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  1. 1LetterJRL SERIES B 3161

    Letter from Yedutun ha-Levi to somebody he calls 'brother.' In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The letter consists mainly of poetical greetings and blessings for the upcoming …

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    1. בש רח
    2. חזק ואמץ אל תערץ ואל תחת כי

    3. עמך ייי אלהיך בכל אשר תלך

    4. קחה שירים מיופים מתוקים מדבש ונופת צופים

    5. מעם אח ואב בחבה אוהבם נדבה

    6. וברכו…

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  2. 2Paraliterary textENA 2197.4

    Frontispiece of a book of Hebrew poetry and piyyutim, in the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi, with his signature inside of a medallion on the cover. …

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  3. 3LetterT-S 13J24.14

    Letter from the thirteenth century. An Alexandrian cantor named Berakhot writes to a physician and poet named Yedutun (Psalms 39:1) in Fustat. (This Yedutun may …

    1. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתך וגו'
    2. ואמרתם כה לחי ואתם של[ום]
    3. ברכות רבות
    4. וישועות קרובות ומילוי כל שאילות ימים
    5. ולילות וכל הברכות הערוכות והנסוכות
    6. בעשרים וארבעה…

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  4. 4LetterMoss. IV,29.3

    Letter from Ḥasan b. Sahl (aka Abū l-Ḥasan b. Abū l-Ḥasan aka Yedutun ha-Levi). Very deferential ("I am illuminated by the light of your opinions," …

    1. لے
    2. אללה תעאלי יכפי //אלמולא// אלאסוא ויבעד ענה אלאדא ויסעדה
    3. בחיאה אלרייס אלעזיז ולדה ויגמלנא בבקאה ולא
    4. יכלינא מן גמיל אראה יעלם אן אלשיך אל[מ]כין(?)…

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  5. 5List or tableT-S J2.77 + T-S 16.39

    Accounts of a slaughterer. Goitein dates it to 1179 or 1183 CE (Med Soc I, 381–82). This sheet was then reused for piyyutim. For further …

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  6. 6LetterT-S NS J323

    Recto: The last few lines of an Arabic letter. Needs further examination. Verso: The lower part of a letter of appeal signed by the cantor …

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  7. 7LetterT-S NS 338.15

    Letter from Yedutun ha-Levi to his brother Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. Identification based on handwriting and the mention of "your brother Abū Isḥāq." In Judaeo-Arabic. …

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    1. ]י ענדך ו[אנ]י ערפת אלשיך אלסדיד
    2. ]ה יאכדה ואנא אן שא אללה מעה
    3. ]רסלי יום יכון הו פי אלבלד ואמא
    4. ]מא לה פאנני תב . . . ל .
    5. ] אלדיואן ומא . תמעת

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  8. 8List or tableENA 2735.8

    Note in Judaeo-Arabic saying "our lord" - probably the recipient - has already told R. Eliyahu (the 13th century judge) on Friday to give the …

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  9. 9LetterENA 2727.17a

    Letter addressed to Abu al-Ḥasan Yedutun ha-Levi asking for help to collect money owed the writer by his brother so he can open a store …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]נו ידותון הלוי הש[ר
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] הבהיר…

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  10. 10Literary textT-S Misc.11.62

    Piyyuṭ for Rosh ha-Shana. Signed on verso by Yedutun ha-Levi.

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  11. 11List or tableENA 2592.24

    Lists of names according to different households/families. In the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi (late 12th to early 13th century). Many different names. An intriguing entry …

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  12. 12Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1862/3c

    Legal query in the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning prayer/liturgy.

