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  1. 151LetterENA 2804.3

    Letter from Shelomo [b. Yosef] ha-Kohen Gaon (r. 1025 CE) to Efrayim b. Shemarya, Fustat. Dating: 1025 CE (per Gil), but this estimate is based …

    1. ] בהצלחות אסומות עם עתרת שלום
    2. ] לעקור איבה: ולזרוע שלום
    3. ] משלה וכמוהם להכפילה לאוהב שלום
    4. ] בהוצל מכשר וברדף שלום
    5. ] ברצוי לרוב אחיו ודובר שלום
    6. ] אלימ…

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  2. 152LetterENA 2804.9

    Letter from Alexandria to Efrayim b. Shemarya, Fustat, requesting donation for the ransom of prisoners of the Byzantines, 11th century. On verso are Hebrew rhymed …

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    1. . . . . . . שלפי נעימות אג[ל]י שיש דגלי עלין
    2. . . . . . כה אגמי רצון אור זרוע בר נטוע וכ . . . ח . . .
    3. . . . . הם אחינו נכב[דינ]ו יקירנו חש[ובי…

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  3. 153LetterENA 2804.18

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: approximately 1048 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on the years when Shelomo …

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    1. אל אהובנו וחברנו וסגולתנו כגק מ ורב אפרים החבר ישמרו קד[ושנו]
    2. וינצרו משגבנו ויחזק ידו ויאמץ זרועו ויהי בעזרו ויכין צעדו בט[וב]
    3. וב[נועם] וחן וח…

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  4. 154LetterENA 2804.19

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Shemuel Ha-Kohen b. Avtalyon concerning a trial that took place in Ramla ca. 1030 (per Gil). Dating: ca. 1025–1051 …

    ENA 2804, f. 19, ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp.198-199 (Doc. #107), C.B. 02-25-88 (p) Letter from Solomon b. Judah to Samuel Ha-Kohen b. Avtalyon con…

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  5. 155LetterENA 4010.18

    Letter from Daniel b. Azarya. On verso some names and jottings in Arabic

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    1. ] קלבי ומן אלאכטאר אלתי
    2. ]הא מא גאבת ענד אלשעור בה עני אלדניא
    3. ] מע תקל גמצה תם אנני תעזית
    4. ע]למי איאה מן סלאמה מהגתה אלגלילה אלנפיסה
    5. ] וראת ושכ…

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  6. 156LetterENA 4020.45 + ENA 4020.44

    Letter from the two congregations of Alexandria to David b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi, requesting 33 1/3 dinars for the ransom of a prisoner. Dated: Shevaṭ (4)791 …

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    1. [ ] ממנו שתי הקהילות/ אשר באסכנדריה
    2. [ ] שרויות/ ומתפללות על חיי אדירנו הש[ר]
    3. [ ] יאריכון ימיו/ ויעטהו בשלומיו/ עושה
    4. [ ] שלום במרומיו/ נצח יי' …

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  7. 157LetterENA 4046.1

    Letter from Daniel b. Azarya. The letter was later covered in large writing excercises in Arabic script.

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. וצלת רקעה מולאיי אלשיך האביר האציל החכם הנבון והמשיכל יברכה[ו]
    3. אלהינו ויעודדיהו וקראתהא ופהמת מא תצמנתה מן גמלה סלאמתה אדאמהא
    4. אללה תעאלי וס…

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  8. 158List or tableENA NS 77.243

    List (fragment) of recipients or donors of charity

    1. ...]ן
    2. חסן ס[
    3. אם אבו
    4. בן אל[

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  9. 159List or tableENA NS 77.408

    List (fragment) of names and amounts, all contributing 1/2 (though also looks like the Hebrew letter alef). The second column is headed "al-ghayr qāṭinīn" (the …

