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  1. 201LetterENA NS 35.7

    Late letter in Hebrew, mentioning Avraham Castro (line 5). Needs further examination.

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  2. 202LetterBL 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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  3. 203Legal documentAIU VII.D.10

    Legal document of betrothal for Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi and Esther bt. David ha-Kohen, listing the conditions and sums owed. Appears to be dated 22 August 1828 …

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  4. 204Legal documentCUL Or.1081 2.47

    Legal document from Cairo, from the first third of Heshvan 556[.] AM (1799-1808 CE). Me'ir Ṣevi and his partner Raḥamim Ḥamīs acknowledge an investment of …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. [ב]פעח׳׳מ הודו היקר ונע׳ כה׳׳ר כה׳׳ר מאיר צבי יצ׳׳ו וחבירו היקר ונע׳ [כה]׳׳ר רחמים חמיס יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמו׳ שרירא
    3. וקיימת מעכשיו מדעתם ורצונם הטוב…

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  5. 205Legal documentAIU VII.D.14

    Recto: Betrothal document for Avraham Goren (?) b. Shelomo Goren and Esther bt. Eliyyahu Kayas (?). There follows a dowry list. The document seems to …

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  6. 206Legal documentENA NS 29.19

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: End of Sivan, 5578 AM, which is July 1818 CE. Apprentice contract for Avraham Fuerte, the student, and …

    1. בע׳׳ה

    2. בפעח׳׳מ באו היקר נשא ונע׳ יאודה בונאן יצ׳׳ו והבחור ונחמד אברהם פוירטי יצ׳׳ו והודו שניהם הודאה

    3. גמו׳ שרירא וקיימת מעכשו מדעתם ורצונם הטו…

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  7. 207LetterT-S 13J21.10

    Recto (secondary use): Late letter in Hebrew to R. Shelomo ha-Sofer from "your wife Dona Soro (=Sara?) and your daughters Reina and Raḥel and your …

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    1. שלום רב וישע יקרב למורי ואדוני אור עיני ועטרת
    2. ראשי אדוני אישי כבוד ר שלמה הסופר יל קבל
    3. רוב שלום מאדון השלום ומני דונה סורו זוגתך
    4. ובנותיך ריינה…

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  8. 208LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/5

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq (Izak) b. Avraham, in Safed, to a certain Moshe, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dated: 13 Heshvan 5333, which is 20 October 1572 …

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  9. 209LetterMoss. IIIa,9 + T-S AS 212.54 + T-S AS 212.55 + T-S AS 214.40

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Yeḥiel. Dated: Friday, 23 Ḥeshvan 5310 AM, which is 1549 CE. In Hebrew, with phrases in Yiddish and many words in …

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  10. 210Legal documentMoss. VII,53

    Recto: Legal document. Dated: Thursday, 17 Iyyar 5316 AM, which is 27 April 1556 CE. May be a copy or a version of a document …

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  11. 211Legal documentT-S AS 151.164

    Bill of debt, from 1519 CE– this estimate from FGP was proposed by Avraham David on the basis of the coinage mentioned: ""תשעה ושלושים אלפים …

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  12. 212LetterENA NS 47.19

    Letter from Avraham Castro, in Alexandria, to an unknown addressee, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: 16th century (Avraham Castro died in 1560). The writer had …

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  13. 213Legal documentT-S NS 99.73

    Legal document from Baghdad. In Hebrew. Probably 17th century. The date appears as חת׳׳ת לפ׳׳ק which is: 8+400+400+30+80+100=1018. It is unclear how this sum should …

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  14. 214Legal documentT-S AS 147.117

    A legal note - the writer agree to pay to pay the mortgage for 'Old Egypt' without delay. In the opening lines Shaykh Muḥ[ammad] al-Ḥamawī …

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  15. 215LetterF 1908.44UU

    Letter from Nissim, in Qaṭya, Sinai, to Shelomo Iskandarānī, in Fustat. In Hebrew. Dating: First half of the 16th century, based on Avraham David's assessment. …

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  16. 216LetterENA NS 35.15

    Letter from Moshe b. Abudarham, probably in Rashīd, to Elʿazar al-Kātib, probably in Alexandria. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of 16th century, based on Avraham …

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  17. 217LetterBodl. MS heb. c 13/24

    Letter from a certain Yosef, in Aden, to Yosef Ibn Shanju, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: Early 16th century, based on the greetings to Efrayim …

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  18. 218Legal documentHalper 369

    Deed of sale. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Thursday 26 Iyyar 5306 AM = 28 April 1546 CE. Currency: Peraḥim (Venetian ducats or another gold …

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    1. בפנינו אנו עדים חתומי מטה מכר כבוד
    2. רבי שלמה בר כבוד רבי ישועה ידיע גלטא
    3. החנות שלו שמוכר בה עצים וזולתו לכבוד
    4. רבי משה…

