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LetterNLI 577.4/101
Letter of appeal probably from Berakhot b. Shemuel, addressed to Abu l-Ḥasan the father of Abu l-Mufaddal. He says he has been a stranger in …
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LetterT-S Ar.34.186
Recto: Letter of appeal. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the name of a woman who is 'cut off and my husband is absent.' Also mentions her son, …
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LetterT-S Ar.47.44
Letter of appeal. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning a pledge-drive (pesiqa) at holiday time.
- בשמ
- למא לם אגד סביל ללמתולי בחצרה רבנו הרב יחי
- לעד געלת הדה אלאסטר [. . .]וד ען גרץ ואחד
- . . . .]. . מצית מטלמא אלי חצרה סידנא שר
- השרים] ירום הודו פ…
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LetterT-S Ar.38.52
Letter(s) of appeal for charity. Likely drafts. In Arabic script. The one on recto is addressed to Abū Manṣūr and the one on verso is …
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LetterT-S AS 149.80
Letter from a certain Yisrael, in Jerusalem, to Avraham Castro (d. 1560), in Cairo. In Hebrew. Asking for charity and for his family of 8 …
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LetterBL OR 5566D.5
Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. Well-written. Refers to "three breads (akhbāz) a week." (Information from Goitein's index card.)
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LetterBL OR 5561B.5
Letter of appeal. Above, 13 lines of Hebrew blessings in large letters (perhaps a template purchased already filled out). Below, 6 lines of Judaeo-Arabic begging …
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LetterENA 2557.147
Recto (secondary use): Letter from Abū Naṣr b. Shaʾul, a poor teacher, to his friend. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks him to intercede on his …
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109
LetterT-S 12.32
Highly fulsome letter of praise, consisting of 12 lines of praise in Hebrew, followed by 5 lines of Arabic script containing the actual content of …
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LetterT-S Ar.50.78
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Probably a letter of appeal for charity. Mentions the desolation of the synagogue of the Iraqis. This is the clean copy …
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LetterBodl. MS heb. d 68/107
Calligraphic letter from (thecantor Thabit Ibn al-Munajjim to Maṣliaḥ Gaon begging for charity, complaining about poverty and his dependents. (Information from Goitein's note card.) Same …
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112
LetterBL OR 4856.1
Recto: Hebrew letter of appeal from the old, poor man Yosef b. Elazar ha-Kohen to Avraham ha-Sar b. Elazar. The body of the letter occupies …
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113
State documentT-S Ar.4.10
Petition from a certain Jaʿfar to a Fatimid dignitary (qāʾid) in which Jaʿfar asks that the support (maʿūna) granted to him not be withdrawn because …
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العبد جعفر
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
عبد مولاى القائد الجليل اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه وتاييده وحراـ[ـسته…
The slave Jaʿfar
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
The slave of my master, the glorious leader, may God prolong his life and …
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LetterT-S 12.237
Letter of appeal for charity from a Byzantine man named Mosqos (=Μόσχος). Dating: ca. 1090 CE. The scribe, also a Byzantine, has been identified by …
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- אשרי שומרי משפט עושה צדקה בכל עת
- פיזר נתן לאביונים צדקתו עומדת לעד קרנו תרום בכבוד
- לכבוד גדולת קדושת ישישת יקרת הדרת פארת (?) ועטרת כותרת
- ל…
- ‘Happy are those who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times’ (Pss 106:3).