    1. אלשיך בו אלכיר אלזיאת א
    2. אלשי[ך]...ן? אלכבאז א
    3. אלשי[ך] אלשמ[...]ן [א]
    4. אלשיך בר[כ]את אלביאע א
    5. אלשיך הבה אללבאן [א]
    6. אלשיך בו אל[....] [א]
    7. אלשיד.. [.]ל …

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  10. 160LetterHalper 379 + T-S AS 160.324

    Petition appealing for help from Shemuel ha-Nagid (1140–59). A woman asks him for help paying the capitation tax for her husband, who is in detention …

    1. لے
    2. אלעבדה תנהי אלי הד[רת מרינו ורבינו אדונינו
    3. שמואל הנגיד הגדול [שר השרים ונגיד הנגידים
    4. ימין המלוכה גביר ה|[גבירים נז]ר הנשיאות תכון
    5. משרתה לנצח אן […

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  11. 161LetterJRL A 527

    This is a fragment of a letter asking for assistance, possibly on behalf of a man and his dependents. The author mentions that the subjects …

    1. ......]א[...............
    2. ....א]לדי יפ[..............
    3. ]רגל מעיל פי כמסה מן אלעילה
    4. ]ת עשרה .... עריאנה ומא לעבדך
    5. ...] מולאי אל[ש]יך אלאגל באן ינעם
    6. ...…

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  12. 162LetterJRL B 3727

    End of a petition from someone identifying himself as a certified hazzan to two people in Cairo requesting their assistance. The writer refers to someone, …

    1. .....]..[
    2. רף אלס[.....] כאן תג
    3. ......]... אלצ[...] .ב
    4. ..]באל[.]. פי דאר אלמלך
    5. ..]...[..]לדא ... ...ם ל
    6. תעלם[..] אלחסן אבו סהל ת.
    7. ינדר לי פי כניסה אל…

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  13. 163LetterJRL B 4351

    Begging letter in Hebrew addressed to the 'community of foreigners (loʿazim) from a widow with five children. Already a recipient of communal charity, the writer …

    1. שלו
    2. שלום רב וישע יקרב לכבוד הקהל הקדוש המשובח הזה קהל
    3. הלועזים חכמי ונבונים גדולי וקטנים ישמרם צורם והשם יהיה
    4. בע[זר]ם אנס שפחתכם העניה האלמנה הדלה אג…

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  14. 164List or tableJRL C 19

    Lists in Judaeo-Arabic of "מצרופ/expenses" on food items organized according to weeks of the liturgical calendar that are indicated by their respective parsha readings (i.e. …

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  15. 165List or tableJRL C 23

    List related to the communal "chest / ארגז" of the Maghrebi community (here written as "מערבים" in the heading). The list's structure and paleography help …

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  16. 166List or tableJRL C 32

    Lists in Judeo-Arabic of monetary contributions for children that were recorded in 5576 which is 1815/16CE. The contents of this shelfmark may be related to …

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  17. 167List or tableJRL C 33

    Lists in Judaeo-Arabic of food and possibly charity-related communal expenses in the year 5560JC which is 1799/1800CE. The lists mention a wide array of food …

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  18. 168List or tableJRL C 37

    List of communal contributions received in the month of Adar I that dates to the late-18th or early-19th centuries, based on the names mentioned on …

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  19. 169List or tableJRL C 53

    Lists related to communal contributions that are organized in a format according to the weeks of the liturgical calendar and their corresponding parshas as well …

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  20. 170List or tableJRL C 54 + JRL C 161

    Lists of weekly communal contributions given before various Shabbatot that are organized according to the weeks of the liturgical calendar and their corresponding parshas. In …

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  21. 171List or tableJRL C 59

    List of names and corresponding payments in "פצה / silver." The list's heading on the recto describes these values as "מטלוב עלם חסאב קיימה טרפ …

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  22. 172List or tableJRL C 63

    Lists in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew of donations collected before various Shabbatot. Individual contributors are mentioned and specific weeks of the liturgical calender are indicated by …