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  19. 219LetterT-S Misc.11.129 + T-S Ar.54.17

    Draft of a letter from Ishaq Sholal (d. 1524) to the yeshiva in Jerusalem. In Hebrew. Published by Avraham David in Cathedra 68, pp. 43–48. …

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  20. 220LetterT-S Misc.11.110

    Recto: A very formal letter (resembling a legal document or legal query) to an authority in Fustat, regarding the daughter of [...] ha-Levi, known as …

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  21. 221LetterJRL SERIES A 852

    Fragment of a letter in Hebrew from the second half of the 16th century, mentioning attempts to prevent a certain edict, in which R. Yosef …

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  22. 222Legal documentJRL SERIES A 791

    Legal document dated 23 August 1797 (1 Elul 5557 AM), in which the brothers Yeshuʿa and Daniel ha-Levi acknowledge an investment by Me'ir ben Naʿim.

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הודו האחים ה׳׳ה היק׳ נשא ונע׳ לשט׳׳[ו] כת׳׳ר ישועה הלוי ו[...] נשא ונע׳ לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר דניאל הלוי
    3. יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמו׳ שרירא וקיימת מעכשיו מ…

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  23. 223Legal documentJRL SERIES B 2628

    Late betrothal document between Esther [...] bt. Se. Yaʿaqov ʿAdda and Se. Yosef פיחה (?), listing conditions. The word "contante" appears (Italian for "cash"?).

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  24. 224Legal documentENA NS 35.9

    Drafts of court records that were copied into the register of the court in Cairo. Regarding items sent from Salonika to Rashid and various marital …

    1. בהיות שהכה׳׳ר יצחק אאיילון(!) כשהיה כפה מצרים צוה לו
    2. הר׳ שלמה נגרין יצ׳׳ו לרחת לו מ[ע]יר שאלוניקי שלש [.]אניס
    3. די ברוקה ומנטא אחת גדולה אמר .יית(?) ל…

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  25. 225Legal documentAIU VII.D.67

    Incomplete late legal document in which Yaʿaqov Maṣliaḥ acknowledges that Meʾīr Ben-Naʿīm has invested 2000 medins with him.

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הודה היקר ונע׳ כה׳׳ר יעקב מצליח יצ׳׳ו הודה גמו׳ שרירא וקיימת מעכשיו ז.(?)
    3. מדעתו ורצונו הטוב והגמו׳ בלי זכר שום מין אונס כלל שקיבל מה׳׳…

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  26. 226Legal documentAIU VII.D.16

    Betrothal document dated 11 October 1841 (26 Tishrei 5602) for Yosef the son of the late Moshe ha-Levi, represented by Avraham Jawhar "of the villages" …

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  27. 227Legal documentAIU VII.D.15

    Betrothal document in Hebrew. Dated 29 December 1807 (28 Kislev 5568 AM) for Me'ir ha-Levi b. Moshe and Ruḥamah (?) bt. Avraham Krispin.

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  28. 228LetterAIU VII.E.185

    Late letter in Hebrew to Yeḥezqel Ḥefeẓ from Shabbetay ʿAdda, discussing a business partnership, 400 reals, Jerusalem, and people including Pini Lavan (?), Yosef ha-Levi, …

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  29. 229LetterAIU VII.E.99

    Letter in Hebrew from Meʾīr b. Shalōm Ben-Naʿīm to Rabbi Yaʿaqov Molkho (perhaps from Cairo to Dimyāṭ). Dated 5580 AM which is 1819/20 CE. The …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. איש יהודי הודה והדרה ׳׳ איש חיל פעלים במלחמתה של תורה ׳׳
    3. איש הפנים מבין דבר מתוך דבר אכ׳׳א סברא ׳׳ איש זרוע הוא לו זרוע
    4. עם גבורה ׳׳ ה׳׳ה הח׳ ה…

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  30. 230LetterBodl. MS heb. b 13/45

    Letter from Yosef b. Ezra to Yiṣḥaq Ashkenazi (not necessarily Luria, as more than one Yiṣḥaq Ashkenazi was active in trade at this time). In …

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  31. 231Legal documentMoss. VII,47

    Court record concerning mint management. Dated: 1513 CE. Issued in the court of the Nagid Yiṣḥaq Sholal. Witnesses include Yaʿaqov Beirav and Nissim Biba. The …

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  32. 232LetterCUL Or.1080 J193

    Letter from Moshe Castro, in Jerusalem, to Avraham Ibn Shānjī, in Fustat/Cairo. Written in Hebrew. Dating: 1513/14 CE, based on the assessment of Avraham David. …

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  33. 233Legal documentENA NS 29.17

    Legal deed in Hebrew detailing a sarraflık partnership involving members in Cairo and Rashīd. Dated: Shevat 5562 AM, which is 1802 CE. The shared purse …