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  13. 13LetterMoss. VII,189.3

    Recto: Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi to his brother Yedutun ha-Levi. Stating that he has sent with the bearer 1 3/4 dirhams, along with …

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    1. בעד אלסלאם עלי חטרתה אלגלילה
    2. אעלמה אני קד ארסלת לך מע חאמלהא

    3. דרהמין אלא רבע כרמהם(?) מנה מ[ ]

    4. ורבע ופאך ודרהם כדלז בה נצף ד[ ]

    5. לי מעך כ…

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  14. 14LetterMoss. IV,27.2

    Note from the cantor Yedutun ha-Levi, Fustat, to his brother Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub. Yedutun requests an update on the circumcised boy and the …

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    1. יאכי ואללה קלבנא כלנא ענדך ואשגלת קלבנא בעאקה כתבך ואמרתי //לך// הגיד לי דבר הנימול
    2. ולא שלחתה ואמך בלסאעה תחב תכרג אליך לאגל עאקה כתבך ועמך ע…

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  15. 15LetterT-S 8J27.1

    Fragmentary letter to a friend mentioning repeatedly the writer's gratitude. The hand resembles that of the cantor Yedutun ha-Levi, supported by his mention of his …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] . . כ. . . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . ] לה פי אלעז אלדאי [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. . . . …

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  16. 16Literary textT-S NS 135.3b

    Elegy by Yedutun ha-Levi for his father Abu Sahl Levi, ed. Elizur.

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  17. 17LetterT-S K16.4

    Recto contains Hebrew poetry, likely in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. Verso contains a Judaeo-Arabic letter, likely from Yedutun ha-Levi, in Fustat, to …

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  18. 18LetterT-S NS 264.55

    Letter from Yedutun ha-Levi, likely to his brother Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. Little of the content remains apart from blessings and formulae. He reports that …

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    1. כי ייי יהיה בכסליך ושמר רגלך וג׳
    2. נחמו נחמו עמי יאמר אלהיכם וג׳

    3. שמחו את ירושלים וגילו בה כל וג׳

    4. בונה ירושלים ייי נדחי ישראל וג׳

    5. תחת היות…

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  19. 19Literary textT-S NS 325.135

    Elegy by Yedutun ha-Levi for his brother Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, ed. Shulamit Elizur.

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  20. 20List or tableT-S K3.41

    List of books in four columns, including biblical books, talmudic tractates, a ‘prayer’ by Saʿadya, the Siddur of al-Sijilmāsī, works by Abū l-Faraj אבן שחתל, …

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  21. 21LetterMoss. VII,171.2

    Short note in the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi (active late 12th and early 13th century). Reporting that he has sent 7.5 of a certain item …

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    1. אלדי אערף בה [
    2. אן קד וצל אליך [צחבה
    3. אבו אלמפצל ז //ונ[צף]// ק . [
    4. ארבעה כבאר וג צ[גאר
    5. ערפתך דלך ולא תקטע [כתבך
    6. ענא ושלום

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  22. 22State documentT-S K6.195

    Three words of a decree probably: fa-lammā intahā ilayhi. Reused for copious jottings in Arabic script and Hebrew script, including elaborate designs with micrography, including …

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  23. 23Legal documentT-S NS 305.115

    Three drafts of a testimony concerning the qualifications and good conduct of the physician Abū l-Ḥasan b. Abū Sahl b. Ibrāhīm (=Yedutun ha-Levi?). The witnesses …

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    1. شهد من اثبت شهادته اخر هذا المحضر شهدوا

    2. جميعا وفرادى انهم يعرفون فلان منتجزه معرفة

    3. صحيحة جامعة بعينه واسمه ونسبه ويخبرون

    4. حاله…

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    1. The people whose names occur at the end of this court record, they being free,  

    2. honourable and good Muslim men, testified,  

    3. together …

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  24. 24List or tableT-S 16.39 + T-S J2.77

    Detailed account of a kosher butcher from Fustat, specifying the various community officials and other persons to whom he had made payments of 7 dirhams …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . .].ה אלדבאחה
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . .] לשטרות: פה כז
    3. [ברא]ש[ית] נח לך [. . . . . .] ויהיו תול יצחק
    4. . . . .] וישלח וישב מקץ ויגש…

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  25. 25LetterT-S 8J17.5

    Note from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi probably to his brother Yedutun, in which he repeats five times that the recipient is urgently invited to a …