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  23. 173List or tableJRL C 73

    Lists in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew of donations collected before various Shabbatot. Each list is designated by individual contributors and specific weeks of the liturgical calender …

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  24. 174List or tableJRL C 93 + JRL C 77

    Lists in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew of donations collected before various Shabbatot dated in the year 5596 AM which is 1835/1836 CE. Each list is designated …

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  25. 175List or tableJRL C 96

    List in Judeo-Arabic related to the communal "chest / ארגז" of the Sephardim in Adar I [55]93 which is March 1833 CE. The monetary figures …

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  26. 176List or tableJRL C 130

    Communal accounts related to the "ק׳׳ק סקאליין"– possibly the "Sicilian" congregation, but the spelling seems incorrect for that to be the case. Dated Tishrei 5481 …

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  27. 177List or tableJRL C 134

    Immense list of communal contributions for Pesaḥ 5553 AM (March-April 1793 CE). The list contains 397 entries that comprise at least 449 individuals. MCD.

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  28. 178List or tableJRL C 175

    List of alphabetized names and monetary figures that probably represent communal contributions. The list dates to the late 18th- or 19th-century based on the paleography. …

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  29. 179LetterJTS MS 8254.7

    A circular of Maimonides on the ransoming of captives. Dated: Summer (Tammuz) 1169 CE. In the handwriting of Mevorakh b. Natan. With Maimonides' signature.

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    1. בסתר כנפיו יסתירם גמיע[
    2. יברכם אלהי[נו עלי] מא פעלוה פי אמר אלשבויים יתיר אלהינו
    3. מאסרם וקד [אנפד]נא אליכם כתאב צחבה נכבדנו כגק
    4. מרנא ורבנא אהרן …

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    1. may He cover them with the cover of His wings, what all the comm[uniti]es of Israel have contributed,

    2. may God bless them and what they have…

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  30. 180List or tableJTS MS 9160.9

    List of communal accounts dated in variety of places throughout the text, for example the first intact date on the recto is 12 Sivan 5352 …

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  31. 181LetterJTS Schechter 4

    Letter from Eliyyahu ha-Kohen “Beit Din” b. Avraham from al-Raqqah to Ya’aqov he-Ḥaver b. Yosef, Aleppo, ca. 1030. The writer thanks the addressee for taking …

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    1. א'ה'ב'ת' צ'ד'ק' ו'ת'ש'נ'א ר'ש'ע' ע'ל' כ'ן' מ'ש'ח'ך א'ל'י'ם' א'ל'ה'י'ך' ש'מ'ן' ש'ש'ו'ן מ'ח'ב'ר'י'ך'
    2. א'ל' י'שיש ה'חכמה בנועם תלמודו וטיהור ניבו…

    You love justice and detest iniquity, therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy, preferring you to your companions (Psalms 45:8).

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  32. 182List or tableL-G Ar. I.28

    List, representing notes of an official, probably in a small locality, about doles handed out to him on Passover. Part I, Pesiqat Pesah ('pledge drive …

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    1. פסיקה פסח
    2. אבו צאעד יעקוב אלכהן עפיק? אבו אל...
    3. נק' א' ורק ב' ורק ב
    4. אל..אר אלנאמן אבו אלעז בן סלאמה
    5. נק' א' נק' א ורק ד'

    section…

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  33. 183LetterL-G Misc. 51

    Letter from the judge Avraham b. [Mevorakh] ha-Kohen, the head of the Jewish community in al-Maḥalla, to the Nagid/Raʾīs al-Yahūd Mevorakh b. Seʿadya. In Hebrew …

    1. בשמך רחמנא ברוך ייי יום יום יעמס לנו האל ישועתינו סלה השם נפשינו בחיים ולא נתן למוט רגלינו
    2. אשמעה מע ידבר האל ייי כי ידבר שלום אל עמו ואל חסידיו ואל …

