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  1. 401Legal documentT-S NS 226.41

    Small fragment from the bottom of a legal deed written and signed by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Also signed by Natan [b. Shelomo] …

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  2. 402LetterT-S NS 226.51

    Very damaged and faded letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon

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  3. 403LetterT-S NS 226.53

    Fragmentary letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi to his brother Halfon informing on various business transactions including one to Damuh. AA

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  4. 404Legal documentT-S NS 226.54

    Minute fragment, related to marriage agreement of some kind, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). AA

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  5. 405Legal documentT-S NS 226.57 + T-S NS 225.92

    Fragments of a legal deed in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Dating: mentions [14]44 Seleucid and Jumādā II 527 AH = …

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  6. 406LetterT-S NS 226.120

    Minute fragment. Only few words of the address of a letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi to his brother Halfon. AA

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  7. 407Legal documentT-S NS 226.125

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Apparently a debt contract. Abū Zikrī owes a large sum of money (80 …

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  8. 408Legal documentT-S NS 226.126

    Fragment from a court ledger in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38). Long vertical strip from around the middle crease; portions of four …

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  9. 409LetterT-S NS 226.129

    Damaged and faded fragment of a letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon

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  10. 410Legal documentT-S NS 320.57 + ENA 2386.4

    Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. The case involves a husband named Yosef ha-Kohen and his wife; the husband …

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    1. 1 ( ) ואל( )
    2. 2 ( )זן מ יוסף הכהן זוגהא אל( )
    3. בר
    4. 3 ( )בנה צגירה ולם יתר( )
    5. 4 ( ) יום ספרה ואלי אלאן מ( )
    6. 5 ( )גיאע ליס להמא מא יר( )
    7. 6 ( )לי נפס…

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  11. 411Legal documentT-S NS 320.142

    Legal fragment. Appears to be the settlement of a marital dispute between Yūsuf and Sitt al-Ahl. Dating: Mentions the date Shevat 1437 Seleucid, which is …

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    1. [ ]מנאהא בצחה אלאמר
    2. [ ] באן יכתב להא בדלך שטר
    3. [ ] אמתת לנא מרסומהא אלש[ר]יף
    4. [ ] כמא נעלמה מן צחה אל[ ]א אלשטר
    5. [ ]ך ואן אסתחקאק…

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  12. 412Legal documentT-S NS 321.9

    Very damaged betrothal deed, probably between Rabbinate bride and Karaite groom (See Ashur, Engagement and Betrothals, p, 69). It is the bride's second marriage and …

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  13. 413Legal documentT-S NS 321.91

    Long discussion between a woman and the court about taking an oath in a legal dispute she had with a man (the document mentions that …

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  14. 414Legal documentT-S NS 325.209a

    On recto bottom line of a court record, signed by [Avraham] b. Shema'ya ha-Haver, [Ishaq b. Shemuel] the Spaniard, Menashshe b. Shemuel, Halfon b. Ghalib, …

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  15. 415LetterT-S NS 342.6

    Small fragment from the opening of a letter written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi contains greetings for Masliah Gaon, probably for his appointment as Head …

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  16. 416Legal query or responsumT-S NS 342.11 + T-S NS 342.82 + T-S NS 342.104 + T-S NS 342.72 + T-S NS 342.75 + T-S NS 342.73 + T-S NS 342.1 + T-S NS 342.70

    Legal query addressed to the Gaʾon (probably Maṣliaḥ) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Concerning a man who remarried after the death of …

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  17. 417LetterT-S NS 342.13 + T-S NS 342.15 + T-S NS 342.25 + T-S NS 342.17

    Several fragments from a business letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi to his brother Ḥalfon. In Judaeo-Arabic. Informing him that he sent something with …

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  18. 418LetterT-S NS 342.22 + T-S NS 342.21 + T-S NS 342.16 + T-S NS 342.20

    Several fragments of a letter from Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi to his brother Ḥalfon. In Judaeo-Arabic. The middle pieces (T-S NS 342.21 + T-S NS …