    1. ג
    2. שלום רב לאוהבי וג' אללה תעאלי יזכיכם שנים
    3. רבות ושנים נעימים מבורכים וטובות
    4. ואלדי תרידו עלמה אני מן [[צ]] פצל אללה תעאלי
    5. עלי גמלה אלסלאמה ואלעאפיה …

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  26. 26Legal documentCUL Or.1081 J59

    Legal testimony. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi (active late 12th and first part of the 13th century). Gives a very detailed report …

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  27. 27LetterT-S 6J3.17

    Letter likely from Yedutun ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Containing advice concerning the domestic affairs of the recipient. "This small piece of paper contains a short letter …

    1. אלדי אערפך בעד אלתהני [באלסל?]אם [.]
    2. ותקביל ידיך אננא קד סירנא לך צחבה
    3. צאפי אלרד[ה אלמ?]עמולה וקד אגתמענא בר
    4. שלמה וקאל אן טרא בינה ובין עמך מקאמאת
    5. ו…

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    (1-5) I inform you, after the blessings [of greeti]ngs and kissing your hand, that I sent you with Ṣāfī the completed [...]. I met with Mr. Sol…

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  28. 28Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J117

    Bill of sale dated December 481/1088 (original document), in which Khulayf b. ʿUbayd b. ʿAlī sells a house to Hārūn b. Khulayf b. Hārūn, the …

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    1. .....[       ]...[                                                               ]
    2. ولهذه الدار المنعوتة الموصوفة حدود اربعة يجمعهـ[ـا وتشتـ]ـم…

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    1. .....[       ]...[                                                               ]
    2. This house, which has been delineated and described, has fo…

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  29. 29Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J117

    Bill of sale dated December 481/1088 (original document), in which Khulayf b. ʿUbayd b. ʿAlī sells a house to Hārūn b. Khulayf b. Hārūn, the …

    Additional notes to the deed of sale (receipt)

    1. دفعة في ربيع/جمادى الاول سبع دنانير    دفعة في رجب ثلث دنانير
    2.                                        …

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  30. 30Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 13/41

    A covenant (כתב אמנה) of the congregation of the Palestinian synagogue in Fustat, drawn up in Adar 1522 (=1211 CE), which enumerates the venerable liturgical …

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  31. 31LetterMoss. VII,182

    Letter from the cantor Yedutun ha-Levi, Fustat, to his brother Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub. Narrow strips were torn from both the left and right …

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    1. בש רח
    2. ותגזר אומר ויקם לך
    3. כי ייי יהיה בכסליך
    4. לא יאונה לצדיק כל און
    5. לא תאונה אליך רעה
    6. בש[וט ל]שון תחבא ולא
    7. תירא משוד כי יבוא
    8. השלך על ייי יהבך ו…

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  32. 32LetterT-S H10.95

    Business letter dealing with spices. In Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is likely that of Yedutun ha-Levi. (Goitein, too, flagged the script as familiar.) The letter is …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .אל. . . . . . . בהדה אל. . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . .הא ואתה .מ. . .ם . . . . . . .בק.ואנה . . . .…

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  33. 33LetterBodl. MS heb. f 102/52

    Letter probably from Yedutun ha-Levi, in Fustat, to his brother Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, in Qalyūb. (Identification is tentative, based on handwriting and typical phrases …

    1. אלדי אערף בה אכי בעד אלסלאם עליה
    2. ותקביל ידיה אן אלכבירה וצלת סאלמה וערפתנא
    3. מא אנת עליה פאללה לא ישגל לך קלב ואן אלשיך
    4. אבו אלברכאת נפד ליערף אלכבר וע…

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  34. 34LetterT-S 12.30 + JRL SERIES B 2367

    Fragment of a letter composed circa 1236 CE by Abu l-Ḥasan Yedutun b. Abu Sahl Levi, at one time the cantor of the Palestinian synagogue …

    T-S 12.30, recto:

    1. תופא ואלדנא מר ורב לוי החב{ר} זל פי יום אלאתנין כד מן תשרי שנת אתק[כג לשט׳
    2. אלמואפקה לשנת דתתקעב ליצירה והי אליג׳ מן מחזור רסב ותם …

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