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View document detailsLetterT-S AS 148.45
Letter of condolence addressed to the Gaʾon Maṣliaḥ (1127–39).
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LetterT-S K25.191
Letter of condolence from Mawhūb b. Aharon ha-Ḥazzan, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat (?). Dating: ca. 1070. This is a draft. The …
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LetterT-S 10J11.5
Letter to Netanʾel b. Ṣedaqa (cf. ENA NS 21.3 and p. Heid. Hebr. 913) asking for assistance and extending condolences for the death of the …
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View document detailsLetterT-S 12.249
Letter of condolence addressed to a certain Ḥemdat ha-Yeshiva, on the death of a woman (al-kabīra). Looks like the handwriting of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi …
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View document detailsLetterMoss. VII,208.2
Letter of condolence in Hebrew on a narrow strip of vellum. The writer mentions persecution by evildoers, which seems to be the reason that his …
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View document detailsLetterCUL Or.1080 J20
Letter by Dā'ūd b. Yehuda to the Judge Eliyyahu expressing astonishment that the Nagid (i.e., Avraham Maimonides) had not sent a letter of condolence at …
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View document detailsLetterCUL Or.1080 J221
Letter of condolence in Hebrew.
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LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/87
Letter from Abū l-Riḍā, it seems in Fustat, to his wife's brother Meʾir, perhaps in Damīra or at least nearby in the Rīf. In Judaeo-Arabic. …
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LetterENA 3130.5
Letter of condolence on the death of a woman. Maybe a copy or formulary, based on the layout.
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LetterENA 2741.6
Letter of condolence. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to somebody known as Ibn al-Ḥ[...], probably in Manṣūra. Probably from Saʿadya b. Ṣadaqa ha-Ḥazzan.
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View document detailsLetterENA 2558.30b
Letter probably addressed to Avraham Maimonides—[the son] of our Lord and Rabbi Moshe the Great Rabbi (ZL). In Judaeo-Arabic. It is written on a reused …
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View document detailsLetterAIU VII.E.10
Recto: a few lines of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, partly having to do with commercial matters (mentioning coal and glass) and the somewhat opaque phrase "if …
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LetterCUL Or.1080 J74
Letter of condolence from the cantor Natan b. Mevorakh ha-Kohen, in Ashqelon, to the father of an Efrayim. The letter contains many biblical quotations. (Information …
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View document detailsLetterBL OR 10112B.21
Letter of condolence. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The hand may be known. No names or specifics preserved.
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View document detailsLetterT-S J3.35
Formularies for letters of condolence. (Information from Goitein's index card.) Hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu?
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View document detailsLetterT-S NS 225.109
Letter of condolence in Judaeo-Arabic, containing lines typical of dirges in Hebrew.
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View document detailsLetterT-S NS 304.6
Letter from Isḥāq b. Yaʿqūb, in Fustat, to the household of his nephew (sister's son) ʿImrān b. Abū Naṣr, in Jūjar. To be delivered to …
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View document detailsLetterT-S AS 168.225 + T-S AS 168.224
Two fragments of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the text in the right margin, is preserved, containing expressions of condolence apparently on the death of …
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LetterT-S J2.74
Recto: Letter of condolence to a Nagid upon the death of R. ʿUzziʾel.
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View document detailsLetterJTS Krengel 114
Letter of condolence in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably in the handwriting of Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli. Addressed to 'rabbenu.' He learned from Abū Ṣāliḥ of the death of …
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View document detailsLetterT-S Misc.25.123
Letter of condolence in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, probably upon the death of the father of the addressee. Elegant prose and calligraphic script.
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View document detailsLetterT-S Misc.27.3.10
Letter of condolence from Shelomo ha-[...] b. Tammām(?) to [...] b. Yiṣḥaq(?), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer calls the both the addressee and the …
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View document detailsLetterT-S NS J372
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic with a few lines of Hebrew headers. A letter of condolence upon hearing about the death of Abū l-Bishr.
