt. Shelomo Levi Somekh, the widow of R. Eliyya Levi Hītī, declared in the house of R.

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    1. למא כאן בתאריך נהאר אלגמעה תאני עשר חדש שבט סנה הת׳׳ז ליצ׳
    2. ליצירה חצ'רת אלאמראה אלכאמלה כ'אץ בנת כה׳׳ר שלמה לוי סומך יצ׳׳ו
    3. אלמנה אלמ׳׳ר ר׳ אלי…

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  27. 1277Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1541

    Loan contract, Qaraite. Dated: Sunday night, 24 Shevat 5499 AM, which is 1739 CE. Shemuel nin Yeshuʿa known as Berakha attests that he has received …

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    1. סבב תצטיר אלאחרף באן חצ'ר החכם השלם כמוה׳׳ר ישועה יצ׳׳ו נין
    2. המנוח החכם השלם כמוה׳׳ר הז׳ הנ׳ אלישע רופא נ׳׳ע ובחצרת כה׳׳ר
    3. שמואל לוי גבי יצ׳׳ו ו…

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  28. 1278Literary textYevr.-Arab. II 1543

    Popular literature. Muslim anti-Christian polemic, Ḥadīth Wāṣil al-Dimashqī. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. "This short tract claims to be the account of a debate on religion which …

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  29. 1279Literary textYevr.-Arab. II 1546

    Popular literature. Animal fable in rhyming Judaeo-Arabic. 9 folios.

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  30. 1280Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1551

    The groom is listed solely as Yosef, therefore one of the witnesses' names may contain the rest of his nomenclature: Naḥūm b. Aharon Kohen aka Ḥatūm and Zakarīya b. Raṣon ha-Rofe. The bride's full name is listed, Neḥama bt. Efrayīm b. Ruben aka Ẓānī. The dowry and some trousseau items are mentioned such as a gown (qumṣān), embroidery (taṭrīz), and ṣadrīyāt (vest, waistcoat, or bodice - Wehr, 592).

    1. סבב תצטיר הדא אלאחרף באן חצ'רו בעץ' (מן אל קהל) ברו׳ יהי׳ תם חצר אחי׳ ואהו׳ יוסף אלחתן
    2. פי מנזלו ואמלך על הנע׳ נחמה הבתולה בת אפרים בן כה׳׳ר ראובן צ'…

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  31. 1281Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1552

    The husband is listed as Avraham b. Yaʿaqov b. Daniel Levi Rofe and the bride, Hana bt. Yeshūʿa b. Yosef. Fortunately, another marital document survives from this couple that is definitively dated (Yevr. […] The conditional divorce agreement was witnessed by Shelomob. Moshe Rofe aka Ṣaʿīr. MCD.

    1. אשהד עלי נפסה אברהם לוי בכ׳׳ר יעקב לוי בכ׳׳ר הז׳ דניאל לוי
    2. רופא נ׳׳ע באן אן סאפר וגאב אכתר מן סנה ואראדת 
    3. גוזתו הנא בת ישועה נ׳׳ע בן יוסף תאכד גטהא …

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  32. 1282Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1553

    Moshe Levi Qayyim acknowledges a debt of 40 abu kalb guruş to Eliya b. Aharon ha-Levi Rūmī. The debts are related to building expenses for a house.

    1. למא כאן בתאריך נהאר אלכמיס אלמבארך ארבעה פי חדש אייר סנה ה׳ת׳א׳כ׳ ליצירה
    2. חצ'ר אלאך ר׳ ישועה לוי יצ׳׳ו אבן אלאך ר׳ משה לוי קים יצ׳׳ו ואשהד עלי נפסה ו…

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  33. 1283Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1554

    Dated on the night of Purim 14 Adar I, 5529 AM (1769 CE). Yiṣhaq b. Aharon Ḥakīm engages the previously unmarried Qamr bt. Nissīm b. Yosef Levi. Their engagement is set to last for two years and the groom contributes a mohar of 40 reales. The scribe Eliyahu b. Moshe Rofe aka Ṣaʿīr has signed on behalf of two other witnesses: Shelomo Levi Darwish and Shemuʾel Levi.

    1. סבב תצטיר הדא אלאחרף תחרירהא באן חצ'רו בעץ' מן אלקהל
    2. ברו׳ יהי׳ פי מנזל אחי׳ רחמים לוי יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר נחום לוי נ׳׳ע תם חצ'ר הב׳ יצחק
    3. החתן ס׳׳ט בן אהרן ח…

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  34. 1284Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1555

    Karaite engagement agreement between Yahūda b. Yeshūʿa Levi aka Hīti and ʿAzīza bt. Yahuda Levi. […] The payment will be provided by ʿAzīza's brother-in-law Shemuʾel b. Raḥamīm Feyruz aka אלשויך, who is serving as her legal representative because her father is deceased. […] Only the scribe Eliyahu Rofe aka Ṣaʿīr signs but two other witnesses are mentioned in the closing lines: Moshe b. Yeshuʿa Ḥazan aka Miʿmār, Barūkh b. Shelomo Levi aka Qayyim.

