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  1. 1List or tableJRL A 544

    Accounts for the months of Tishrei and Heshvan. Income is listed from individuals as well as from two synagogues: that of R. Hayyim [Capousi] and …

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  2. 2Paraliterary textT-S AS 146.230

    Calendar for the year 1671/72 CE. Verso includes several lists including a list of 15 synagogues, including Talmud Tora and Kaniṣ Abū Shaʿra. AA/ASE

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  3. 3List or tableT-S J1.61

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Of the 'Miṣriyyīn' synagogue. Dating: 18th or 19th century.

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  4. 4List or tableBL OR 12369.24

    Communal accounts for two synagogues in Cairo. Dated 5584 AM (1823/24 CE). The right side of the bifolio mentions the Ḥayyīm Capoussi Synagogue and the …

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  5. 5Legal documentENA NS 49.20

    Legal deed. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo (מצרים). Dated: Tuesday, 2 Heshvan 5324 AM = 19 October 1563 CE. Doña Masʿūda (the same Doña Masʿūda as …

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    1. בפנינו עדים חתומי מטה אמרה לנו מרת דוניא מסעודה
    2. אלמנת כ׳׳ר אברהם ן׳ צהל נ׳׳ע עלי עדים איך השכרתי את
    3. העליה שלי שעל בי…

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  6. 6Paraliterary textENA NS 77.278

    Colophon in Judaeo-Arabic. The work (...ʿalā madhhab al-[???]...) was completed in Rabīʿ I 1023 AH, which is 1614 CE, in the synagogue of al-Ḥakham ʿAṭiyya. …

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  7. 7Legal documentJRL A 127

    Late legal document in Hebrew regarding a partnership (one of the partners is named Faraj). It refers to the quppah of the synagogue of the …

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  8. 8LetterMIAC 9

    Announcement from the Cairo Jewish community for a celebration at the Vitali Madjar Synagogue in Heliopolis – on the occasion of celebrating in the Jewish …

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  9. 9LetterMIAC 79

    Letter from the Grand Rabbinate of Cairo to Kẖawaja Elli Abimalor and Kẖawaja Shlomo Lijar requesting that they not give away any of the contents …

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  10. 10Legal documentMIAC 107

    Receipt for a night in the dormitory of a synagogue and the Zionist man was staying in Cairo – 15 July 1949CE – Museum of …

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  11. 11LetterMIAC 167

    Announcement on an important meeting of the Jewish communities of Egypt at the site of the Ismaʿīli Synagogue in Cairo, on the finances of the …

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  12. 12LetterMIAC 209

    Letter from the Grand Rabbinate of Cairo to Kẖawaja Nesīr Bēsaḥ president of the Heliopolis synagogue (Maṣr al-Jadīda) regarding the person known as Levi ʿArūsa, …

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  13. 13LetterMIAC 217

    Announcement to the members of the Jewish community of Cairo on the occasion of the yearly visit to the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Fustat – …

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  14. 14LetterMIAC 221

    Announcement written in Yiddish from the committee of Ashkenazi Jewish synagogues of Cairo about the reservation of places in the main synagogue and urging those …

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  15. 15Legal documentT-S NS 224.232

    Rental deed. Location: Alexandria. Dated: Thursday, 22 Tammuz [5]355 AM = 29 June 1595 CE. Yaʿaqov Castro is renting to Yosef Loḥamit. Signed by Moshe …

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    1. אנו] החותמים מטה [....בקנין ג]מור ומוחלט מהחכם השלם
    2. ...כ]מהר׳׳ר יעקב קשטרו נר׳׳ו בתים שיש [ל]חכם הנז׳ אצל הבית כנסת

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  16. 16Legal documentAIU XII.96

    Recto: The first few lines of an Ottoman-era legal document, bearing two seals and an annotation in a different hand, opening with an invocation of …

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  17. 17Legal documentJRL A 1050

    There are several different entries, and each seems to involve rent payments for the qodesh of the Synagogue of the Mustaʿribim. Quite faded, merits further …

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  18. 18List or tableJRL C 69

    List of names and monetary contributions received by the Rambam Synagogue congregation in Cairo (ק׳׳ק הרמבם). Dated 5603 AM which is 1842/1843 CE. The heading …

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  19. 19List or tableMIAC 227

    Account statements for the Shabbat Aḥīm Synagogue in New Cairo – 1923-1924CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 227) – in Arabic. (information from …

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  20. 20LetterMIAC 246

    Invitation from the Jewish community of Maḥallah al-Kubra for a visit to the synagogue of "Ḥayyim al-Amshaṭī" – 5 April 1950 – Museum of Islamic …

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  21. 21LetterMIAC 261

    Letter written in Tel-Aviv to a person named Marko inviting him into the agreement with the contractor Albert Ḥanān Lilbet[?] in the restoration and repairs …

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  22. 22Legal documentT-S 10J6.18

    Legal document from Cairo dated 15 Shevaṭ 5505 AM (= 1745 CE), describing the appointment of Joseph ha-Levi as cantor. The location given for the …

