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  1. 101LetterT-S 12.32

    Highly fulsome letter of praise, consisting of 12 lines of praise in Hebrew, followed by 5 lines of Arabic script containing the actual content of …

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  2. 102LetterENA 2557.147

    Recto (secondary use): Letter from Abū Naṣr b. Shaʾul, a poor teacher, to his friend. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks him to intercede on his …

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  3. 103LetterBodl. MS heb. d 68/107

    Calligraphic letter from (thecantor Thabit Ibn al-Munajjim to Maṣliaḥ Gaon begging for charity, complaining about poverty and his dependents. (Information from Goitein's note card.) Same …

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  4. 104LetterT-S NS 71.2 + T-S NS 38a.132 + T-S NS 38a.136

    Letter in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan addressed to a dignitary named ʿAzaryahu. (For the addressee, cf. T-S 8J19.8 + CUL Add.3342.) Recto consists …

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  5. 105LetterBL OR 5566D.5

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. Well-written. Refers to "three breads (akhbāz) a week." (Information from Goitein's index card.)

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  6. 106LetterENA 2739.5

    Letter from Moshe Barukh. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably 15th–17th century. Asking for monetary assistance.

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  7. 107LetterT-S AS 149.80

    Letter from a certain Yisrael, in Jerusalem, to Avraham Castro (d. 1560), in Cairo. In Hebrew. Asking for charity and for his family of 8 …

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  8. 108LetterT-S K25.152

    Letter of appeal for charity, probably. Dating: Perhaps 14th–16th century. Few details are preserved. NB: Verso does not seem to be digitized; the image listed …

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  9. 109LetterBL OR 4856.1

    Recto: Hebrew letter of appeal from the old, poor man Yosef b. Elazar ha-Kohen to Avraham ha-Sar b. Elazar. The body of the letter occupies …

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  10. 110LetterENA 2808.35b

    Fragment of a letter in Arabic script, with some Hebrew words for the concluding blessings. Probably a letter of appeal for charity. The sender says …

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  11. 111LetterL-G Misc. 39

    Letter from a certain Yiṣḥaq to the Gaʾon Sar Shalom ha-Levi b. Moshe (active 1171–95 CE) and his deputy Shelomo. In Hebrew. The sender is …

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  12. 112LetterENA 3504.4

    Letter addressed to Yūsuf al-Surrī. The name Saʿīd Maḍmūn the Blind appears at the bottom of verso; unclear if this is the name of the …

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  13. 113LetterT-S Ar.50.78

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Probably a letter of appeal for charity. Mentions the desolation of the synagogue of the Iraqis. This is the clean copy …

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  14. 114LetterBL OR 5561B.5

    Letter of appeal. Above, 13 lines of Hebrew blessings in large letters (perhaps a template purchased already filled out). Below, 6 lines of Judaeo-Arabic begging …

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  15. 115LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/17

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer is recovering from illnesses and is in difficult financial straits. He asks for a loan of 62 dirhams. Dating: likely …

    1. ירום] הודו ויגדל
    2. כבודו . . . . . . . . . . .] . מולנא אן אלשיך . . . . . אכד
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] ען שהרין מן [אלשיך] אלסדיד
    4. . . . . . .…

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  16. 116LetterT-S 24.63

    Letter from Yaʿaqov ha-Meshorer b. Yiṣḥaq b. David Maʿaravi, in Hebron, to Yehoshuaʿ, descendant of the Negidim. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Possibly Mamluk era. …

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  17. 117LetterT-S Ar.42.153

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Arabic script. Written in two columns. Asking the addressee to exchange the writer's possessions for food. Mentions Abū ʿAlī …

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  18. 118LetterT-S AS 145.19

    Informal note in Hebrew. Asking for money for supporting the sick people (?חולין) in the writer's household. (Information from Goitein's index card)

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  19. 119LetterT-S NS J139

    Letter addressed to the Nagid Abū l-Faḍl Shemuel (= Shemuel b. Ḥananya?). In Hebrew (for the introduction) and Judaeo-Arabic (for the body). Evidently a letter …

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  20. 120LetterT-S NS 338.87

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The topoi include weakness of vision and hearing and "all day long I sit in the corner of …

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  21. 121LetterMoss. IV,14.3

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Interesting format: the opening praises are written in large blocky Hebrew, with the remaining content in …

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  22. 122LetterMoss. VII,188.3

    Fragment of a begging letter addressed to Avraham Maimonides in the name of a poor, sick man.