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  34. 184LetterMIAC 1

    Appeal from the Jewish communal administration in Cairo to Egyptian Jews calling them to fast for a day in the month (Sivan) in remembrance of …

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  35. 185LetterMIAC 21

    Announcement from the Grand Rabbinate of Cairo on the reception of certain individuals that are returning in accordance with law that everyone be brothers to …

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  36. 186LetterMIAC 40

    Appeal from the administrative council of the Jews of Egypt to the assembly of the religious group – undated and it appears that it is …

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  37. 187LetterMIAC 75

    Letter issued by the Grand Rabbinate of Cairo – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 75) – in Judeo-Arabic. (information …

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  38. 188Unknown typeMIAC 82

    Leaflet issued by the Grand Rabbinate of Cairo – 1913CE – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 82) – in Judeo-Arabic. (information …

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  39. 189LetterMIAC 104

    Translation of a letter delivered by Kẖawaja Nissim ʿAsīf in March 1952 for welcoming the chief rabbi of the Jews in Cairo [R. Ḥayyim Naḥūm …

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  40. 190LetterMIAC 171

    Announcement regarding the program of ceremonies for the Ibn Yuḥay Institute for Culture and Righteousness in which the Minister of Social Affairs, the Chief Rabbi …

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  41. 191Unknown typeMIAC 196

    Decision on the cancellation of the morning breakfast hosted in the community center – June 29 1965CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 196) …

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  42. 192List or tableMIAC 215

    Account of contributions to the community – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 215) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., …

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  43. 193LetterMIAC 247

    Announcement regarding the relocation of the Grand Rabbinate of Cairo to a new site in ʿAbassīya (Cairo) – 22 May 1952CE – Museum of Islamic …

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  44. 194Unknown typeMIAC 255

    Minutes of meetings of the educational committee for the administration of teaching-related affairs, gifts, oversight, and sanitation – October, November, December of the year 1954 …

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  45. 195Unknown typeMIAC 290

    Minutes of meetings for the school committee organizing the academic schedule and paths of study and various decisions of the council authorizing the educational operation …

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  46. 196LetterMoss. Ia,5

    Letter from Hayye Gaon, in Baghdad, to Sahlan b. Avraham in Fustat. Dated Kislev 1349 Sel. (Dec 1037–Jan 1038). Regarding the disagreement among Iraqi community …

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    1. בשמך רחמ 
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא ידידנו מחמד נפשנו //והחבר// ראס אלכל סגן הישיבה רא[ש הסדר מן דאר] אלס[לאם…
    3. [      ] בטבת שנת שמט ען סלאמה פי אלנ…

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  47. 197LetterMoss. Ia,27

    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 …

    1. אל אח בתורה וחבר ביראה באהבה גלויה לא נפלאה לא בהבלי העולם
    2. תלואה ולא בעניניו קנואה כי אם קבועה כמראה בעלי קנאה לא
    3. ימירוה ומטילי שנאה לא יחליפוה ואם …

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  48. 198Legal query or responsumMoss. II,142.1

    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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    1. במקומו גם מ[
    2. רבינו נטרואי ב[
    3. אם חזרה בה ב[
    4. והמקראות א[
    5. מטומאת גוי [
    6. לאמר לא נבדל[ו העם ישראל והכהנים והלויים מעמי הארצות כתועבותיהם

    לכנעני]

    1. ה…

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  49. 199LetterMoss. II,163.3

    The beginning of the second page what is probably a petition, written by a boy who was abandoned by his father before he was born. …

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  50. 200LetterMoss. IV,15.1

    Recto: Fragment of a letter from Shemuel Gaon b. Hofni to one of the main members of the community in Fustat. Dated: Av 1319 Seleucid, …

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    1. [                                                              ] ויתגדד הנאך מן אמור אלשיוך 
    2. [                 ]ן ימסנא אמרהם ומא [א]שיר בה על…

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