- ‘They have distributed freely, they have given to the poor;…
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LetterBL OR 10794.16
Letter of appeal for charity. There are 10 lines of flowery Hebrew praises for the recipient followed by a space and then six lines of …
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LetterBL OR 5542.26
Yizhaq ha-Kohen al-Nafusi (from Nafusa, Libya) who was thrown off by a donkey and was lying in the building of the synagogue of Alexandria without …
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LetterBL OR 5561B.24
Letter of recommendation. Late. In Hebrew, with some Aramaic and Judaeo-Arabic. The bearer Saʿīd b. Manṣūr the Yemeni is from a good family and has …
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LetterBodl. MS heb. b 11/13
An interesting begging letter by Yosef, the Samaritan priest, who apparently belonged to the Samaritan congregation in Fusṭāṭ. The letter has been edited, translated, and …
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LetterBL OR 5545.2
Letter of appeal to Avraham Maimonides, begging for financial assistance, mentioning an old man who is sick and the plight of at least two daughters. …
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120
LetterAIU VII.E.172
Letter in Hebrew (left side only) in a beautiful scribal handwriting from a man who was among the great men of Constantinople until the wheel …
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LetterENA NS 60.18
Letter of appeal or recommendation addressed to Moshe ha-Kohen. The introduction is in Hebrew and the body in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that the bearer …
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LetterENA NS 69.20
Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The same scribe probably wrote ENA NS 69.20 and T-S AS 156.42, based on the handwriting similarity combined with the …
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LetterENA NS 72.19
Recto: Letter in Arabic script, regarding financial matters "innanī katabtu ilā marʾ(?) lahu ʿindahu danānīr", concerning a teacher (qad addanī muʿallim l-ṣabīyy). Also mentions Cairo. …
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LetterMoss. IV,14.3
Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Interesting format: the opening praises are written in large blocky Hebrew, with the remaining content in …
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LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/17
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer is recovering from illnesses and is in difficult financial straits. He asks for a loan of 62 dirhams. Dating: likely …
- ירום] הודו ויגדל
- כבודו . . . . . . . . . . .] . מולנא אן אלשיך . . . . . אכד
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] ען שהרין מן [אלשיך] אלסדיד
- . . . . . .…
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126
LetterJRL Gaster ar. 352
Letter addressed to Abū Saʿd. In Arabic script. The sender begs for an urgent loan of 5 dirhams, because he is sick. He will try …
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LetterT-S K25.161
Neatly written note to Nahray requesting that he address the community for Shemuel he-Ḥazzan ha-Mevin, since he needs help for his family and travel after …
- רבנו נהראי אדאם אללה תאיידה יחסן אלנטר למ
- שמואל החזן המבין פי גד ויכאטב לה אלגמאעה
- כתרהא אללה פי שי יסתעין בה עלי עאילתה
- ויכון אלמעול עליה ינגז תחצי…
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LetterT-S NS 338.87
Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The topoi include weakness of vision and hearing and "all day long I sit in the corner of …
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LetterMoss. VII,188.3
Fragment of a begging letter addressed to Avraham Maimonides in the name of a poor, sick man.
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LetterT-S 24.63
Letter from Yaʿaqov ha-Meshorer b. Yiṣḥaq b. David Maʿaravi, in Hebron, to Yehoshuaʿ, descendant of the Negidim. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Possibly Mamluk era. …
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LetterT-S Ar.42.153
Letter of appeal for charity. In Arabic script. Written in two columns. Asking the addressee to exchange the writer's possessions for food. Mentions Abū ʿAlī …
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LetterT-S AS 145.19
Informal note in Hebrew. Asking for money for supporting the sick people (?חולין) in the writer's household. (Information from Goitein's index card)
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LetterENA NS 39.5
Fragment of an official letter from Fustat addressed to a certain town in the Rīf (or perhaps a circular), exhorting them to be generous and …
- ונחן משגולין אלב[א]ל בהם מהתמין בהם למא כלפנאכם אמר הדה אלעני אלוצאל אליכם
- פענד וצולה אליכם תעלמוא גמאעה אחינו אנשי גאולתינו יברכם אלהינ[ו
- אנה מטלוב…
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LetterHUC 1135
Bifolio with letter(s) in both Arabic (in Arabic script) and Hebrew. All appear to be addressed to a notable or notables, praising him and appealing …
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LetterStras. 4038/9
Complete calligraphic letter of appeal to Yefet ha-Sar, a Levi, begging for money to help pay the capitation tax for the writer and his two …
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"Salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord, He is their stronghold in time of trouble" (Psalm 37:39).
"Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, y…
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LetterT-S 6J9.7
Letter of recommendation for charity, addressed to Mishaʾel ha-Sar. Written on behalf of Hiba Ibn Zaʿfarān (the word before "saffron" isn't entirely clear, it could …
- אלדי אעלם בה הד יק צפ תפארת מר
- ור מישאל השר הנכבד היקר החכם
- והנבון החסיד הירא את ייי מנעוריו
- אנני מן אהל מצר רגל פקיר יקאל לי הבה
- בן זעפראן ומא אחתג…
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LetterT-S 6J11.6
Letter sent to a Nasi, possibly named Yishay, possibly in Acre. In Hebrew. Dating: Likely 13th century, based on the mention of the judge Peraḥya …
- ]ביה שלומים וחן וחסד ורחמים ו . . [
- ] וינחילך תורת ה . . . . . . . . . . . . . [
- אב]רהם זקן בא בימים . . . . . [
- ] גליות ישראל . . . . . . . . . . […
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LetterT-S Ar.39.277
Recto: Letter/petition from Barakāt Ibn al-Dayyān Abū l-Faraj (=Shelomo b. Eliyyahu the Judge). In Arabic script. A narrow vertical strip is missing from the right …
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LetterT-S AS 153.210
Verso: note from an invalid begging for oil for the synagogue lamp (al-tamid) for the sabbath to be sent with the carrier of the note. …
- בר
- יא מולאי עבדך מריץ ואלתמיד
- מא פיה שי לשבת פאן
- תפצלת סיר לי מע מוצל
- הדה אלרקעה אלזית
- ושלמך יגדל
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LetterT-S Ar.48.42
Recto, with address on verso: Letter of appeal. In Judaeo-Arabic. From a certain Yiṣḥaq, in Malīj, to a certain Nissim, probably in Fustat. Goitein identifies …
- בשמך רחמנא
- כתאבי אליך יא מולי ואל
- עזיז עלי גמע אללה ביננא
- אן שא אללה וקד כרגת
- אלי מליג ומא כרגת חתי
- בלגת אלסכין אלעטם ומא
- בקי לי לא תוב לא ללסבת
- ולא…
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LetterT-S NS J539
Letter of appeal for charity for assistance in paying the capitation tax. In Hebrew (for the introduction) and Judaeo-Arabic (for the body). From the cantor …
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LetterT-S 13J9.17
Letter asking for financial help, sent from Jerusalem to Bilbays and signed by Yosef b. Gershon and Yeḥiel ha-Ṣarfati (the Frenchman). For a discussion in …
- שאלו שלום ירושלם ישליו וגו'
- אליכם אדני קהלות ואדוני תהלות המפיצים ממאור/ם/
- תהלות ולא בלבבם מסלות מלאכי אלקים העולים
- במעלות גבוהים העומדים לנצח ומעמי…
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LetterT-S AS 152.227
Letter of appeal for charity. Fragment (upper part only). The op line is in Arabic script (the address?), and the rest in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender …
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LetterT-S Misc.27.4.9
Letter of appeal for charity or assistance. Addressed to Peraḥya ha-Kohen. The sender came down with an illness (wa-thāra ʿalā ʿabdih al-maraḍ) and he has …
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LetterAIU VII.E.168
Recto: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab, perhaps begging for charity. Mentions necessity/want (al-ḍurūra) several times and concludes with, "I have no …
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LetterT-S 13J9.11
Letter and a responsum, on either side of the same sheet of paper, detailing the story of a man in distress, particularly because of debt. …
- אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ לפני הדרת מושב אד[ונינו
- ירומם ויגדל ויחיה לעד וינהי //אנה// כאן קד אחצר
- לפני הדרת מושבו ירומם רקעת תתצמן בעץ
- שרח חאלה פכרג בעץ תל…
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Concerning Reuben against whom there is a bill of debt [...], and he lacks the means to pay and does not have that with which to support himsel…
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LetterT-S NS J139
Letter addressed to the Nagid Abū l-Faḍl Shemuel (= Shemuel b. Ḥananya?). In Hebrew (for the introduction) and Judaeo-Arabic (for the body). Evidently a letter …
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LetterBodl. MS heb. f 107/53
Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer needs help paying the capitation tax (jāliya). The addressee had previously said something about talking to …
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LetterENA NS 7.78
Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer explains that the family has no money for the coming holiday and no wood or oil; …
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- ] . .אלנא [. . . . .] . מן אנק . . . . . צ[
- ] ואלעאילה ולנא בהדא אלחאל מדה
- ] . כנא נג[א]ז(?) אלזמאן ונדאפעה
- . . אקק כימא(?) אן לא נקול לאחד . …
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LetterMoss. II,176.1
Letter in Hebrew written on an irregular piece of vellum from prison. David appeals to Avraham ha-Sar to try to bring about his release from …
- למרבה המשרה. ומקל תפארה. צר תעודה חתום תורה. עזרא
- ביהודים האמללים מרנו ורבנו אברהם השר. המזג ממך לא יחסר
- ותיכון שררותך כמי השילוח קופת הרוכלים עליך …
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