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LetterMIAC 181
Request from the women's committee on the donation of used clothing for the poor of the Jewish community – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic …
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List or tableENA NS I.69
List of charity recipients, with names and sums, probably distribution rather than collection. The list starts with names of the communal functionaries titled me'ulle, Rav …
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Legal documentMIAC 90
Certificate for a Jew indicating that he is elderly and unemployed and that he desires to receive lunch supplies for free – undated – Museum …
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Literary textT-S 12.342
Treatise on charity in two columns, fragmentary. (Information from Goitein's note card)
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List or tableStras. 5138/24
Bifolio containing mainly an alms distribution list. "What was distributed on Monday, with seven days remaining in Nisan." Many women mentioned. There are a few …
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Legal documentMIAC 156
Receipt from the Yeshiva Ahava VeAhva – dated – July 10 1948CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 156) – in Arabic, French, and …
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LetterMIAC 18
Appeal from a charitable organization for the marriage of poor women to the people of the community – 21 January 1943CE – Museum of Islamic …
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LetterMIAC 191
Announcement from the Jewish association of charity and brotherhood to participating members in the funds of al-Kūrātšīyūt[?] paid in their contributions from the previous year …
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LetterMIAC 93
Invitation for attending a public and routine meeting of the Yeshiva Ahava VeAhva Sunday 28 March 1948CE – 1 March 1948CE – Museum of Islamic …
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LetterMIAC 293
Invitation from a charitable institution and the Jewish union in Egypt for attending a course of the educational committee and the institute at al-Ẓāhir Square …
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LetterMIAC 110
Invitation from the union of Jewish religious institutions of Egypt to the president of the Yeshiva Ahava VeAhva for participating in the collective and it …
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Legal documentMIAC 224
Donation pledge form from Yaʿacov Kohen to the holy yeshiva (the right and the peace) for the sake of raising generosity and assistance to all …
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LetterMIAC 34
Invitation to the Jews of Egypt to donate and assist 1200 Torah students in the cities of Palestine in their poverty or because they are …
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LetterAIU VII.A.10
Verso: Informal note addressed to a certain Moshe asking him to help procure half a wayba of wheat as charity for the bearer Fakhr al-[...], …
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LetterMIAC 44
Donation request for the Yeshiva Ahava VeAhva in Meydān al-Ẓāhir in Cairo – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 44) – in Arabic. …
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LetterMIAC 146
Letter from the association of charity and brotherhood to Kẖawaja Murād Shem Tov on his weakening participation in the association – undated – Museum of …
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Legal documentMIAC 288
Contract of agreement between Yeshiva Ahava VeAhva and Maʿallam Ḥasan Ṣadīq – 2 January 1946CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 288) – in …
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LetterT-S K25.152
Letter of appeal for charity, probably. Dating: Perhaps 14th–16th century. Few details are preserved. NB: Verso does not seem to be digitized; the image listed …
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LetterMIAC 49
Letter from the Yeshiva Ahava VeAhva reporting on the increased participation in services – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 49) – in Arabic. (information …
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LetterENA 2739.5
Letter from Moshe Barukh. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably 15th–17th century. Asking for monetary assistance.
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LetterT-S 8J23.3
Left side of a letter of appeal for charity, from Shaul ha-Levi. What is preserved seems to contain learned discussion of charity. (Information from Goitein's …
- ] ונעמתה אלקאיל בפצלה אעזה אללה ואטאל בקאה
- שאול הלוי
- ]. . . ומן אטאל אללה בקאה ודאם עזה
- ].ק. . . . . . . ואלעלא וגעלך סבבא אלי
- ]. לקצר לסאני וצל אלי…
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LetterT-S AS 146.337
Letter addressed to Avraham ha-Dayyan (called ha-Sar ha-Nikhbad). In Judaeo-Arabic. This is a letter of recommendation for charity for the bearer. He was one of …
- אעלם חצרה ר אברהם הכהן היקר השר הנכבד //שצ// אן חאמל הדה
- אלאחרף אלי בין ידיהא רגל בישן והו משהור אנה כאן מן אולאד
- נובלא אלמחלה ומן מקאבילהא וירד מנכ…
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LetterT-S NS J399
Official letter from the office of one of the later Maimonidean Nagids. Headed with an elaborate Emet. Perhaps instructing Avraham ha-Zaqen to help the bearer …
[Calligraphic Arabic heading]
To Abraham the Elder of the Community, (may) G(od) b(e your succor) and provide as [your] successor a good son, living…
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List or tableT-S K15.34
Calligraphic list of 29 persons (to be solicited), professions ranging from butcher to physician. A list of potentially related names in Arabic script appears on …
- מוסי בן דאווד נאצר בן תמים נאצר בן אלביאן
- נאצר בן אלמגרבי דאווד אלצבאג מוסי אלחגאזי
- יוסף בן ודינה מופק בן אלמנקי ישועה אלצאיג
- פאצל בן שעיא הל[א]ל? ב…
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LetterT-S NS 257.21
Letter of recommendation for charity. In Hebrew. Late.
