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  1. 1Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16

    Court notebook. In Hebrew. Dated: 5443 AM, which is 1682/83 CE. Signatures written at the ends of the entries include Shelomo Somekh ha-Sofer, Avraham ha-Kohen …

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  2. 2Legal documentBL OR 5561A.4–4a

    BL OR 5561A.4 seems to preserve only the imprint of BL OR 5561A.4a; the relationship between these two fragments and how they were folded is …

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  3. 3List or tableJRL SERIES C 102

    Accounts in Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 1078 AH on the verso which is 1667/68 CE. Many of the entries mention the currency "kalb", which in …

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  4. 4Legal documentENA NS 47.11

    Legal deed. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Thursday, 29 Tammuz 5437 AM = 29 July 1677 CE. Concerning the moneychanging (ṣarf) partnership between Eliyyahu b. …

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  5. 5LetterT-S 10J12.35

    Letter from Abraham to Ṭurkiyya and his sister Masʿūda, concerning money. He sends greetings to his mother and to Aaron al-Ḡarbī. Mordechai sends greetings to …

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  6. 6Legal documentBL OR 5542.1

    Legal documents from 17th century Egypt, regarding a widow named Riqa (ריקא), the daughter of Hanan She'eltiel. The document on verso is dated the 3rd …

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  7. 7LetterT-S 13J34.7

    Letter from Shemuel b. Khalīfa, in Damascus, to Yosef Abū l-[...], in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: Perhaps ca. 17th century. Specifically Friday, Erev Rosh Ḥodesh …

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  8. 8Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1616

    Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 20 Kislev 5422 AM, which is 1661 CE. Concerning something to do with the late Barukh Nasi nin Eliʿezer Ẓemāḥ …

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  9. 9Legal documentT-S 10J13.28

    Legal document(s). Various draft legal documents on recto and verso (possibly from a court notebook), including one completely crossed out. People mentioned include Menaḥem Ṣarfati …

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  10. 10Legal documentAIU VII.D.60

    Legal document in Hebrew. Involves Moshe Kolon making a deposit including a pair of khalākhil with Zayn Shabābo (שבאבו). 1655 CE. There is a filing …

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  11. 11LetterT-S 13J9.19

    Letter from Moses גליפאפה, in Venice, to his teacher Shemuʾel ben Sīd, in "Alexandria or Cairo." In Hebrew. Dating: Late 17th century (per CUDL) or …

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  12. 12List or tableT-S Ar.35.52

    Bifolio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated on the verso in the upper left corner Shawwal 1012 AH (March 1604 CE). The alphanumerical designation relies on …

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  13. 13Legal documentENA NS 50.1

    Legal deed. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Wednesday, 1 Tevet 5416 AM, which is 1655/56 CE. Marḥaba the widow of Elʿazar(?) leases the large līwān …

    1. בע׳׳ה 
    2. בפנינו עדים חתומי מטה השכירה היקרה מ׳ מרחבה אלמנת הר׳ אלעזר מי[כ]אל נ׳׳ע הליון
    3. הגדול וכל תשמישיו והמרקד שבליואן הקטן שכנגדו שבקאעה שרכה [...]…

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  14. 14LetterENA 3728.1

    Letter in Ladino to Shelomo Almanas or Almatango[?] on verso from Aharon ha-Kohen. Dated below signature Jumada I 1_78AH [?]. The most likely reading based …

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  15. 15Legal documentBL OR 5561B.14

    Legal document dated 29 Nisan 5411 AM (April 1651 CE) involving Yiṣḥaq Castro and Ya'aqov al-Darqon. The scribe Shelomo b. Shemuel Somekh ha-Kohen has a …

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  16. 16LetterENA 1846.1 + ENA 1846.2

    Series of (copies of) letters sent from Hebron to Egypt, mainly asking for financial assistance. First half of the 17th century. Information from FGP.

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  17. 17LetterENA 1846.2 + ENA 1846.1

    Series of (copies of) letters sent from Hebron to Egypt, mainly asking for financial assistance. First half of the 17th century. Information from FGP.

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  18. 18Legal documentHalper 371

    Legal testimony. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday 15 Tevet 5385 AM, which is 1624 CE. Witnesses: Masʿūd ʿAmram and Shelomo ʿAravit/ ʿAravib(?). They attest …

    1. בעה׳׳י
    2. [מעיגים אנו חטומי מ]טה השכיר עצמו היקר כ׳׳ר יאודה כהן יצ׳׳ו בה׳׳ר מימון נ׳׳ע לשרת את היקר
    3. [כה׳׳ר כלי]פה דגה יצ׳׳ו׳ בכ׳׳ר שמואל יצו׳ להיותו נק…

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  19. 19Legal documentYevr. II A 463

    Yevr. II A 463/1: Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Dated: 5458 AM, which is 1697/98 CE. One of the witness signatures is that of …