    1. סבב תצטיר הדה אלאחרף באן חצ'רו בעץ מן אלקהל ברו׳ יהי׳ פי מנזל כה׳׳ר
    2. דוד לשי(!) יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר ישועה לוי ידיע דרויש נ׳׳ע תם חצר הב׳ יהודה לוי החתן ס׳׳ט …

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  35. 1285Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1556

    The two partners are Yaʿaqov b. Yiṣḥaq al-Qudsī and Avraham b. ʿOvadya Feyrūz.

    1. אשהדו עלי נפוסהם אתנינהם והם אלאך ר׳ יעקב קדסי יצ׳׳ו אבן אלמד׳ כה׳׳ר יצחק קדסי נ׳׳ע
    2. ואלאך ר׳ אברהם פירוז יצ׳׳ו אבן אלאך ר׳ עבדיה פירוז יצ׳׳ו באן אתנ…

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  36. 1286Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1557

    The prenuptial agreement also involves the prospective bride Qamr bt. Ḥesed b. Yiṣḥaq Levi known as Qudsī, who is represented by her brother Saʿdīya (even though their father is still alive.)

    1. סבב תצטיר הדא אלאחרף באן חצ'רו בעץ מן אלקהל ברו׳ יהי׳ פי מלאך הב׳ הי׳ שלום
    2. לוי ס׳׳ט בכ׳׳ר יעקב לוי נ׳׳ע עלי הא׳ הכ׳ קמר הבעולה בת כ׳ג׳ק׳ כה׳׳ר חסד א…

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  37. 1287Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1558

    Karaite engagement deed between Avraham b. Eliyahu Fayruz and Zamorda d. 'Aziel/ 'Uziel.

    1. סבב תצטיר הדא אלאחרף באן חצרו בעץ' מן אלקהל ברו׳ יהי׳ פי מנזל כה׳׳ר עזיאל גבי בן ישועה ידיע
    2. חכים יצ׳׳ו תם חצר הב׳ אברהם החתן בכ׳׳ר אליאו פירוז ידיע …

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  38. 1288Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1559

    Karaite prenuptial agreement executed at the time of the betrothal between Nissim Levi b. Moshe and Rahma d. Avraham. Dated Sunday 17th Kislev 5509 AM (1748 CE).

    1. סבב תצטיר הדא אלאחרף באן חצ'רו אלחברים ואלגבאים ברו׳ יה׳ לילת אלחד שואר
    2. הב׳ הי׳ נסים לוי בן משה לאנה יאכד עהד אלערוש על הנ׳ היק׳ רחמה הבתולה
    3. בת כ׳ג׳…

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  39. 1289Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1560

    Karaite betrothal deed (qiddushin) between Yaʿaqov b. Avraham Barakha and Raḥel bt. Avraham b. Yosef Rofe aka Ṣaʿīr. […] Three witnesses are mentioned in the closing lines but their signatures do not appear as part of the document: the groom's uncle Yosef b. Yaʿaqov aka Barakha, Saʿadya b. Elaʿzar Levi, Aharon Kohen Ḥazan b.

    1. סבב תצטיר הדא אלאחרף באן חצרו בעץ' מן אלקהל ברו׳ יה׳ פי מנזל אחי׳ נסים
    2. לוי בן משה יצ׳׳ו תם חצ'ר הב׳ יעקב יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר אברהם ידיע ברכה נ׳׳ע וכטב הנער

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  40. 1290Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1561

    Written and signed by the scribe Avraham b. Yeshaʿya Tawrīzī (a rare example of an early modern bialphabetic signature in both Hebrew and Arabic script). […] The case involves ʿAbd al-Jawwād b. Farajallāh al-Kohen known as al-Khāzin. He asks the court why they have not allowed him the honor of going up with the Torah for the kohen blessings.

    1. ב׳׳ה
    2. ל]מא כאן בתא׳ יום אלאתנין ראבע שבט סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳א׳ ליצירה חצר
    3. מושב בית דין פי דאר שמחה תב׳ ות׳ בעד דלך חצ'ר ע׳ אלגואד אלכהן 
    4. א׳ אלמר׳ פרג א׳ אלכהן…

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  41. 1291Unknown typeYevr.-Arab. II 1562

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  42. 1292Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1563

    Karaite engagement agreement between Moshe b. Yosef Feyrūz aka Revaḥ and Esther bt. David b.