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  19. 419Legal documentT-S NS 342.26

    Fragment from legal deeds written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). On recto a reverence is made to 'al-wakil al-goy' = the gentile representative. …

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  20. 420Legal documentT-S NS 342.33

    Small fragment of a legal deed regarding sugar refining (ṭabīkh al-sukkar). Involving Yeshuʿa b. Yiftaḥ ha-Kohen. In the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 …

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  21. 421Legal documentT-S NS 342.68

    Legal record(s) in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe (1100–38 CE). Fragment (lower left part of recto). The main record concerns a dispute over money …

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  22. 422Legal documentT-S NS 342.87 + T-S NS 342.118

    Legal notes in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Outline for the sale of slaves (bayʿ jalb). Seller: Moshe b. Mevasser. Buyer: …

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  23. 423Legal documentT-S NS 342.119

    Fragment from a legal deed involving Halfon b. Eli. Cairo is mentioned. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). AA

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  24. 424LetterT-S NS 342.132

    Minute fragment from the top part of a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon.

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  25. 425Legal documentT-S NS J94

    Deathbed declaration of Abū l-Maʿālī Shelomo al-Dhahabī. The witnesses to the declaration are ʿEli he-Ḥaver and Araḥ Ibn Kokhav (or Kawkab), and the judge is …

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    1. חצר אלינא אנן בי דינא ומאן דחתים עימנא [ ]
    2. ורבנא עלי החבר בס גד החכם והנבון יש[צו ]
    3. ומור ארח הזקן בר מרור כוכב הזקן נע ו[ ]
    4. וקאלו אלדי נעלמה א…

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  26. 426LetterT-S NS J132

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). Mentions his shop; …

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  27. 427Legal documentT-S NS J152 + T-S NS J110

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. "A litigation concerning an inheritance. Two partners were operating a store and upon the death of …

    T-S NS J110

    1. [ ]ק[ ]
    2. [ ] דנן אלא בחכם צגר סנה ודפע[ ]
    3. [ ]צא פי דלך וגרי בינהמא אמור [ ]
    4. [ ]דא אכתרת דלךתעידאליאלק [ ]ד דלך פסך מא קד גרי מן אלחב

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  28. 428Legal documentT-S NS J185d + T-S NS J185c

    Legal document written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Ḥeshvan 1432 Seleucid, which is September-October 1120 CE. Court record concerning a father’s will. Abū …

    T-S NS J185d 1 recto

    1. [ ] ה פק[אלת לה]ם אן כאן פי שרב [ ]זאגיי פקאלו לי מא תם נביד בל הי ח[ ]
    2. [ ] וגדתהם מגתמעין יכאתבה ען אבנתה סתונה דא פקאל לי ולה…

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  29. 429Legal documentT-S NS J318a

    Account of repairs of a house, written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). A previous version of this shelfmark description listed the date range …

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    1. בש רח
    2. צח ללשיך אבו עלי [ ]
    3. הזקן נע ען עמא[רה ]
    4. כניסתין אלמעמור[תין ]
    5. דאר אלתי פי דאר [ ]
    6. ופי דאר בן אב[ו ]
    7. וחראסה וען מא [ ]
    8. ולאכת אלשיך [ ]
    9. ד…

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  30. 430LetterT-S NS J321

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). Mentions Abū l-Surur (their brother Peraḥya?); a request …

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    1. כת]אבי אלי אלעבראני וקד וגה מע מר רב יוסף הדא

    2.     ]ו וורקא ינסך לה מן הנאך מא אמכנה וכתב לה רבנו נהראי נטרי

    3. רחמ כתאבא אלי חצרתה יסאלה פי …

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    1. .... (לצרף את) מכתבי אל (המכתב) העברי; הוא שלח עם מר' רב יוסף זה
    2. .... ו'; ונייר כדי שיעתיק בשבילו משם מה שיוכל. וכתב לו רכנו נהוראי נטריה
    3. רחמנ…

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  31. 431Legal query or responsumT-S NS J496 + T-S 10J21.15

