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  1. 1LetterAIU VII.A.36

    Letter of appeal for charity, probably. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, possibly 18th or 19th century. Very long-winded, and full of kabbalistic drashes about Satan and …

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  2. 2LetterBL OR 10578M.13

    Letter of appeal to the Gaʾon Netanʾel ha-Levi from a person newly arrived in Fustat requesting some food by way of charity.

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  3. 3LetterBodl. MS heb. c 13/11

    Very faded document in Hebrew, probably a letter of appeal, as it mentions the writer's misfortunes and how he falls upon the mercy of the …

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  4. 4LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/75

    Letter of appeal for charity addressed to ʿEli ha-Zaqen the Parnas. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. There are interesting opening blessings, including the phrase "zohar ḥashmalim." …

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  5. 5LetterBodl. MS heb. d 75/26

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably a begging letter. The conventional praises of the addressee are exceptionally eloquent and deferent. The addressee has evidently helped the writer …

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  6. 6LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/75

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. From Yaḥyā al-Sofer(?) addressed to the Nagid David I (b. Avraham Maimonides, served ca. 1237–1300 with …

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  7. 7LetterCUL Or.1080 J103

    Appeal for charity by the scholar Mawhūb b. Ḥalfōn ha-Ḥaver Ibn al-Bunduqī (“the son of the Venetian”). The addressee's name is too damaged to read …

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  8. 8LetterCUL Or.1080 J269

    Letter of appeal from Moshe to R. Yiṣḥaq ha-Sar. In Judaeo-Arabic.

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  9. 9LetterDK 238.1 (alt: IV)

    Letter of appeal, begging for charity.

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  10. 10LetterDK 250

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender complains that Sayyidnā al-Rayyis and Abū Man[ṣūr?] al-ʿAfīf have cut off the payments with which they …

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  11. 11LetterDK 321

    Letter of appeal for charity. Addressed to a ḥaver. In Judaeo-Arabic with phonetic spellings (e.g., אלמותראתיף for المترادف and אלבֵרי for الباري and דיליך for …

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  12. 12LetterENA 2558.28

    Letter of appeal for charity. Addressed to Yehoshuaʿ Nagid (d. 1355). Begins in Hebrew, then switches to Judaeo-Arabic. The sender had to mortgage part of …

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  13. 13LetterENA 2747.14

    Letter drafts addressed to a certain Shemuel. In Hebrew. Asking him for more money ("the peraḥ that you sent has already run out"). Dating: Probably …

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  14. 14LetterENA 2808.23

    Letter of for charity addressed to an official. In Hebrew. Mentions the heqdesh.

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  15. 15LetterENA 2808.31

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew. Mostly blessings

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  16. 16LetterENA 3205.1

    Perhaps a letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew. Late. Mentions a woman whom the narrator married in order to save her from poverty.

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  17. 17LetterENA 3721.2

    Letter of appeal, probably. In Hebrew. Mentions the addressee's brother who married a wife. Goes on to complain about the hardships of fate.

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  18. 18LetterENA 3776.1

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew. Possbly addressed to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. The sender is from a distant land. He set out …

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  19. 19LetterENA 3793.3

    Letter from Yosef ha-Talmud b. Yishay ha-Sar. In Hebrew. Complaining that the addressee has not fulfilled his vow to give Yosef sum of money in …

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  20. 20LetterENA 4100.11

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Last leaf only. The writer is begging for an urgent loan or gift of 5 dinars, on Sunday. A sum of 20 …

    1. יעקב יטאלבה מני פמא כאן ימכנני אמצי ולא יכון
    2. צחבתי ועבדהא יסאלהא תכמיל אלאצטנאע פי
    3. כמסה דנאניר תציר אלגמלה ענד עבדהא עשרון
    4. דינארא סוא פקד אנעמת במא …

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  21. 21LetterENA 4101.3a

    Letter in Hebrew. Perhaps a letter of appeal for charity: the writer seems to be describing his poverty and pawning possessions. Scattered phrases: הטורח ואשר …

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  22. 22LetterENA NS 9.3

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. May be a letter of appeal for charity.

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  23. 23LetterENA NS 17.5

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Long, well-written, well-preserved. The sender, now fallen on hard times, may be referring to his own …

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  24. 24LetterENA NS 19.18

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The writer praises the addressee, expounds on his difficult circumstances, and asks for a loan of …

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  25. 25LetterENA NS 37.1

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th–13th century. The sender says that even if his letters have lapsed, he has never stopped loving and praying for …

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  26. 26LetterENA NS 53.5

    Letter of appeal for charity addressed to a Nagid. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the person known as "the ḥedvat" (אלחדואת).

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  27. 27LetterENA NS 59.33

    Letter of appeal from Bū Saʿd al-Baghd[ādī] to two people. The Hebrew introduction and a few words of the Judaeo-Arabic body are preserved.