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  20. 20Legal documentT-S 20.164

    Partnership agreement from Fustat/Cairo, dated 1667/1668 CE (״חכתה״ = 5428) between Yaʿaqov ha-Levi and a certain Yosef and a certain Refa'el. This dating "חכתה" matches …

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  21. 21Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1539

    Legal document. Dated: Friday 12 Shevat 5407 AM, which is 1647 CE. In Judaeo-Arabic. A woman named Khāṣṣ bt. Shelomo Levi Somekh, the widow of …

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  22. 22LetterENA NS I.97

    Letter or monumental sign with a greeting text (ברוך אתה בבואך ברוך אתה בצאתך) with the name Shemuel Ashkenazi is listed in the first-person in …

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  23. 23Legal documentT-S 13J25.22

    Legal document concerning houses that are part of the estate of the deceased Avraham Castro. At the time of writing, Mordekhay רקאק is renting one …

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  24. 24Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1586

    Karaite agreement regarding a payment for two apartments (תבקתין) in a house. Date: 27 Shevat 5446 AM (1686 CE). ʿOvadya Feyruz receives a payment of …

    1. למא כאן בתאריך נהאר אלארבע אלמבארך סבעה ועשרין יום פי חדש שבט סנה ה׳ת׳מ׳ו׳ ליצירה
    2. חצר כמה׳׳ר ישועה רופא יצ׳׳ו נין המנוח כמה׳׳ר מרדכי רופא נ׳׳ע תם את…

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  25. 25List or tableAIU VII.F.95

    10 pages of invoices (faturas) in Spanish. Dates spanning the years 5443-5444 AM (1682-1684CE). Very detailed. Requires further examination.

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  26. 26Legal documentYevr. II A 1241/2

    Karaite ketubba draft on recto and verso. The ketubba begins on the recto at line 6. Date: 23 Shevat 5414 AM (1654 CE). Location: New …

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  27. 27Legal documentBL OR 5544.12

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 20 Tishrei 5440 AM, which is 1679 CE. Concerning Yaʿaqov Re'uven who had employed Yaʿaqov Maṣliaḥ b. …

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  28. 28Legal documentYevr. II A 1241/4

    Karaite betrothal document. Date: 16 Tishrei 5445 AM (1684 CE). Location: New Cairo. The previously unmarried bride is Hana bt. Moshe b. Shalom ha-Levi and …

    1. [ב]שני בשבוע והוא ששה עשר יום מחדש תשרי חמ(!) שנת חמשת אלפים וארבע מאות וארבעים וחמשה שנים לבריאת העולם
    2. ואלף תשע מאות ותשעים וששה שנים למספר יונים ב…

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  29. 29Legal documentYevr. II A 1241/5

    Karaite betrothal document. Date: Nisan 16 Nisan 5433 AM (1673 CE). Location: New Cairo. The previously unmarried bride is Farj bt. Yeshūʿa b. Yiṣḥaq and …

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  30. 30Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1406

    Legal document, Qaraite. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Sunday, 15 Iyyar 5418 AM, which is 1658 CE. Involves Aharon Rofe Rosh Mishmeret b. Elʿazar ____[?] ha-Ḥazzan …

    1. [בע׳׳ה]
    2. למ]א כאן בת[אריך נה]אר אלאחד כאמס עשר חדש אייר סנה התיח לליצירה חצרו כה[׳׳ר] אהרן רופא ראש משמ׳
    3. ..] בכה׳׳ר אלעי[זר ...] חזן נ׳׳ע וכה׳׳ר אברה…

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  31. 31LetterAIU VII.E.102

    Letter in Ladino in which most of the heading has been damaged but could indicate the year [5]419CE given that the latter two digits are …

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  32. 32Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1571

    Karaite bill of debt. Dated Friday 4th of Nisan 5403 (1643)

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  33. 33Legal documentHalper 370

    Legal testimony. Signed and scribed by Yaʿaqov Geryani(?). Also witnessed by Yiṣḥaq b. Binyamin b. Shoshin. Location; Fustat. Dated: Thursday 3 Tishrei 5370 AM, which …

    1. בעהי׳׳ת 
    2. בפנינו עדים חתומי מטה בא הבחור כה׳׳ר יעקב אליקים יצ׳׳ו בן המנוח כ[ה׳׳ר
    3. ואמר לנו לא נעלם מכם איך חזקת צרף אלגאושייה שיש לי היא [ג]זולה כ[י ה…

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  34. 34Legal documentYevr. II A 1300

    Copy of a Karaite ketubah. Dated 8 Adar 5400 AM (1640 CE).