    Legal query, draft, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Regarding the money left by a dead husband. In the margin: "As for the 70 …

    T-S 10J21.15

    1. מא יקול רבנו פיההמיאה אל[ ]
    2. מחכם אלמעאני יקתצי כו[ ]
    3. ובכתובתה עליו ועל כל יור[שיו ]
    4. כשרים נאמנים ובעד ופ[אה ]
    5. יתבתו מא כלפה פסאלו [ ]
    6. ת…

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  32. 432Legal documentT-S NS J618

    Legal fragment. Betrothal (erusin) document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Surviving names include Yeshuʿa ha-Zaqen and Avraham.

    T-S NS J618 recto

    1. אירס בפנינו אנו בית דין [הקבוע בפסטאט מצרים ומאן דחתים]
    2. עימנא לתחתא כגק מרו[ר ...]
    3. [בר] כגק מרור ישועה הז[קן ...]
    4. [בת] כגק מרור אב…

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  33. 433Legal documentAIU VII.D.110 + CUL Or.1081 J34 + Moss. VII,65.1 + ENA 4011.14

    Prenuptial agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: last decade of Tishrei 1438 Seleucid = October 1126 CE. This was before the …

    1. [... דח]תמות ידנא לתחתא כן הוה חצר אלינא
    2. [... מנ]שה הזקן [דידי]ע בן אלגביליה נע וקאל
    3. [לנא ....מעכ]שו ואכתמו עלי בגמיע אלאלפאט אל[מחכמה]
    4. [ובכל לישאני…

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  34. 434Legal documentBL OR 5566A.1

    Segment of a ketubba (marriage contract), in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–1138 CE).

    1. ולכל הקהלה [ ]
    2. בתרין בשבת דהוא שיתת עשר יו[מי ]
    3. הלוי היקר חתנא בר מרור יעקב ה[לוי ]
    4. סת אלכל כלתא בתולתא דא והות [ליה לאנתו ואשתיירון]
    5. עלוהי עשרין די…

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  35. 435Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 3/7

    Legal document. Record of release. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1125 CE. This document describes release from a partnership in …

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    1. These proceedings took place before us—[we, the undersigned … as well as those who  signed]  
    2. with us below. Thus: [Mr. Shemariah ha-Kohen]  

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  36. 436LetterBodl. MS heb. b 11/21

    IB I, 33. Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe containing a commercial account and a record of court proceedings. On his way to …

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    1. [...]לתקריר 
    2. [...] דרהם –
    3. אשתרי בדלך 
    4. לאך מספר ד קטע אלתמן ענהם אלף דרהם
    5. עדל לטרף סנבל                   ש' דרהם 
    6. ג' אעדאל מקצור וכורג'תין    …

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    1. ... dirham 

    2. Purchased with this:

    3. lac sent in four pieces {alt. tr.: units}, price: 1,000 dirhems;

    4. a small bale of spikenard: 300 di…

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  37. 437Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 12/2

    Court record. A settlement between a brother and his two sisters concerning their late father’s inheritance, dated 1128/9. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. …

    1. ] אלתי הי סנה אתמ לשטרות
    2. ] ך מצינא אנן חתומי מטה
    3. ]וה בעד צחה אלמערפה בהא בעד אן ערפתנא בהא ואלדתהא ומן נתק אליה מעהא בקנין גמור חמור בכלי הכשר
    4. ] אנה…

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  38. 438Literary textBodl. MS heb. e 74/1–6

    The first six leaves of a copy of the Ghurar al-Balāgha of Hilāl al-Ṣābi' — a book of formularies for letter-writing — copied in the …

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  39. 439LetterBodl. MS heb. f 107/52

    Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Addressed to someone important, possibly the Nagid, and possibly specifically Maṣliaḥ Gaon (based on some flattering phrases …

    1. ראש ישיבת גאון יעק]ב יהי שמו לעולם כירח יכון [עולם אדאם אללה
    2. גאההא וידים סעאדתהא ויזידהא אצעאף [
    3. אולאדהא ויוצל איאמהא ואיאמהמא באיא[ם אלגואל
    4. ולא יכל…