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LetterT-S NS 320.14
Recto: Letter of appeal for charity from a Torah scholar. In Hebrew.
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LetterT-S 8J41.5
Fragmentary letter of request probably from Jerusalem. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
- . . . . . ] .ד. [
- . . . ] ואריכות [
- חסד גם יוודע לזקינינ[ו
- גמולו שמענו כי הוא מת[
- וליקח מכל עני ובן תורה [
- ואין להם מיחיה ואם חס ושלום יהיה זה הדבר …
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LetterBL OR 5566D.5
Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. Well-written. Refers to "three breads (akhbāz) a week." (Information from Goitein's index card.)
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List or tableT-S K15.66 + T-S K15.14
T-S K15.66 forms the upper part and T-S K15.14 the lower part, of one list of about a hundred persons, contributing or being asked to …
T-S K15.66r, righthand page:
- מ]סלם אבן גלאב ואבן מימון
- רבאעיין
- הבה אכו מסלם רבאעיין
- הבה אכו יעקוב רבאעי ונצף
- אבן אלחבראוי רבאעי
- הבה אלארגואני רבאעי …
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LetterT-S Misc.25.76
Letter in Ladino with interspersed Hebrew phrases. Dating: ca. 18th century? This is a letter of appeal for charity. There may not be any information …
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List or tableT-S NS 321.94
Recto: Likely a charity distribution list. In Judaeo-Arabic. Many women and children. The numbers after each entry range from 1 to 7. There is a …
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LetterMIAC 129
Announcement by the anonymous charity society for approaching the "five millieme" project in supporting poor women in marital costs – undated – Museum of Islamic …
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List or tableT-S NS J256
Upper part of a twin list in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, seemingly a draft, one list with amounts, and one mostly without amounts. …
- אלשׁיך אבו אלמנגא אלעטאר
- אבו נצר רביב אלמשׁמיע
- אלשׁיך אבו אלבקא בן אלעואל?
- נפיס אבי אלגית
- אלרשׁיד צירפי בו אלחסן
- [ה]ב[ה] בן נעמאן אלכמר?
- א ה
- בן אליש…
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Legal documentMIAC 137
Receipt for the cost of monthly participation in the association for the assistance of poor women in the costs of marriage – July 1940CE – …
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List or tableENA NS 77.209
Account of collections and distribution ('alladhi tahsul... alladhi yufarri[q]'), with the name of '[our] lord],' probably the head of the Jews, on verso. From a …
- אלשיך אבו אלחסן אל.[
- סיד כל בן זביבא
- מסלם קריב אלש[יך
- אבו אלסרג בן גא..[
- הבה ב[ן אבו? ...
- דר]הם ונצף ורבע
- .דרה]ם ונצף
- ...]גזי נצף
- ...]. דרא'
- ...ד]רא…
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List or tableJRL SERIES B 4731
List. Perhaps for the distribution of bread for the week of Noaḥ. In Judaeo-Arabic. Recipients include: Ibrāhīm al-Ṭawwāf; Abū l-Ṭāhir al-Khādim; Abū Naṣr al-Khādim; al-Dayyan …
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LetterMoss. Ia,12.1
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda Gaʾon (in the hand of his son Avraham) to Egypt. Mentions oppressive laws and heavy taxes and punishments and requests …
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- ומו[
- זוכרי[ם
- עם ב[
- שכינת עו[לם
- ישמרו צורנ[ו
- אשר עלינו וטוב [
- אוכלים אותנו ח[יים
- עליהם חוקים חקו[קים
- תחלה המס הכבד אש[ר
- והעונש אשר לשום ל[
- העיר …
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LetterMIAC 100
Letter from Monsieur Yosef Raḥmīn and Atūrī in the Nile textile company to the Jewish charitable society of Ḥeberāt Māzūn containing a check with the …
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Legal documentMIAC 138
Coupon from the association "H̱ayrāt Māzūn" specializing in the distribution of bread, for receiving two loaves – March 1956 – Museum of Islamic Art – …
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LetterT-S 10J20.14
Badly effaced letter to a business friend describing his dire situation and lack of wheat and asking the addressee for assistance. (Information from Goitein's index …
- אלי אכי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ונעמאה גמע אללה ביננא
- על[י] אסר חאל במנה וכרמה אן שא אללה ואלדי אעלמך בה לא תס[אל
- מא עלי קלבי מן גהת אלשדה אלדי ענד…
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List or tableT-S AS 145.9
List of prospective contributors. The persons whose names are crossed out probably already had been approached. Notice that most of the numbers are added above …
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- [[אבן אדאבת? ..............]] ביד ובדיו אחרים
- [[ בן אלדבאג א` בן ...בו גל..]] א`
- [[ואלשראבי א` בן תמאם]]
- [[אבו אלברכאת]] דלך? זע` דר…
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List or tableT-S Misc.8.100
Payroll [similar to T-S K15.9] in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, for the seventh and eighth weeks of the liturgical calendar. Mostly same names …
- שׁבת ויצא עט
- בו אלחסן אלחזן ר יפתח שׁומר שׁמשׁים
- ז ו ½ ד ד
- אלנגיב בית אלמבין בית ר ישׁו[עה
- ג ½ ג ג
- [[בית]] בו אלפצל ר מנשׁה
- ג ב ½
- עביד חסנה אלנזיר ז…
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List or tableT-S 6J1.12
Verso: Account of communal expenditures. Date seems to be al-Muharram. The final name is X the blind man, illustrating the integration of needy and communal …
- אלדי אנפק מן מסתכרג אלמחרם?
