Documents

Inferred date

1759 – 1759 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite agreement to give a bill of divorce in case the husband will be absent for more than one year. Undated, perhaps because this document …

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• 18th c
• divorce
• karaite

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Document date

8 Elul 5549 Anno Mundi (30 August, 1789 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Conditional divorce agreement between a betrothed couple. Dated Tuesday, 8th Elul 5549 AM (1789 CE). Yosef b. David known Fayrūz b. Ṣemah is taking upon …

Tags

• 18th c
• get
• karaite

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Document date

8 Tishrei 5515 Anno Mundi (24 September, 1754 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite betrothal deed (qiddushin) between Yaʿaqov b. Avraham Barakha and Raḥel bt. Avraham b. Yosef Rofe aka Ṣaʿīr. The groom is taking upon himself that …

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• 18th c
• karaite
• prenuptial

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Document date

15 Sivan 5519 Anno Mundi (10 June, 1759 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

A Karaite engagement deed recorded in the home of Shemuʾel b. Yeshūʿa Melamed (probably the brother of one of the witnesses listed). Dated Wednesday, 15 …

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• 18th c
• karaite
• marriage

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12 Av 5520 Anno Mundi (25 July, 1760 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite testimony about a debt incurred by a certain ʿUziel Gabbay b. Yeshūʿa to the poor of the Jewish community totaling to 10,316 fiḍḍa (medin). …

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• 18th c
• jerusalem
• karaite

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28 Av 5430 Anno Mundi (14 August, 1670 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite partnership agreement in a shop between Shelomo b. Aharon Miʿmār and three orphans left by the deceased community man Yeshuʿa Qayīm. Dated 28 Av …

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• 17th c
• karaite
• orphans

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29 Tishrei 5560 Anno Mundi (28 October, 1799 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Conditional divorce agreement. Date: Monday 29th Tishrei 5560 AM (1799 CE The groom is 'Uziel b. 'Uziel b. Yeshu'a and the bride 'Aziza d. Yehuda …

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• 18th c
• get
• karaite

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29 Adar 5539 Anno Mundi (17 March, 1779 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document. Dated: Thursday, 29 Adar 5539 AM (=Ṣafar 1193 AH), which is 1779 CE. Avraham Fayrūz b. Eliyyahu Fayrūz known as Shuwaykh makes arrangements …

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• 18th c
• inheritance
• karaite

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10 Iyyar 5454 Anno Mundi (5 May, 1694 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document regarding two business partners and a debtor. Date: 10 Iyyar 5454 AM (1694 CE). Location: Cairo, Dār Simḥa Synagogue. The partners are Moshe …

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• 17th c
• janissary
• karaite

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Tuesday 3 Kislev 5545 Anno Mundi (16 November, 1784 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Karaite betrothal deed. The groom, Ḥayyīm b. Nissīm known as Revaḥ, taking upon himself not to marry another wife for 10 years, except in the …

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• 18th c
• karaite
• marriage

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13 Heshvan 5518 Anno Mundi (27 October, 1757 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Sa'adya b. David b. Reuven. The previously married bride is Esther Mas'uda d. El'azar Hakohen b. Aharon. In …

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• 18th c
• karaite
• karaite ketubba

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Document date

5566 Anno Mundi (24 September, 1805 – 12 September, 1806 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Decorated, torn, Karaite ketubah from Cairo. Dated on Thursday in 5566 AM but most of the date is lost to damage. The groom's name is …

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• 19th c
• karaite
• karaite ketubba

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Document date

12 Sivan 5570 Anno Mundi (14 June, 1810 CE)

Decorated Karaite ketubba from Cairo. Date: 12 Sivan 5570 AM (1810 CE). The groom is Shelomo b. Eliyyahu Ḥazan. The bride is Esther known as …

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• 19th c
• karaite
• karaite ketubba

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Document date

1955 (1955 CE)

Primary languages

Arabic, French

Invitation from the administration of the Paḥad Isḥak Synagogue (Kraïem) for attending the celebration which will be held in the synagogue on Passover between Saturday …

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• 20th c
• karaite
• late synagogues
• passover

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22 Heshvan 5515 Anno Mundi (7 November, 1754 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite agreement regarding a partnership in rural cheese production (אלגבן אלריפי). Dated 22 Heshvan 5515 AM (1754 CE). The document was recorded in the home …

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• 18th c
• cheese
• countryside
• karaite

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Document date

Sunday 8 Adar II 5548 Anno Mundi (17 March, 1788 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite betrothal deed. Date: Sunday 8th Adar II, 5548 AM (1788 CE). Location: Cairo. Avraham b. Nissīm b. Yaʿaqov aka Ḥīna is the groom, Badra …

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• 18th c
• betrothal
• karaite
• remarriage

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Monday, 4 Shevat 5321 Anno Mundi (21 January, 1561 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Court record issued by a Qaraite beit din at the Dar Simḥa Synagogue in Cairo. Dated: Monday, 4 Shevaṭ 5321 AM = 21 January 1561 …

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• dar simha
• ethiopia
• karaite
• torah

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Document date

1952 (1952 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Part of a newspaper "al-Klīm" published by Karaite Jews discussing the visit of the Chief General Muḥammad al-Nagīb to the Karaite synagogue on Saturday October …

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• 20th c
• karaite
• late synagogues
• military
• state

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14 Adar 5509 Anno Mundi (4 March, 1749 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite betrothal deed between Esther bt. Moshe Fūlādī and Avraham b. David Feyrūz aka Revaḥ. Dated on Purim 24 Adar 5509 AM (1749 CE). The …

Tags

• 18th c
• karaite
• marriage
• tallit
• tarbush

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Recto: part of a large letter to the courtier Avraham b. Yashar (Abraham b. Sahl Tustari). The writer wishes him recovery from his illness, and …

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• al-tustari
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: prayer
• illness: public figure
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Document date

1940 (29 September, 1940 CE)

Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew

Appeal to the Karaite Jewish community for the establishment of a special prayer for keeping away the spirit of the war from Egypt as requested …

Tags

• karaite
• muslim prayer
• prayer
• rosh hashanah
• wwii
• (+ 1 more)

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