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    1. בע׳׳ה

    2. בהיות שהבית הכנסת שבפנים חארת אלקראיין שהיא תוך המבוי שאצל הכ'ורונפש הנודע בק׳׳ק

    3. כ'אלתי מסעודה כיון שנתעוללו על הקהל הנז׳ הגוים ה…

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  23. 23List or tableT-S NS 99.71

    30 pages of a notebook of lined paper, filled with names and numbers arranged according to days of the week. Probably 19th century (this is …

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  24. 24List or tableAIU VII.F.81

    Late communal accounts of some kind, funds collected for/from different individuals and congregations. Dated "in the year [5]555." In the same list on verso, many …

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  25. 25List or tableJRL C 127

    List of communal accounts for the "ʿQ[ahal] Q[adosh] ʿEzra ha-Sofer" congregation (ק׳׳ק עזרה הסופר). Dated 21 Tishrei– the seventh day of Sukkot "יום הושענא רבא"–on …

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    1. עלם מק׳ יום הושענא רבא שנת ٦٠٥
    2. לק׳׳ק עזרה הסופר [מ]ע׳׳א(?) 
    3.  קודש                                                 שמשי…

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  26. 26LetterMIAC 27

    Announcement from the Grand Rabbinate of Cairo [Ḥakhamhāne Miṣr] for the celebration of the coronation of the King of Britain – Museum of Islamic Art …

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  27. 27LetterMIAC 54

    Letter from "the Jewish national bank in Egypt at 14 Abū al-Sabāʿa Street with the slogan of access to "Erets Israel" (the Land of Israel) …

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  28. 28Legal documentMIAC 158

    Receipt from a synagogue of the Ashkenazi Jews in Cairo – 1943CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 158) – in Hebrew and French. …

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  29. 29LetterMIAC 294

    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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  30. 30Legal documentAIU VII.D.11–12

    Recto: The main text is a Judaeo-Arabic sermon/exhortation that in order to avert the evil decrees and the plague and the economic depression, all members …

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  31. 31LetterMIAC 3

    Announcement by the Ashkenazi Jewish community of Cairo for the opening of a public clinic in the neighborhood of the communal synagogue on Rosette Gardens …

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  32. 32Unknown typeMIAC 77

    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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  33. 33LetterMIAC 200

    Announcement for the Day of Geniza on which old prayerbooks unfit for repair will be transferred to the cave in the Bassatine and the process …

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  34. 34Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1442

    Karaite inheritance documents on a bifiolium. Date: c. 5505 AM (1744/1745 CE). The date Tishrei 5499 AM is given in line 21 (f.1r) as the …

    :(Document 1) Folio 1r

    1. סבב תצטיר הדא אלאחרף חצ'ר כה׳׳ר שבתי כהן יצ׳׳ו נין המנוח
    2. משה כהן ידיע חאטום נ׳׳ע וכיל אליתומים והו הב׳ הי׳ 
    3. שמואל יחל(?) ואכת…

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  35. 35LetterJRL A 1181

    Short note by the gabbai Avraham Yuʿbaṣ affirming that Kasīm (?) Meyuḥas will rent a house on "darb al-midrash" (on the street of the beit …

    1. ווצל מין אל סי׳ נסיים(!) מיוחס
    2. אוגרת מנזאל בצ'רב(!) אלמדרש
    3. תועלוק ק׳׳ק מוסתערבים שהור
    4. ٧ מין אדר ב׳ לסופ שהר אלול
    5. שנת תקצט ען כול שהר מ׳ ٣٠٠
    6. נצפהום  …

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  36. 36Legal documentYevr. II A 1241/1

    Karaite betrothal document. Date: 1 Tevet 5490 AM (1729 CE). Location: Cairo. The previously unmarried bride is Esther bt. Yeshūʿa b. Avraham and the groom …

    1. בסימן טוב וב[ה]צלחה
    2. ביום רביעי בשבוע והוא ראש חדש טבת יא׳׳ל [שנ]ת חמשת אלפים וארבע מאות ותשע שנים לבריאת
    3. העולם ואלף ותשע מאות וששים שנים למספר יוני[…

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  37. 37List or tableCUL Or.1080 15.45

    List from 1593 CE dated Elul 5353 and early 5354, headed as "the remainder of the houses of the qodesh of the Musta'rib congregation." It …

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  38. 38Legal documentT-S 13J5.7

    Legal document for a investment partnership to benefit the communal fund for study of the Sefer Zohar in Old Cairo (Fusṭāt). Avraham Mosseri receives money …

    M. Dudley Dissertation, Appendix 2 

    1. בע׳׳ה

    2. בהיות שנכתב שטר עסקא כהוגן וכשורה וענינו שהיקר נשא ונעלה כמה׳׳ר אברהם מוצירי יצ׳׳ו בן לאותו

    3. צדיק החכם…

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  39. 39List or tableAIU XI.188

    28 pages of communal and financial and legal records. Pages 1 and 14 are registers of deaths, one on page 14 dated 1661/1662 CE (5422 …

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