- אלאהוב ג
- בן אלמטרי א ½
- בן אלמעלם אלמליגי א ½
- עבדאללה אלדי פי אלעראקיין ב
- אבו אלחסן אבן אבו אלרכב א ½
- אבו סעד אלחזן בן אל…
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LetterT-S 8J9.12
Letter from Damietta to the Fustat community (קהלת מצר) to collect money for alimony and travel expenses, it seems, to Palestine, for two individuals. David …
- מן וזנו ענה אלק . . . . [
- ופעלו מעהם מא וצלת אליה אלקדרה וקד תוגהו
- אלי מואליי קהלות מצר ברוכים יהיו ליעודו
- מן ענדהם אלי דמיאט . . . . . אלי דיארהם
- ו…
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LetterMoss. VII,149
Letter of recommendation for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks the addressee to arrange a collection (jibāya) to raise funds for the letter-bearer, the cantor …
- בשמ רחמ
- מוצל הדה אלאחרף אטאל אללה
- בקא מולאי רבנו ואדאם עלא[ה
- וכבת עדאה(!) אלחזן אלעזר בן יאש[יה
- אנפדתה אליה ליתפצל במא לם
- יזל ויפעל פי באבה מא הו לא…
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LetterT-S 24.63
Letter from Yaʿaqov ha-Meshorer b. Yiṣḥaq b. David Maʿaravi, in Hebron, to Yehoshuaʿ, descendant of the Negidim. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Possibly Mamluk era. …
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LetterT-S AS 147.49
Letter from a community of Jews (ʿabīduhā jamāʿat yahūd [...]) to the dignitary Yakhin b. Netanʾel (a.k.a. Abū l-Faḍl Thābit b. Hibatallāh) Rosh ha-Qehillot (روش …
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List or tableL-G Misc. 20
List of collections, all crossed out. Recto contains a letter requesting payment or distribution of bread to various young women?
- אלשיך אבו //אל...//
- רבע אלמהדב
- קבץ מן עוץ אלצבאג
- יד
- מן פתוח אלצבאג
- ד
- מן אברהים מן אגרה
- אלמכין א ½
- וען שהרין איצא
- ג
שוליים: ומן אלרנע אלכביר תכון אל…
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List or tableENA 2727.54
Verso: Communal accounts with revenue available and expenditures: 'A [public] Fast--29' 'Food for the poor (mezonot)--39.' Among the expenses, besides bread and salaries, are payments …
- 1 תענית כט
- אלמצרוף כבז וחמולה
- יב גיר ר'
- בו אלמגד כאלה יוסף מ..[..
- ד א
- יוסף בן עואץ ורפיקה תספיר
- ב 2/1 גיר תלת
- אלפאצל י אלא רבע
- ומזונות לט
- אלגמלה
- מ…
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List or tableT-S K15.2
Accounts for 54 dirhams (not 64 as per Goitein) received by the collector (called Sulayman ha-Levi), plus 30 donated by Avraham the Pious (d. 1223) …
verso I(Solomon b. Elijah)
- גמלה מא קבצת מן אללוי
- סלימאן אלגאבי [א]ללוי פרשׁת
- ויקהל סט ומן אלשׂיך ר'
- אברהם החסיד ל
- צט
- אלמצרוף
- כבז ואכר אלנהאר עלי יד …
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