    1. [ב]פנינו עדים חותמי מטה גש.[...] והיו לאחרים הר׳ הר׳ י.[...
    2. י[..] העומד היום פה מצרים [...] על היקרים ומ.[...
    3. חיים וא[ברה]ם(?) הלוי ה׳׳י בכל מ[... .…

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  34. 234Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J165

    Deed of sale for a certain large qāʿa, very complex involving guardianship procedures, inheritance, and the "orphans of Yiṣḥaq Mūrḥīm[?]," among many other names referenced. …

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  35. 235LetterYevr. II A 1892

    Letter from an unknown writer, in Alexandria, to the judge Yiṣḥaq Aripol, in Fustat/Cairo. The writer's name and signature appear, but are very faded. Written …

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  36. 236Legal documentAIU VII.D.9

    Bifolium from a late Hebrew register of monetary transactions. Every time the date appears it contains a tricky ligature, Kislev 5496 AM = 1735 CE. …

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  37. 237Legal documentJRL SERIES B 3126

    Legal document from Fustat dated 24 April 1798 (8 Iyar 5558), stating that Me'ir ben Naʿim has invested 5500 muayyadis with the Karaites ("bnei mikra") …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הודו היק׳ ונע׳ לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר משה קאגיגה יצ׳׳ו וחבירו היקר ונע׳ כה׳׳ר (name omitted)
    3. מבני מקרא יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמו׳ שרירא וקיימת מעכשיו מדעת…

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  38. 238Legal documentBodl. MS heb. c 64/9 + Bodl. MS heb. c 64/8

    Power of attorney (שטר הרשאה) in which the community of Safed appoints Yisrael Benveniste and Ḥayyīm Mordechai Būnan as their sheliḥim. See previous shelfmark. There …

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  39. 239LetterAIU VII.E.142

    Late letter in Hebrew from Natan Hefez to Aharon Beirav. Further information available on FGP in Avraham David's transcription and notes.

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  40. 240LetterENA NS 34.24

    Letter from an anonymous writer in Jerusalem to a certain Elʿazar, probably 16th century. The writer seems to genuinely yearn to travel to the addressee's …

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  41. 241LetterENA NS 43.13

    Letter, fragment (lower left corner), from Shalom b. Sīd. In Hebrew. Dating: First half of the 16th century. The writer reports on business progress to …

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  42. 242LetterENA 3817.4

    Business letter, fragment, from Yaʿaqov Levi to an unknown addressee. In Hebrew. Goods mentioned include: alkali (הקלי) in line 6, and coral in line 8. …

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  43. 243Legal documentT-S NS 99.59 + CUL Or.1081 2.26

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Dating: second half of the 16th century based on the people mentioned; strangely, no date appears in the document itself. Involves …

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  44. 244LetterF 1908.44KK

    Letter from Moshe b. Abudarham, probably in Rashid, to an unknown addressee. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of the 16th century, based on Avraham David's …

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  45. 245LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/10

    Letter. In Hebrew. Eliyya b. Elyaqim, in Damietta, writes to Moshe b. Yehuda, in Alexandria. The writer signs only his first name on this letter, …

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  46. 246LetterCUL Or.1080 J161

    Letter sent from Jerusalem in later medieval times by a woman named Jamila, the widow of Yehuda, addressing two brothers-in-law in Cairo, explaining that she …

    1. האחים המשובחים אשר בצל ה ית ובצלם אני
    2. יושבת כמהר ישועה //נרו// וכמהר [[זלמא .]] יעקב
    3. זלמאטי //נרו// אלו השורותים מאת אחותכם דוניא
    4. גמילה אלמנת כהר יה…

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  47. 247Legal documentT-S G1.52

    Legal declaration, probably the concluding page of a deposition, signed by Shem Ṭov al-Ḥāmī. In Hebrew and Ladino. Dating: Late. Shem Ṭov declares that he …

    1. [...]קבלתי עלי הנזירות שבני היה חולה בעיניו והלכתי לחמותי
    2. [ואמרתי לה בואי ל]ראות בן בתך שהוא חולה ואמרה לי שאינה יכולה לבוא
    3. [שקרתי אמרתי הכי]תי את ב…

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  48. 248LetterBodl. MS heb. c 64/1

    Letter from Eliezer Zussman, in Jerusalem, to his son Avigdor. In Hebrew. It has an unusual form for a letter: there are no greetings and …

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  49. 249LetterL-G Misc. 55

    Letter sent from Alexandria to Avraham ha-Rav ha-Sefaradi. (Perhaps the same Avraham ha-Sefaradi as in ENA 2558.13, who corresponded with the Nagid Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides in …

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  50. 250LetterBodl. MS heb. d 80/44

    Letter In Hebrew, with many errors and phonetic spellings. The writer calls the addressee 'the Sar.' Dating: Late, perhaps 16th century. The letter concerns the …

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