    1. סבב תצתיר הדה אלאחרף באן חצרו בעץ' מן אלקהל ברו׳ יהי׳ פי מנזל כה׳׳ר דוד יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר
    2. אברהם פירוז ידיע רבאח נ׳׳ע חצר הב׳ משה בכ׳׳ר יוסף פירוז ידיע רבא…

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  43. 1293Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1564

    In this transaction Avraham aka Shabbetay b. Eliyahu ha-Rofe aka Ṣaʿīr acknowledges that he has received payment from Eliyahu b.

    1. למא כאן בתאריך לילה אלכמיס אלמבארך אכ'ר חדש שבט סנת 
    2. ה׳ת׳צ׳ד׳ ליצירה חצ'ר כה׳׳ר אברהם יצ׳׳ו המכונה שבתי ס׳׳ט בן כ׳
    3. כ׳ג׳ק׳ הז׳ הג׳ יוסף הרופא ידיע צע…

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  44. 1294Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1565

    Dated 28 Tevet 5425 AM (1665 CE). Moshe b. Shemuʾel Ḥazan leases the shop to Yeshuʿa b.

    1. למא כאן בתאריך נהאר אלכמיס אלמבארך ח׳׳ב פי חדש טבת יא׳׳ל
    2. סנה התה׳׳ב ליצירה חצ'ר אלאך ר׳ משה יצ׳׳ו אבן אלמר כה׳׳ר שמואל חזן
    3. נ׳׳ע ואגר נפסה ללאך כה׳׳ר…

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  45. 1295Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1566

    Pre nuptial agreement between Nissim Halevi b. Eliyyahu b. Nissim and Rachel d. Mordechai b.

    1. בע׳׳ה             במותב בית דין
    2.                              יר׳׳ה
    3. סבב תסטיר האדי אלאחרוף במוגב תחרירהא והוא אנהו אקר ואעתרף
    4. ואשהד עלי נפסה הב׳ הי׳ …

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  46. 1296Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1567

    The two parties discussed in the document are Ḥezeqīya b. Pinḥas known as Naqqāsh and ʿOvadya Fayruz aka Shāmī.

    1. סבב תצטיר הדא אלאחרף באן חצרו אחי׳ ואהו׳ חזקיא יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר הז׳ הנ׳ פינחס ידיע
    2. נקאש יצ׳׳ו ואשהד עלי נפסה והו בחאל אלצחה ואלסלאמה ואלטועייא ואלאכתיאר

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  47. 1297Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1568

    Location: Cairo. Avraham b. Nissīm b. Yaʿaqov aka Ḥīna is the groom, Badra bt. […] II A 1254 (PGPID 27473), it is clear that Badra's first marriage to Avraham b. Nissīm aka Ḥīna lasted less than two years.

    1. הנו׳׳א
    2.                                        במותב בית דין
    3.                                              יר׳׳ה
    4. סבב תסטיר האדי אלאוחרוף(!) ומוגב תחרי…

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  48. 1298Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1569

    Dated Monday 23rd Tevet, 5529 AM (1769 CE). Yosef b. Shelomo aka Maʿānī commits to issue a conditional bill of divorce to his future wife Venīsa/Vanesa d.

    1. סבב תצטיר הדא אלאחרף ומוגב תחרירהא חצ'רו בעץ' מן אלקהל
    2. ברו׳ יה׳ פי מנזל אלחתן תם חצ'רו אחי׳ יוסף החתן ס׳׳ט בכ׳׳ר שלמה
    3. ידיע מעאני נ׳׳ע ואשהד עלי נפסה…

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  49. 1299Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1570

    Karaite conditional divorce document. Yaquti'el b. Nissim Fayruz is taking upon himself to give a conditional bill of divorce to his future wife Sitūta b. […] Dated Monday 10th Shevat, 5523 AM (1763 CE). The scribe Eliyahu b. Moshe Rofe issued the document in the home of Shemuel b.

    1. סבב תצטיר הדה אלאחרף באן חחצ'רו בעץ' מן אלקהל ברו׳ יהי׳ פי מנזל יעקב
    2. יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר שמואל פירוז ידיע שאמי נ׳׳ע תם חצר הב׳ יקותיאל החתן יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר נסים

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  50. 1300Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1571

    Dated Friday 4 Nisan 5403 AM (1643 CE). Nissim b. b. Shelomo Ḥakīm acknowledges a debt of 5 guruş riyyal to Yaʿaqov b.

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    1. למא כאן בתאריך נהאר אלגמעה ראבע חדש ניסן המ׳ סנה
    2. הת׳׳ג לליצירה חצר אלאך הב׳ הי׳ נסים יל׳ בן אלמ׳׳ר ר׳ שלמה חכים נ׳׳ע
    3. ואשהד עלי נפסה באן ענדה ו…

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