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  1. 1LetterT-S 12.725

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Text from the Calendar Controversy of 921/2. What survives of this text consists mostly of an argument that calendrical decisions can only be taken by …

    Recto

    1. [           ] בחוצה לארץ ורבי עקיבא עיבר בחצה [לארץ] וששבט

    2. [           ואין] משגיחין בעיבור החדש ובקידוש החדש [א]לא על בני

    3. [ארץ ישראל] [ …

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  2. 2LetterHalper 332

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Partially preserved 11th century copy of second of three letters written by Saadya in the course of the 921-922 calendar controversy between Palestinians and Babylonians. …

    1. וכה הסכים ראש הגולה
    2. וראשי הישיבות וכל האלופים 
    3. וכל החכמים מבין עם תלמיד 
    4. והכריזו מרחשון וכסלו שלמין 
    5. והפסח בשלישי בשבת 
    6.      גם אנכי כתבתי עם אגרות…
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  3. 3LetterBodl. MS heb. f 56/82–83

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter from Se’adya b. Yosef to his students in Fustat. Original letter was written in February or March 922. The date of this copy is …

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    1. ובלכתי מהמון אל המון' ובשובי 
    2. מחיל אל חיל' כזכרי טפי ועולליי 
    3. לנגדי כן זכרכם תלמיד' לא
    4. נגזר מניב ולא נגרז מנגד עיני
    5. ומן ייי אלה'י' עזי אשאלה
    6. ל…
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  4. 4LetterT-S 6Ja1

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Two double pages. Copy of a letter from Se’adya b. Yosef to Eli b. Tavnai’s sons in Fustat. Original letter was written in January 3, …

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    1. מן כט גאון פיומי זכ' לב' 
    2. שלום רב וחמלה וחנינה 
    3. ומעטה תהלה ומודע לבינה 
    4. ושם טוב ועוז ותעצומות
    5. יהיו לכם כתאבי יום אלגמעה 
    6. יא' מן טבת ען סלא…
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  5. 5LetterT-S 8K6

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    Hebrew

    This polemical letter, in a manuscript of which only one sheet has been preserved (T-S 8K6), shares features in common with Letters 1 and 2 …

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  6. 6LetterT-S 8K8 + T-S 8K7 + Ms Harkavy

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    One of two manuscripts of ben Meir's first letter regarding the calendar controversy of 921/22 CE. (The other one is ENA 2556.2 + Bodl. Heb. …

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  7. 7LetterT-S Misc.8.27

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. There is mention of the Qaraites and Ben Me'ir, suggesting that it might have to do with the calendar controversy. There is …

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  8. 8LetterENA 2556.2 + Bodl. MS heb. f 26/1 + Bodl. MS heb. f 26/2 + Bodl. MS heb. f 26/3 + Bodl. MS heb. f 26/4 + Bodl. MS heb. f 26/5 + Bodl. MS heb. f 26/6

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Epistle regarding the calendar controversy of 921–22 CE, including a response by Aharon b. Meʾir, who writes from Palestine to Baghdad. The letter begins with …

    26/1 verso

    1. שלום מעניף ע[ ] מרומים ומצליל עד יצוק הדומים

    2. סובב ומקיף סב[ ]ים אפוד חן עטוף רחמים ממתיק

    3. טעם כמו לרחו[ ] כסוחים כאיתן בא בימים כאהוב…

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  9. 9Paraliterary textT-S Ar.29.190 fol. 13

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Provides minimal information on the calendar. Perhaps intended as a aid for those who were already knowledgable about calendar calculations. Includes the Palestinian calendar rule …

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  10. 10Paraliterary textENA 3235.1 + ENA 3235.2

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Calendar manual with distinctive Palestinian calendar traditions, such as the rule of 641–642. Defers to Babylonian calendar rules, in a way that is inconsistent and …

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  11. 11Legal documentRNL Yevr.-Arab. I 4816 fol. 205

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    Hebrew

    Birth record. On the final page of a copy of copy of Kitāb al-Tawriyyah, the Book of Covert Ambiguity, by the 11th-century Qaraite scholar Jeshuʿah …

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    1. בשם אל[     ]עת רצון מיי֗י
    2. נולד בן לאלע[זר] הלוי בן חלפון
    3. הלוי בן נחמאל הלוי נ֗נ֗ ושמו דוד
    4. הלוי ישימהו אלהינו לברכה בקרב
    5. הארץ אמן. ביום ראשון …

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    1. In the name of God [                ]  at a moment favoured by God
    2. a son was born to Elʿazar ha-Levi b. Ḥalfon
    3. ha-Levi b. Neḥamʾel ha-Levi, ma…
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  12. 12LetterT-S 12.147

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Karaite document, compiled by a delegation of 12 Gaza and Jerusalem Karaites, regarding the state of fields in the spring in order to determine whether …

    1. יקול מן כת[ב כט]ה פי הדא אלמחצר ו[ ]ה
    2. ומחצרה מן אלמקאדסה ואלגזיין אלכא[ ]מה אליהם
    3. אנא וקפנא יום אלגמעה מסתהל דו אלקעדה סנת תלת וארבעין
    4. וארבע מאיה על…

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