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  1. 101LetterENA 2425.17

    Letter from an unknown writer in Jerusalem addressed to R. Maʿūẓa and his sons Sālim and Yaḥyā. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 19th century, as …

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  2. 102LetterENA 2560.7

    Letter from Shelomo Kohen and Yaʿaqov Portos to Efrayim [...]. Dated: 12 Elul 5566 AM (1806 CE). (Someone wrote the date 1706 CE on the …

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  3. 103List or tableENA 2689.3

    Calendar for the year 5574 AM (1813/14 CE) with Jewish holidays and some notes about corresponding dates within the Ḥijrī calendar and the constellations (Cancer, …

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  4. 104Paraliterary textENA 3901.4

    Writing exercises in Arabic on recto and verso. The recto is dated 2 November (نوڤمبر) 1856 CE and the verso, 3 November 1856 CE. It …

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  5. 105LetterENA 3903.6

    Business letter. In Arabic script. Dating: Ottoman-era, based on overall appearance and use of the honorific "effendi." The dated accounts on the verso may be …

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  6. 106LetterENA NS 29.23

    Letter in Arabic, from a state official within Meḥmed ʿAlī Pasha's administration detailing a variety of transactions involving individuals with the title Effendi. Dated 16 …

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  7. 107Legal documentENA NS 36.29

    Verso: Draft of a legal document regarding a ketubba payout following a divorce. The dating is likely early nineteenth century based on the verso note …

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  8. 108Legal documentENA NS 50.8

    Legal deed. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: End of Heshvan, 5562 AM = October/November 1801 CE. Meʾir Ben-Naʿim invests 100 reales (1 real = 90 …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. [בפע]ח׳׳מ הודו היקר נשא ונע׳ כה׳׳ר רחמים תאגירי יצ׳׳ו ואשתו היקרה וצנועה מ׳ מזל ת׳׳ם הודאה גמו׳ שרירא וקיימ׳
    3. מעכשיו מדעתם ורצונם הטוב והגמו׳ ב…

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  9. 109Legal documentENA NS 51.28

    Legal deed. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: 1 Shevat 5578 AM, which is 1818 CE. Declaring that Rica bt. Avraham ha-Kohen טרייקלי is "rebellious" (moredet) …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בהיות שהר׳ יוסף קשטיל יצ׳׳ו נשוי עם אשתו המ׳ ריקה ת׳׳מ בכורה מכת בת המ׳ אברהם 
    3. הכהן ידיע טרייקלי נ׳׳ע עד עכשו -  והנה בעתה שעברו דברי ריבות וק…

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  10. 110Legal documentENA NS 56.6

    Legal deed. In Hebrew. Dated: End of Tammuz, 5562 AM = July 1802 CE. Yisraʾel leases his cheese shop in Ḥārat al-Ṣaqāliba to Yosef Medina …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בהיות שחזקת החנות שבמקום היהודים שכנגד חארת אלצקאלבה היא להיקר ונע׳ כה׳׳ר ישראל פינטו יצ׳׳ו הן עתה
    3. השכיר הר׳י הנז׳ החזקה הנז׳ עם כלי(!) תשמיש …

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  11. 111Legal documentENA NS 58.30

    Legal testimony. In Hebrew, with one signature in both Hebrew and Latin script. Location: Alexandria. Dating: 5624 AM in the month of Shevat which is …

    1. בשלישי בשבת שנת חמשת אלפים ושש מאות ועשרים וארבע ליר׳׳ח שבט למנין שאנו מונים פה נא אמון נתגרשה לפנינו האשה מרת ויניזייאנה דמתקריא
    2. יטא ברת אברהם מאת …

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  12. 112LetterENA NS 63.5

    Letter from Eliyyahu b. Seʿadya, in Fustat/Cairo, to the Ḥakham Avraham ha-Levi b. Moshe ha-Levi the Qaraite, in Jerusalem. Scribed by Yaʿaqov Ḥayna (? חיינה) …

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  13. 113Legal documentENA NS 63.16

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: First decade of Ṭevet 5561 AM, which is 17–26 December 1800 CE. Moneychanging (sarraflık) partnership agreement between three …