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  28. 28LetterENA NS 72.19

    Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer urges the addressee to help him again with money for rent for the qāʿa where he lives, because his …

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  29. 29LetterJRL Gaster ar. 394

    Letter of appeal from Yefet addressed to al-Shaykh al-Raḍiyy. In Arabic script, with the sender's name in Hebrew script. He begs for a small sum …

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  30. 30LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/11b

    Letter of appeal, perhaps. In Judaeo-Arabic. Opens with יענך ייי ביום צרה and continues with greetings for the dear 'walad' ha-ḥazzan ha-talmid ha-sar ha-nikhbad..... The …

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  31. 31LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1864/2

    Letter of appeal for charity. Fragment. In Hebrew. At the bottom, in a different hand, "David ha-Nasi b. [...] Ga'on b. [???].

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  32. 32LetterJRL SERIES B 5443

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Unusual handwriting: blocky, calligraphic. The writer bemoans that he has lost all his money and merchandise. "The reason for the debt is …

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  33. 33LetterJRL SERIES B 5479

    Letter of appeal in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks for something to cover himself with (ilā l-ghulām yataghaṭṭā bi-hi).

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  34. 34LetterJRL SERIES B 6122

    Letter of appeal from Yefet, a foreigner, to R. Shela. In calligraphic Hebrew.

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  35. 35LetterL-G Misc. 53

    Letter of appeal for charity. In a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew, in a crude hand. (Information from CUDL.)

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  36. 36LetterL-G Misc. 116

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic, with a long Hebrew introduction. Asking for assistance in the petitioner’s difficult times of poverty and illness, mentioning …

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  37. 37LetterMoss. II,145.2

    Recto: Very brief letter of appeal. "May [God] except you, my lord, last year you gave us a dinar, the price of two robes (maqṭaʿayn). …

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  38. 38LetterMoss. II,157

    Begging letter, probably, in elegant script informing the addressee that his brother Abū l-Baqā al-Tājir used to give charity to the writer and help his …

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  39. 39LetterMoss. II,183.1

    Recto: A Hebrew letter begging for charity on Purim, invoking the tropes of hunger and nakedness. The writer suggests that the addressee himself 'or one …

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  40. 40LetterMoss. II,187.2

    Recto: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Rabbenu Meshullam, congratulating him on the holidays, and it seems begging for help with travel expenses. The …

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  41. 41LetterMoss. III,230

    Letter of appeal for charity. Dating: Possibly 16th century.

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  42. 42LetterMoss. IV,157

    Letter of appeal from Yeshuʿa b. Yosef to an unknown addressee. The first 2/3 consists of rhymed Hebrew praises for the addressee. In the body …

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  43. 43LetterMoss. VII,180

    Letter of appeal for charity. Addressed to someone titled al-Amīniyya. Probably from a cantor, although theoretically al-Ḥazzān could be part of the addressee's name. In …

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  44. 44LetterStras. 5138/23

    Most of an eloquent letter of appeal in rhymed Hebrew addressed to Abu l-Faraj Amram b. Levi. The body of the letter begins about 2/3 …

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  45. 45LetterT-S 6J7.18

    Bottom part of a begging letter asking for financial support, it seems reminding the collector (al-jābī) to collect the sums promised in a pesiqa. (Information …

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  46. 46LetterT-S 8.35

    Letter from Sason b. Shemuel to a notable named Elʿazar (or perhaps [...] b. Elʿazar). In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The sender alludes to his bad …

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  47. 47LetterT-S 8J17.10

    Letter fragment addressed to a communal leader, a ḥaver. In Hebrew. Regarding a matter of inheritance (‘they are orphans and a widow’) and the writing …

    1. ליום מות שהוא א [
    2. וחס ושלום שיהיה [
    3. וימצאו חו . . . . .[
    4. ואם נעשה בקי ימצא שם [
    5. הלוי מכל מעש מבואר פי . . . [
    6. . מהל . . עתה עיני הכל עליך ת . . . [

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  48. 48LetterT-S 10J15.18 + T-S 8J18.25

    Letter in Hebrew from Yusuf, a scholar with minimal assets and now in a perilous situation because of debts, dependents, and sureties on his behalf. …

    1. ] נתנו יד למצוא קורת
    2. רוח מן התלאה אשר מצאתנו ועתה רבותי תקרו נא נפשי ספחני [[ ]] ויודה
    3. נא הבורא למצוא חן בעניכם (!) לדברו באזני העם לעזר לנו ולהענקנ…

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  49. 49LetterT-S 12.27

    Letter fragment asking for a favor and stating that the writer relies on God and on the recipient for the solution of the matter. Mentions …

    1. בן כב גדלת קדשת [ . . . ] . . . . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. תנצבה וא . . . . . [ . . ] . רח [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  50. 50LetterT-S Ar.30.23

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. From Yehuda b. Shelomo, the cantor of Damsīs, to an unidentified addressee, who is asked to …

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