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1. 1

   LetterT-S 12.24

   In PGP since

   2017

   PGP ID

   7136

   Begging letter, prefaced with a rhyming poem, from Isaac the blind ("bereft of all the pleasures of the world"), asking for assistance from Ismaʿīl b. …

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   • disability
   • disability: poverty
   • disability: vision
   • illness
   • illness letter 969-1517
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   LetterT-S 8J16.29

   In PGP since

   2017

   PGP ID

   1969

   Letter written by a Byzantine scribe in Egypt on behalf of an unnamed blind man, addressed to a charitable administrator called ‘Eli ha-Kohen b. Hayyim …

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   1. לכבוד גדולת קדושת הדרת נזר ועטרת 
   2. אל מרנא ורבנא עלי הפרנס הנאמן החכם והנבון 
   3. הצדיק התם הישר שעשה עמי טובות הרבה 
   4. מיום בואי ואני עבדו הסגי נהור…

   1. To the honourable, great, holy, glorious crown and diadem,
   2. to our master and our teacher ‘Eli the Parnas, the Trustee, the wise and  the discerning,…

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   • byzantines
   • communal
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   • disability: poverty
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3. 3

   LetterT-S 13J18.18

   In PGP since

   2017

   PGP ID

   3288

   Letter from the wife of Maʿānī. Desperate letter of appeal to the 'courts' (judges) from a blind woman whose husband had fled to Alexandria and …

   1. אשריכם זורעי על כל מים משלחי רגל ה(שור) והח(מור)
   2. אשרי שומרי משפט עושה צדקה בכל עת
   3. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רעה ימלטהו ד'
   4. ד' ישמרהו ויחייהו ואשר בארץ וא…

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   "Happy shall you be who sow by [all waters, Who let loose the feet of (cattle) and (asses)" (Isaiah 32:20).

   "Happy are those who act justly, wh…

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   • appeal
   • communal
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