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  23. 123LetterT-S K25.161

    Neatly written note to Nahray requesting that he address the community for Shemuel he-Ḥazzan ha-Mevin, since he needs help for his family and travel after …

    1. רבנו נהראי אדאם אללה תאיידה יחסן אלנטר למ
    2. שמואל החזן המבין פי גד ויכאטב לה אלגמאעה
    3. כתרהא אללה פי שי יסתעין בה עלי עאילתה
    4. ויכון אלמעול עליה ינגז תחצי…

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  24. 124LetterJRL Gaster ar. 352

    Letter addressed to Abū Saʿd. In Arabic script. The sender begs for an urgent loan of 5 dirhams, because he is sick. He will try …

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  25. 125LetterBodl. MS heb. b 11/13

    An interesting begging letter by Yosef, the Samaritan priest, who apparently belonged to the Samaritan congregation in Fusṭāṭ. The letter has been edited, translated, and …

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  26. 126LetterBL OR 5545.2

    Letter of appeal to Avraham Maimonides, begging for financial assistance, mentioning an old man who is sick and the plight of at least two daughters. …

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  27. 127LetterAIU VII.E.172

    Letter in Hebrew (left side only) in a beautiful scribal handwriting from a man who was among the great men of Constantinople until the wheel …

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  28. 128LetterENA NS 60.18

    Letter of appeal or recommendation addressed to Moshe ha-Kohen. The introduction is in Hebrew and the body in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that the bearer …

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  29. 129LetterENA NS 69.20

    Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The same scribe probably wrote ENA NS 69.20 and T-S AS 156.42, based on the handwriting similarity combined with the …

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  30. 130LetterENA NS 72.19

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script, regarding financial matters "innanī katabtu ilā marʾ(?) lahu ʿindahu danānīr", concerning a teacher (qad addanī muʿallim l-ṣabīyy). Also mentions Cairo. …

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  31. 131LetterBL OR 10794.16

    Letter of appeal for charity. There are 10 lines of flowery Hebrew praises for the recipient followed by a space and then six lines of …

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  32. 132LetterBL OR 5542.26

    Yizhaq ha-Kohen al-Nafusi (from Nafusa, Libya) who was thrown off by a donkey and was lying in the building of the synagogue of Alexandria without …

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  33. 133LetterBL OR 5561B.24

    Letter of recommendation. Late. In Hebrew, with some Aramaic and Judaeo-Arabic. The bearer Saʿīd b. Manṣūr the Yemeni is from a good family and has …

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  34. 134LetterHUC 1135

    Bifolio with letter(s) in both Arabic (in Arabic script) and Hebrew. All appear to be addressed to a notable or notables, praising him and appealing …

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  35. 135LetterT-S 13J9.11

    Letter and a responsum, on either side of the same sheet of paper, detailing the story of a man in distress, particularly because of debt. …

    1. אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ לפני הדרת מושב אד[ונינו
    2. ירומם ויגדל ויחיה לעד וינהי //אנה// כאן קד אחצר
    3. לפני הדרת מושבו ירומם רקעת תתצמן בעץ
    4. שרח חאלה פכרג בעץ תל…

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    Concerning Reuben against whom there is a bill of debt [...], and he lacks the means to pay and does not have that with which to support himsel…

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  36. 136LetterStras. 4038/9

    Complete calligraphic letter of appeal to Yefet ha-Sar, a Levi, begging for money to help pay the capitation tax for the writer and his two …

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    "Salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord, He is their stronghold in time of trouble" (Psalm 37:39). 

    "Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, y…

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  37. 137LetterENA NS 39.5

    Fragment of an official letter from Fustat addressed to a certain town in the Rīf (or perhaps a circular), exhorting them to be generous and …

    1. ונחן משגולין אלב[א]ל בהם מהתמין בהם למא כלפנאכם אמר הדה אלעני אלוצאל אליכם
    2. פענד וצולה אליכם תעלמוא גמאעה אחינו אנשי גאולתינו יברכם אלהינ[ו
    3. אנה מטלוב…

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  38. 138LetterT-S AS 152.227

    Letter of appeal for charity. Fragment (upper part only). The op line is in Arabic script (the address?), and the rest in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender …

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  39. 139LetterT-S NS J539

    Letter of appeal for charity for assistance in paying the capitation tax. In Hebrew (for the introduction) and Judaeo-Arabic (for the body). From the cantor …