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View document detailsLetterYevr. II A 1627
Letter of condolence to Avraham b. Berakaha. In Hebrew. Dating: Catalogued as 18th century. Several other people are named in the letter.
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View document detailsLetterT-S NS J613
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Abū l-Surūr and [M]anṣūr. Conveys condolences on the death of their mother. On verso are a few words in …
- ] . . אל אמונה ואין עול צדיק וישר הוא
- ] אלאגלא אלשיך אבי אלסרור שצ
- מ]נצור שצ קדר מא חצל לנא מן
- ו]פאה אלואלדה אלמרחומה חצל
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View document detailsLetterYevr.-Arab. II 1490
Letter of condolence from Yūsuf b. Shemuel to his 'partner' (sharīk) Naṣrallāh. In Judaeo-Arabic.
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View document detailsLetterT-S NS 152.173
Letter(s) of condolence. In Judaeo-Arabic, in some places rhyming. Containing many blessings and standard formulae. In fact verso is headed "taʿziya" ("condolence"), so these are …
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LetterT-S 10J29.15
Letter from Abū Saʿīd al-Bazzāz, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Barakāt b. Yefet, at the shop of Abū l-Fakhr Ibn al-Mashshāṭī (better known as Ibn al-Amshāṭī), …
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- ועא . ל . [ . ]ה עלי ג[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- אן לטיף פא .…
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View document detailsLetterStras. 4038/10
A very eloquent letter of condolence from Avraham b. Natan Av ha-Yeshivah to someone addressed as "al-Kohen al-Parnas Ne'eman Beit Din," apparently on the occasion …
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LetterT-S 8.20
Letter from Faraḥ b. Yosef b. Faraḥ to Abū Saʿd Khalaf b. Sahl Sukkarī. The two also corresponded in T-S 8J27.13 (PGPID 3747), ca. 1056 …
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LetterT-S 8.70
Recto: fragment of a letter in a crude hand, mentioning a woman’s death, מתה וערסה על השלחן. Verso: letter of consolation in a different hand, …
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LetterBodl. MS heb. b 11/4
Letter of condolences to Hillel b. ʿEli on the death of his wife (?), wishing him to find consolation in the marriage of his son. …
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View document detailsLetterMoss. II,129
Recto: Faded business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions "the rest of the dirhams" and "I say they are recorded in his ledger." Verso: In a different …
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View document detailsLetterDK 42 (alt: 123)
Letter of condolence from Eli ha-Mumhe b. Avraham, Jerusalem, to Hesed ha-Tustari, Fustat, end of 1045 or beginning of 1046.
- [הצור תמים] פעלו כי כל דרכיו משפט וג
- [באשר דבר] מלך שלטון ומי יאמר לו מת
- [צדיק אתה] יי וישר משפטיך
- [מצותיך] תמיד מקויימות: וחיים ארוכים
- [תמור מ]ות ת…
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LetterT-S AS 149.30
Letter from Yeshuʿab. Avraham ha-Kohen, the cantor of Shubrā Damsis to his maternal uncles, sons of Moshe ha-Kohen, perhaps in Fuwwa. With introductory citations, such …
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LetterT-S AS 146.190
Recto: Formulary for an elegant letter of condolence in Hebrew upon the death of a woman (described as a model wife, citing verses from Proverbs …
- נחמות כפולות חבילות חבילות כפי התלאות והתקל[ות
- שסבבו ועכבו ועלבו ושבו מרגלית דלית לה
- טמי מחמד עין העטרת והזין בבת עין
- תומכת חן שמפנינים מכרה רחוק אש…
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LetterCUL Or.1080 J70 + CUL Or.1080 J179
Letter(s) sent from Qūṣ to Fustat. Sender and addressee (called only Sayyidnā) remain unidentified. Two fragments, with another piece still missing in between them (if …
CUL Or.1080 J179
- . . . . . ומא עסא אן יקולה אלממלוך
- או אן יעזי בה סידנא אללה תע בכרמה
- יעוצה בגן עדן ויעוצנא בחיאה
- אלמואלי אלסאדה אולא{ד}ה ובחיאה סי…
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View document detailsLetterCUL Or.1080 15.73
Letter of condolence in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew to a certain Abū l-Ḥasan al-Mubārak b. [ʿIyad?]. On the death of a woman in his family (אלאשה …
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View document detailsLetterENA 2808.28b
Letter from an unidentified man, in Damascus, to a female family member, in Egypt. In Judaeo-Arabic. On recto, there are elaborate instructions for where to …
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LetterT-S 24.61
Letter of condolence on the death of the Nasi and Rayyis Sar Shalom (ll. 7, 38). Addressed to another Nasi (al-Rayyis al-Dā'ūdī), with blessings for …
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View document detailsLetterT-S 12.324
Letter, faded, in eloquent Hebrew. Mentions "my brother R. Ḥalfon" arriving in the city and bad news that struck the writer to his very core, …
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LetterT-S 10J17.26
Letter of condolence from David b. Daniel to Abu'l Muna.