    1. בע׳׳ה בסט׳׳ו
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הודו היקר נשא ונע׳ לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר חיים הלוי יצ׳׳ו והיקר נשא ונע׳ לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר מרקאדו קארו יצ׳׳ו והיקר נשא ונ׳׳ע לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר אברה…

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  14. 114Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Gaster ar. 56

    Receipt in Arabic issued by a waqf overseer (ناظر وقف), probably for ground rent (ḥikr) on a property in Cairo. Dated Shawwal 1214 AH (1800 …

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  15. 115List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 99

    Recto: Accounts of a moneylender(?). In Arabic script. Dated: Thursday, 19 Dhū l-Ḥijja 1253 AH which is 1838 CE. In the right column, ʿĀʾisha bt. …

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  16. 116List or tableJRL Gaster heb. ms 1865/9

    List of communal contributions. Dated: 5580 AM, which is 1819/20 CE. Many names.

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  17. 117Legal documentJRL SERIES A 604

    Partnership/investment agreement (עסקא). Location: Cairo. Dated: First third of Shevaṭ 5577 AM = January 1817 CE. Khalīfa ʿAfīf acknowledges that David ʿAfīf has invested 17,000 …

    1. ב׳׳ה
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הודה היקר נשא ונעלה לשט׳׳ו כמה׳׳ר כליפה עפיף יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמורה שרירא
    3. וקיימת מעכשיו מדעתו ורצונו הטוב והגמור מבלי זכר שום מין אונס וכפיי…

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  18. 118Legal documentJRL SERIES A 607

    Investment agreement (ʿisqa). Dated: Adar I 5562 AM, which is 1802 CE. In which Joya bt. Yehuda Ashiyahu invests 100 riyāls with Meir ben Naʿim …

    1. בע׳׳ה 
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הודה הר׳ מאיר ן׳ נעים יצ׳׳ו גמו׳ שרירא וקיימת מעכשיו מדעתו ורצונ[ו]
    3. הטוב וקגמ׳׳ו בלי זכר שום מין אונס כלל שקיבל מהיקרה וצנועה מ׳ גויי…

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  19. 119List or tableJRL SERIES A 741

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic mentiong Menaḥem Mizraḥī in the heading. Dated 3 Sivan [55]94 AM which is 1834 CE. The entries below each heading on the …

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  20. 120LetterJRL SERIES A 803

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic dated 28 Sivan '85, probably 5585, corresponding to 14 June 1825 CE. The writer is Nissim Sabbāḥ and the addressee is Yaʿaqov …

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  21. 121Legal documentJRL SERIES A 889

    Recto: Engagement (shiddukhin) document for Moshe b. Nissim Ṭawīl and Simḥa bt. [...] ha-Levi known as al-ʿAjamī, dated August 1818 CE (Av 5578). Verso: Halakhic …

    1. בסט׳׳ו ובנים ועושר והרוחה כי׳׳ר
    2. שידך הבחור ונחמד החתן המפואר כה׳׳ר משה
    3. טאויל יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר הנבון נשא ונע׳ לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר נסים 
    4. טאויל יצ׳׳ו את הכלה הכלול…

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  22. 122Legal documentJRL SERIES A 892

    Legal document from Cairo dated January 1802 CE (Shevat 5562), in which Nissim Romano acknowledges that he has received 180 silver muayyadis from the orphans …

    1. בפעח׳׳מ הודו היקר ונבון ונע׳ כה׳׳ר נסים רומאנו יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמו׳
    2. שרירא וקיימת מעכשיו מדעתו ורצונו הטוב והגמו׳ בלי זכר שום
    3. מין אונס כלל שקיבל מיתומי ה…

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  23. 123Paraliterary textJRL SERIES A 1030

    Sermon composed for the week of Parashat Bereshit or Simhat Torah. Dating: post-1825 CE. The verso references a collection of weekly sermons, Sefer Yoshev Ohalim, …

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  24. 124Paraliterary textJRL SERIES A 1273

    Calendar in Hebrew for 5582 AM. The calendar retains a reference to the calendrical correspondence of Rabīʿ I 1243 AH which is 1827 CE.

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  25. 125List or tableJRL SERIES B 1935

    Accounts in Ladino dated 22 Heshvan [5]590 = 1829 CE.

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  26. 126List or tableJRL SERIES B 3546 + AIU VII.F.9 + AIU VII.F.12 + AIU VII.F.88 + JRL SERIES B 2003

    From a ledger of donations arranged by the parshiyot of the year 1803/1804 CE (5564 AM). See joins.