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  35. 35Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1599

    Karaite document corroborating (יאייד=يؤيد) the terms an earlier legal deed that had been issued in the beit din at the Dār Simḥa Synagogue. Dated 2 …

    1. למא כאן בתאריך נהאר אלכמיס תאני חדש ניסן המכובד סנה הת׳׳ו ליצירה חצ'ר כה׳׳ר אברהם לוי קדסי יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר יעקב
    2. לוי קיים נ׳׳ע פי מנזל כה׳׳ר אליה לוי יצ׳…

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  36. 36LetterAIU III.D.31

    Letters in Ladino and Spanish reused for an index to the Teshuvot of the Rosh. ASE. Letter in Ladino on III.D.31 (3) of scan is …

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  37. 37Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1644

    Karaite bill of release, mentions Farja[llah] Ḥakim ben Mordekhay Ḥakim and Elʾazar Rofe.

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  38. 38Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1556

    Karaite partnership dissolution agreement between two men who had been running a shop (דכאן) together. Dated Sunday 22nd Nisan 5441 AM (1681 CE). The two …

    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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  39. 39Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1445

    Karaite document regarding an ownership of a house. Dated Monday, Iyyar 2nd, 5405 AM (1645 CE). Mentions Aharon Rofe and Moshe Sagir.

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  40. 40LetterT-S Misc.28.258

    Late business/family letter in Hebrew from Shelomo Binyamin to his brother-in-law, also named Shelomo. He reports that ships from Messina and Ancona have arrived, but …

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  41. 41List or tableENA 1822a.97

    List of accounts in Ladino and western Arabic numerals dated at the opening of each entry, for example, 15 Shevat 5450 or 25 January 1690CE. …

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  42. 42List or tableJRL SERIES C 26

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic dated as [Dhu] al-Qa'da 1013AH which is 1605CE. The date appears in the first line of the recto in a somewhat uncommon …

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  43. 43Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1398

    Bill of debt dated Thursday, 29th Tammuz 5417 AM (1657 CE) taking place at the Dar Simha synagogue. Moshe Levi b. Ishaq Qudsi is demanding …

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  44. 44Legal documentT-S 8J6.23

    Legal document in Hebrew. Location: Jerusalem. Dated: middle decade of Tammuz 5417 AM = June/July 1657 CE. Concerning a disputed inheritance. Yaʿaqov Esperiel (אישפריל) made …

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    1. בה׳׳ו
    2. בפנינו ב׳׳ד ח׳׳מ בא החכם כה׳׳ר יעקב אישפריאל והעיד בתורת עדות נאמנה כדחזי [?] איך הוברר לו
    3. הירור גמור שנשאר בי…

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  45. 45Legal documentYevr. II A 1264

    Settlement of a dispute (mutual release) between Barukh Nasi b. Eliʿezer Nasi the Qaraite (מבני מקרא) and Shabbetay b. Mordekhay Shabbat the Rabbanite (מבני משנה). …

    1. בהיות שמקודם לכן כ׳׳ר ברוך נשיא יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר אליעזר נשיא נ׳׳ע מפני מקרא יצ׳׳ו מלתזם בקאעה אלתצפיה
    2. ויש לו במקום שאר מלאכתו כגון עפרות זהב ועפרות כסף ו…

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  46. 46Legal documentHalper 362

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Monday, 4 Av 5386 AM, which is 1626 CE. Concerning Malka/Milka bt. [...] Amarillo, the widow of the …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בהיות שרצתה היקרה הצנועה מ׳ מלכה ת׳׳מ בת היקר כ׳׳ר מ[...] אמארילייו יצ׳׳ו אלמנת החכם המנוח כה׳׳ר יאיר אבידארע נ׳׳ע
    3. להשבע שבועת אלמנה ולגבות כת…

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  47. 47LetterBL OR 10110.23

    Late, formal, communal letter, likely from the community of Jerusalem, mentioning their shaliaḥ R. Ḥananya b. Barhūn (l.6), to a group of people including R. …

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  48. 48Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1584

    Karaite partnership agreement in a shop between Shelomo b. Aharon Miʿmār and three orphans left by the deceased community man Yeshuʿa Qayīm. Dated 28 Av …

    1. למא כאן בתאריך נהאר אלאחד אלמבארך תמאניה ועשרין יום פי
    2. חדש אב יאל סנה התל ליצירה חצר כה׳׳ר שלמה מעמאר יצ׳׳ו
    3. נין המנוח כה׳׳ר אהרן חזן ידיע מעמאר נ׳׳ע…

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  49. 49Literary textAIU VI.B.3

    44 pages, some of which are instructions for kabbalistic kavanot, some of which are a Sabbatean tract (see especially pp.15–16, 19–22, and 25–27 = 8r–8v, …

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  50. 50Literary textAIU VI.C.10

    Two different fragments. First fragment: An abridgement of some of the dietary and lifestyle advice from Chapter 4 of the Hebrew plague treatise "Moshiaʿ Ḥosim" …

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