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  40. 440Legal documentCod.Heid.Or.79

    Legal document. Deed of sale for a house in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ that Levi b. Namer sells to the banker (al-ṣayrafī) Abū l-Ḥasan Shelomo b. Menashshe …

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  41. 441Legal documentENA 1822a.17 + T-S 8J34.10

    Deathbed declaration in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dated documents: 1100–38). Draft. In which Abū l-Ḥusayn Moshe b. Shelomo al-ʿAṭṭār (the perfume vendor …

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    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתחתא כן הוה חצר אלינא
    2. מ[ן] סאלנא אלדכול עלי אלשיך אבו אלחסין מ ור משה בר מ שלמה אלעטאר נע
    3. פדכל[נ]א…

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  42. 442Legal documentENA 2712.10 + T-S NS 320.111

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (active 1100–38 CE). Two fragments from the top. Seems to be the resolution/settlement of a …

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  43. 443Legal documentENA 2727.18d

    Verso: Legal agreement. Probably in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Avigayil bt. Eliyya ha-Kohen gives her husband David b. Eliyya the right to remarry …

    1. דויד בר אליה נע
    2. אביגיל בת אליה הכהן סט
    3. ארתצת במראגעתה
    4. למטלקתה חסנה בת יהודה
    5. בעד אן כתב להא עליה ותיקה
    6. באומות העולם בלה דינ' דין חאל
    7. [וא]סתקר אידאעהא…

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  44. 444List or tableENA 2728.2

    India Book (IB) II, 11b: List of the honorary titles of the Bundar family of Aden, ca. 1120. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. Names …

    1. בנדאר שר הקהלות בר יפת ש[ר הקהלות ...] 
    2. ⟦חמודיו⟧ //עמותה דוד[י]ו\\ אברהם שר הקהלות [...] 
    3. ואחיו יצחק נדיב [ה]קהלות ב[ר בנדאר...] 
    4. וכלף חמודו חמדת הק…

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    1. Bundār [II], Leader of the Congregations, son of Japheth, L[eader, etc…]
    2. and ⟦his father-in-law {alt. tr.: sons}⟧ \\his uncles,// Abraham, Lea…

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  45. 445Legal documentENA 3657.7

    Marriage document. Draft of a prenuptial agreement, by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100-1138 CE). Damaged. Aramaic. AA

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  46. 446Legal documentENA 4101.3b + JRL B 7252

    Legal deed concerning a female slave, who is probably sold (mentions the figure 1[.].5 dinars). Mentions people including a woman named Sitt al-Nās, Mevasser b. …

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  47. 447Legal documentENA NS 16.34

    Segment of a prenuptial agreement, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100-1138 CE).

    1. [ ]קאמת [ ]
    2. [ ]אנין עליהם
    3. [ ]ן ואחדה מנהם
    4. [ ] תתצרף פי דלך בחסב
    5. [ ] אנה לא יתזוג עליהא
    6. [ ] מעכשו מאיה
    7. [ ]ברא מן אנץ
    8. [ ]הדה

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  48. 448Legal documentENA NS 19.23

    Prenuptial agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dated documents from 1100-1138). It is possible that the agreement reflects special circumstances: the marriage …

    1. [...].....עִ
    2. [...].̇צע אלחק [...] עלי חאלהא
    3. [... ת]פרّד בהא לא פִיִ ליל ולא פי נהאר
    4. [...ש]רבהא ללקדח לא גיר והי מסתורה
    5. [...] ישראל פי וקת תקדיסה ונש…

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  49. 449Legal documentF 1908.44A

    Recto (written later): Legal document written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Also signed by Mevorakh b. Natan. Dated: last decade of Tishrei 1428 Seleucid …

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  50. 450Legal documentJRL A 220

    Deed of sale of a female slave. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Involves a woman named Sitt al-Kull and notably refers to Dār …

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