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One side: four ethical (?) principles in Judaeo-Arabic written over the remains of a few lines in Arabic. The other side: a legal query and …
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Responsum draft. In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning the division of property. Several phrases have been crossed through. Information from Baker/Polliack catalog.
Responsum. In Judaeo-Arabic (mainly). Written on a bifolium. Regarding the leasing of a synagogue to a certain Abū l-Munā. The legal authority who wrote this …
Book of responsa. Joins by Amir Ashur. See FGP and Goitein's note card for bibliographical references.
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Probably part of a responsum, mentioning the name [...] b. A[b]ishai. (Information from CUDL)
Fragments of responsum by a Gaon, dealing with children of female slaves.
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Responsum of Hai Gaʾon; discussion of the dietary laws in Aramaic and Judaeo-Arabic; poem יודעי יגוני by Judah ha-Levi. (Information from CUDL)
Responsum, dealing with purchases; quoting Leviticus 25:14. (Information from CUDL)
Responsum by Maimonides; apparently dealing with a debt owed to a non-Jew. (Information from CUDL)
Responsum to Yeḥiʾel the judge. (Information from CUDL)
Responsum; apparently sent to Abraham Maimonides; on verso Abū ʿAlī is mentioned. (Information from CUDL)
Introductory formula of a responsum, directed at Abraham Maimonides. (Information from CUDL)
Legal query to [... ha-Rav] ha-Gadol be-Yisraʾel concerning a mercantile transaction. Mentions the Dār al-Wakāla; a deal betwen two merchants; and how the merchandise was …
Legal query, addressed to Moses Maimonides. (Information from CUDL)
Responsum in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dealing with a lawsuit over loans. With citations from the Talmud. Mentions the names of the …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably from the circle of the Mosul Nasis active in the mid-13th century. The names of the sender and addressee are mostly …
Recto: draft of a legal query to the Nagid regarding a man who has been sick for one year. Followed by a draft of a …
Large fragment of a responsum in which an older brother is described as 'simple, not a firstborn' which qualifications made his apparent claims invalid. (Information …
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Responsum of Elḥanan b. ha-Rav, citing Amos 3:10; Deuteronomy 32:47, with title on verso: מקאלה אלפהא אלחנן בן הרב פי מסאיל מלגמה למן מנע אלפקה. …
Responsum concerning theft, the status of the biblical prohibitions, and the punishment. Handwriting looks very similar to T-S AS 152.24 (PGPID 17737). (Information in part …
Legal query concerning an orphan girl. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 13th century (the precise date can likely be established based on the references in the document). …
Part of a responsum explaining a case of inheritance, mentioning Qayrawan. (Information from CUDL)
Copy of a responsum of R. Semah Dayyana de-Baba (Judge of the Gate, active ca. 870 CE). The transcription below begins on line 14 of …
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Responsum draft. On the question whether a dead man continues to acquire merit and reject evil. (This is less whimsical than it sounds, e.g., if …
Responsum by [Shemuel] b. Ḥofni. In Hebrew. Regarding a partnership.
Responsa, Miscellaneous; recto: unidentified Judaeo-Arabic text; verso: geonic responsum concerning a bailee who attempts to cheat the depositors heirs (Hebrew + Aramaic). (Info from FGP)
Damaged and faded fragment, probably from a responsum. The text is too fragmentary, but it seems it is dealing with payment of damage. AA
Responsum by HARID (R. Yish'aya di-Tirani 1165-1240), end of no. 93 in the printed edition (info by Simcha Emanuel, FGP)
Legal query addressed to Moses Maimonides with his autograph responsum, ca. 1170-1204.
Middle fragment: Legal query addressed "our master Moshe," possibly Maimonides (d. 1204). "To have traveled widely was a title of pride. No wonder that some …
Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides. Concerning a certain Kohen who is seeking a restraining order against his divorcee and to prohibit her from entering …
Responsum by RADBAZ concerning immersion of women in the Nile. Published Glick, Sridei Teshuvot, p. 275-289. See also TS K25.222.
Responsum regarding qiyyum of legal documents
Fragment from a legal query concerning the bill of divorce given by Moshe Qudeisi, which is claimed to be given forcibly, and therefore is not …
Letter from Yeḥiʾel b. Yiṣḥaq ha-̣̣Ṣarfati, in Jerusalem, to an unknown addressee, in Alexandria. The letter consists of a halakhic discussion, mostly in Aramaic, perhaps …
Responsum regarding a cantor who mistakenly called to six readers instead of seven in Shabbat Hodesh. Published Glick, Seridei Teshuvot, II, p. 894-888.
A Geonic responsum. AA
Legal query with Avraham Maimonides' autograph responsum and signature. Description from Penn Catalog: "The recto contains three related inquiries, in three separate paragraphs. Each of …
Legal query with responsum. In Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded.
Responsum of Avraham Maimonides. Autograph. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioned in India Book I, p. 276.
Responsum/letter regarding different versions of the Tosefta, mentioning Fustat, Damascus, and Babylonia. Verso: "This letter pertains to the venerable elder Shela b. Nissim." See FGP …
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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Responsum. In Hebrew: Dating: ca. 16th century. Concerning two partners who sue a third ex-partner. Currency: Mentions 1700 grossos (silver coins).
Two legal queries addressed to Avraham Maimonides with his autograph responsa: (I) concerning a man from Alexandria, married with children, who took an enslaved woman …
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Recto: Legal query in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya concerning a carpenter who let his Muslim employees work making doors on a Saturday. He …
Responsum concerning orphans, describing a loan from orphans that is taken orally without an oath, and a statement that orphans who are in debt because …
Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Elʿazar Shammāʿ (candle maker or seller) to Abū l-Fakhr b. Abū l-Maʿālī. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Only the opening and the …
Beginning of a query submitted to Maimonides, beginning by telling about a local man who is now living in another city (the rest is too …
Fragment of a legal query mentioning a woman and a daughter, the father having been absent 16 years.
Avraham Maimonides (in office as head of the Jews 1205-1237) is asked about the procedure in which a party appears in court together with an …