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  27. 127Credit instrument or private receiptJRL SERIES B 8394

    Rent receipt in Judaeo-Arabic documenting that Yaʿaqov Maṣliaḥ has paid three years' rent for his ṭabaqa in advance, from July 1819 through July 1822 (Av …

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  28. 128List or tableJRL SERIES C 2

    List of payments in the name of S[eñor] Yeshuʿa related to ownership or a lease for a house that is dated in the years [55]97AM–[5]600AM …

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  29. 129List or tableJRL SERIES C 7

    Accounts. In Arabic script. Dated 6 Jumada I [12]35 AH which is 1820 CE. One of the entries toward the middle of the document mentions …

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  30. 130List or tableJRL SERIES C 18

    List of "מצרופ/expenses" related to food/household items that is dated in Cheshvan [55]97JC which is 1836CE. The fragment may have been folded and sent from …

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  31. 131List or tableJRL SERIES C 27

    Ledger bifolium in Arabic dated on the recto's left heading as Rabi' II 1238 AH which is 1822 CE. The scribal hand is highly trained …

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  32. 132List or tableJRL SERIES C 29

    List in Judaeo-Arabic of payments dated in the year 1207-1208AH which is 1792/93CE. Although the document itself is dated with the Hijri calendar the payments …

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  33. 133List or tableJRL SERIES 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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  34. 134List or tableJRL SERIES 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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  35. 135List or tableJRL SERIES C 42

    Accounts in Arabic dated on the verso's heading as Jumada I[ or perhaps II?] of the year 1238 AH which is 1823 CE. The structure …

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  36. 136List or tableJRL SERIES C 49

    Accounts in Ladino dated in the first line of the recto as 8 Elul 5588 AM which is 18 August 1828CE. There are many detailed …

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  37. 137List or tableJRL SERIES C 56

    Lists in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew related to communal contributions that are organized in a format similar to JRL SERIES C 63 (PGPID 31913). In the …

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  38. 138List or tableJRL SERIES C 57

    List of monetary figures in Arabic from one Ibrāhīm Malikī in which one of the entries on the verso mentions the year 1256 AH and …

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  39. 139List or tableJRL SERIES 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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  40. 140List or tableJRL SERIES C 93 + JRL SERIES 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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  41. 141List or tableJRL SERIES C 96

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

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  42. 142List or tableJRL SERIES C 97

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic of a wide array of purchases in the year [12]55AH which can be inferred by the usage of the Hijri months Sha'ban …

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  43. 143List or tableJRL SERIES C 114

    Communal contribution list in Judaeo-Arabic, the heading mentions the scribe Barūkh Meyuḥas. Dated Elul [55]93 which is 1833 CE. This JRL folder is mostly or …

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  44. 144List or tableJRL SERIES C 145

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic listing income from "debts and sales" around Ṭanṭa. Dated Dhū l-Qaʿda 1237 AH which is 1822 CE. MCD.

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  45. 145List or tableJRL SERIES C 157

    Ledger fragment in Judeo-Arabic in three folios from across the year 1239AH which is 1823/24CE. The ledger's heading on the first scan begins with the …

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  46. 146List or tableJRL SERIES C 165

    Accounts related to various coinage types such as gold mahmudiye and kuruş thaqīl (heavy kuruş). The former helps date this fragment as no earlier than …

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  47. 147List or tableJRL SERIES C 172

    Accounts in Arabic on a large fragment that may originate from a broader financial ledger that is dated on the lower right corner of the …

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  48. 148LetterJRL Series L 3

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, perhaps dated 1818/1819 CE ([5]579 AM). The letter recipients are Menaḥem Barakha and Barakha Goren, sender: Shelomo Sonino. Requires further examination for …

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  49. 149Legal documentJRL Series L 130

    Legal document in Hebrew, very damaged. Location: Cairo. Dated 16 ___[month missing] ___52 AM. Based on the paleography the year is most likely 5552 AM …

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  50. 150Legal documentJRL Series L 155

    Late marriage-related legal document issued in Cairo, probably an engagement or betrothal agreement given the clause in lines 5-6 is: "שזמן החופה יהיה מעכשו עד …

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