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  40. 140LetterT-S 6J9.7

    Letter of recommendation for charity, addressed to Mishaʾel ha-Sar. Written on behalf of Hiba Ibn Zaʿfarān (the word before "saffron" isn't entirely clear, it could …

    1. אלדי אעלם בה הד יק צפ תפארת מר
    2. ור מישאל השר הנכבד היקר החכם
    3. והנבון החסיד הירא את ייי מנעוריו
    4. אנני מן אהל מצר רגל פקיר יקאל לי הבה
    5. בן זעפראן ומא אחתג…

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  41. 141LetterT-S 6J11.6

    Letter sent to a Nasi, possibly named Yishay, possibly in Acre. In Hebrew. Dating: Likely 13th century, based on the mention of the judge Peraḥya …

    1. ]ביה שלומים וחן וחסד ורחמים ו . . [
    2. ] וינחילך תורת ה . . . . . . . . . . . . . [
    3. אב]רהם זקן בא בימים . . . . . [
    4. ] גליות ישראל . . . . . . . . . . […

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  42. 142LetterAIU VII.E.168

    Recto: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab, perhaps begging for charity. Mentions necessity/want (al-ḍurūra) several times and concludes with, "I have no …

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  43. 143LetterT-S Misc.27.4.9

    Letter of appeal for charity or assistance. Addressed to Peraḥya ha-Kohen. The sender came down with an illness (wa-thāra ʿalā ʿabdih al-maraḍ) and he has …

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  44. 144LetterT-S 13J9.17

    Letter asking for financial help, sent from Jerusalem to Bilbays and signed by Yosef b. Gershon and Yeḥiel ha-Ṣarfati (the Frenchman). For a discussion in …

    1. שאלו שלום ירושלם ישליו וגו'
    2. אליכם אדני קהלות ואדוני תהלות המפיצים ממאור/ם/
    3. תהלות ולא בלבבם מסלות מלאכי אלקים העולים
    4. במעלות גבוהים העומדים לנצח ומעמי…

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  45. 145LetterT-S Ar.48.42

    Recto, with address on verso: Letter of appeal. In Judaeo-Arabic. From a certain Yiṣḥaq, in Malīj, to a certain Nissim, probably in Fustat. Goitein identifies …

    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. כתאבי אליך יא מולי ואל
    3. עזיז עלי גמע אללה ביננא
    4. אן שא אללה וקד כרגת
    5. אלי מליג ומא כרגת חתי
    6. בלגת אלסכין אלעטם ומא
    7. בקי לי לא תוב לא ללסבת
    8. ולא…

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  46. 146LetterT-S AS 153.210

    Verso: note from an invalid begging for oil for the synagogue lamp (al-tamid) for the sabbath to be sent with the carrier of the note. …

    1. בר
    2. יא מולאי עבדך מריץ ואלתמיד
    3. מא פיה שי לשבת פאן
    4. תפצלת סיר לי מע מוצל
    5. הדה אלרקעה אלזית
    6. ושלמך יגדל

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  47. 147LetterT-S Ar.39.277

    Recto: Letter/petition from Barakāt Ibn al-Dayyān Abū l-Faraj (=Shelomo b. Eliyyahu the Judge). In Arabic script. A narrow vertical strip is missing from the right …

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  48. 148LetterCUL Or.1081 J13

    Letter sent from al-Mahalla by a man who is sought by the controller of revenue, asking a friend to obtain for him a letter from …

    1. אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ בין ידי אלמולי אלשיך
    2. אבו נצר חפטה אללה תעאלי ואקאם גאהה ותבת
    3. סעאדתה ויא מולאי לא תסאל מא אנא פיה מן
    4. אלמרץ וצעף אלקוה ואלקלה ואלכו…

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  49. 149LetterENA 2808.26b

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Writer and addressee are unknown. The letter is an appeal for private charity. The writer is under duress from difficult times (awqāt …

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  50. 150LetterMoss. II,176.1

    Letter in Hebrew written on an irregular piece of vellum from prison. David appeals to Avraham ha-Sar to try to bring about his release from …

    1. למרבה המשרה. ומקל תפארה. צר תעודה חתום תורה. עזרא
    2. ביהודים האמללים מרנו ורבנו אברהם השר. המזג ממך לא יחסר
    3. ותיכון שררותך כמי השילוח קופת הרוכלים עליך …

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