- בשמ רחמ
- אלשיך אבו אלמנא אדאם אללה תאיידה
- ונעמתה [ ]ל מואצלה
- אל [ ]חה ואללה בכרמה יסתגיבה
- פיה ויגע[ל ]
- אתצל בנא ופאה אלשיך אלעם רחמה אללה
- ורצי ענה וש…
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LetterT-S AS 149.246
Letter of condolence (possibly a copy) to a public figure. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Quotes Jeremiah 15:2. The name Faḍl appears in l. 1, [Abū …
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View document detailsLetterBL OR 5557N.12
Draft of letter of condolences from Efrayim b. Shemarya on the death of Toviyya b. Daniel, February 1043 (Gil's dating).
- עזא לאליה עלי טוביה השלישי
- מהללו צור להשפיעי ברכותיו בקבעי נפלאותיו בידעי
- המ/נ/פישי ומריעי ובחר ביום רביעי בו ברא מאורות
- לשעשעי והבדיל בו עתי שעי וז…
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View document detailsLetterCUL Or.1080 3.42
Long Hebrew letter of condolence to Seʿadya ha-Ḥaver upon the death of somebody (his father?). The writer describes the physicial and emotional agony that came …
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View document detailsLetterT-S Ar.36.141
Recto: Letter of condolence. In Arabic script, written in an elegant hand (and with diacritics). Upon the death of the addressee's brother Abū l-Ḥasan. Bewails …
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View document detailsLetterBL OR 5544.9
Letter from the wife of Wahb, Tiberias, to her brother Khalfa b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭabīb b. al-Ṭabarī, Fustat, eleventh century. She dictated the letter to her …
- בשמך
- כתאבי אליך יאכי וסיידי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדם עזה ען חאל סלאמה
- ועאפיה ושוק אליך שדיד גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וכרמה ואני קד
- אנפ…
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LetterT-S 10J15.34
Letter of condolence to Abu al-Faraj Yeshua b. Shabbatay on the death of his father. The letter starts with four Bible quotations (line 1, Dt. …
- הצור תמים פעלו כי כל דרכיו משפט וגו
- ראו עתה כי אני אני הוא ואין אלהים עמי וג
- זקנים משער שבתו בחורים וג
- צדיק ייי בכל דרכיו וחסיד וג
- אטאל אללה בקא חצר…
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View document detailsLetterYevr. II A 2893
Letter of condolence from Yiṣḥaq b. Shelomo ha-Maskil to the brothers Binyamin and Yeshuʿa b. Shelomo. In Hebrew. Dated: Monday, 14 Heshvan 5571 AM, which …
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LetterT-S 6J9.5 + T-S 8J16.2
Letter from Hilāl to his brother Abū l-Majd (aka Meʾir b. Yakhin). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably early 13th century, as these figures are known from …
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