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Legal documentT-S 18J1.11
Witness statement in which a proselyte known by the name of Abu al-Khayr takes out a Torah scroll from the Holy Ark and proclaims a …
יקול מן יתבת כטה פי אכר הדא אלמחצר 1
אנה חאצר ביום שבת בכניסת הבבליים 2
דהוא עשרין וחמשה יומין בירח כסלו 3
דש…2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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Legal documentT-S AS 152.3
Legal document, fragmentary, calling for someone to give evidence about a certain person's misconduct and who is subject to a herem (excommunication). (Information from Goitein's …
למא חצרת אלשהאדה אלקאטעה אלתאבתה בחצרה בית דין ע[ 1
הכהן הזקן נע אנה א . . . . עבירה ותגאוז עלי אלשריעה הו ומע [ …1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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Legal documentT-S Misc.29.44a
Document in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Not entirely clear if it is a letter or legal document. It describes the measures that will …
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Legal documentENA 3970.3
A few words in Judaeo-Arabic: "The copy of the great excommunication (ḥerem gadol) which is said...." On verso Hebrew alphabet jottings and a couple Arabic …
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Legal documentT-S Misc.28.55
Court document. Declaration of a ban of excommunication against anyone who owes money in any form to Abū l-Khayr al-Ṣayrafī known as Ibn Khalfa and …
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LetterT-S 16.261
Recto: Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Shelomo Ha-Rofe b. Eli, Tripoli (Lebanon), 1039. Shelomo b. Yehuda writes about Natan b. Avraham, a young challenger …
השלומות התמימות המקוימות הרשומות החתומות ליקירנו וזקיננו 1
וחשובנו כב קד מר ורב שלמה הזקן הרופא החכם והנבון העשוי נחת 2
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Legal documentT-S 20.163
Court record of an excommunication ban pronounced against Sulayman the blacksmith after he insulted the court when it failed to take his side in a …
[מה שהיה ל]פננו אנו העדים החותמים 1
[למטה בסוף ה]כתב הזה ביום חמישי בשבת 2
[שהוא ] בחודש אלול שנת אלף …1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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LetterAIU VII.A.23 + T-S 13J35.3
Fragment of a draft letter in the name of the community of Fustat regarding the imposition of an excommunication, ca. 1035.
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Legal documentBodl. MS heb. c 28/41
Legal document in Hebrew demanding a punishment of excommunication and three days of house arrest for Sabyan b. Saadya who libelled his kinsman Yosef b. …
מעשה שהיה לפנינו אנו בית דין הקבוע במצרים והעדים החותמים עדותם 1
מטה בכתב הזה איך מרב יוסף המכונה אבו אלפצל [ב]ר …1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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Legal documentT-S AS 146.4
Court order forcing a husband, by threat of excommunication, to write a bill of divorce for his wife and not run away, leaving her 'a …
. . . . . . . . . . . ] חתומי מטה מה שהיה בפנינו ביום ארב[עה 1
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LetterENA NS 41.19
Letter/announcement addressed to the entire Jewish community of Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Probably from the office of the Nagid. Bears an 'emet' motto at the top. …
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Literary textBodl. MS heb. e 74/70–74
Miscellany containing formularies for excommunication (invoking the Shem ha-Meforash) and what to write on the last page of a daftar of the Torah when the …
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LetterMoss. II,175.1
Fragment (bottom half) of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic regarding a communal dispute over slaughtering. A certain person, likely a rival of the writer, came to …
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LetterT-S NS J223
Note from Abū Thābit al-Ṣayrafī to a certain Rabbenu Shemuel asking him to declare a ban of excommunication against whoever cast a spell on someone …
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Unknown typeMoss. IV,9
See PGP 3783
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LetterL-G Ar. II.79
Petition from a woman named Umm Hilāl bt. Ibn al-Muhandiz the ḥaver, who is living in the synagogue of the Palestinians. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the …
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Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1701
Legal document in a gathering of the Karaites in Cairo, mentioning the instrument of the herem to elicit information concerning a rumor some women had …
באגתמאע טאיפה אלקראיין באלקאהרה ואחרם חרם אכיד 1
על כל מי שיודע 2
אבו סעד בן אבו אלפרג…1 Transcription
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Legal documentT-S 13J12.1
Form of excommunication. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 599)
בהדה אלת/ל/ה רגאל אלדי טלמוה 1
לא יאבה ייי סלוח להם כי אז יעשן 2
אף ייי וקנאתו בהם ורבצה בהם 3
את כל האלות הכתובות בספ…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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Legal documentT-S 13J12.2
Form of excommunication in Aramaic. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 599)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] בית 1
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Legal documentT-S 13J12.4
Form of excommunication written in Arabic. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 602)
כל בר ישראל או בת ישראל כביר כאן אם צגיר 1
מדרך ממן יקרבו לכיאר אלצירפי או בעידין מנה 2
מן גמיע ישראל יעלם עלם יקין ען משאהדה א…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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Legal documentT-S 13J12.5
Forms of excommunication in Arabic, Aramaic, and Hebrew. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, 332) VMR
אציתו שמיא ואמלין [ו]תשמע ארעא מימרי פומי 1
בגזרת עירין פתגמא ומימר קדישין שאילתא …1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 8J40.2
Fragmentary letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides to a certain Avraham, concerning the affairs of a man, his wife, and a young boy, and …
הדרת החכם הנכבד . . . . . . . . [ . . . . . . 1
ורבנו אברהם עטרת החכמים [ . . . . . . . 2
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LetterIOM D 55.14
Letter from Salāma b. Mūsā Safāquṣī, probably from Mazara, Sicily, to Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sughmār (Alexandria), ca. 1055. Salāma b. Mūsā intends to buy …
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Unknown typeT-S 12.283
Question submitted to "sayyidnā," it seems the Head of the Karaite community, about a case that had come before the governor/chief of police (wālī) of …
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Legal documentT-S Misc.23.3
Record of a testimony written in Alexandria regarding a family excommunicated by Daniel b. Azarya. The members of the family desecrate his memory. Date: May …
TS Misc.Box 23, f. 3r, ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 3, pp.331-332 (Doc. #531), C.B. 04-21-88 (p)Record of a testimony written in Alexandria regarding a f…1 Transcription
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LetterT-S Misc.35.11
Letter fragment from Shelomo b. Yehuda to an unidentified personality in Fustat, approximately 1029. Concerning the excommunication of the Karaites.
TS LOAN 11, ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp.158-159 (Doc. #85), C.B. 03-08-88 (p)Fragment of a letter from Solomon b. Judah to an unidentifiedpersonal…1 Transcription
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LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/9
Letter from a Karaite to his community, asking for the proclamation of a ban against certain people who suspect him of stealing.
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בשם אל עולם
בר[כו]ת רבות כמימי א[רו]בות מדר ערבות 1
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LetterT-S 16.213
Letter in Hebrew by the muqaddam (head) of the community of Minyat Zifta, announcing that he had excommunicated a debtor according to an instruction by …
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . הנגיד הן הן ולאו רפיא בידיה מה היה 1
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LetterT-S 10J10.3
Letter from Ephraim b. Ya'aqov. A man named Ibn al-Qābisī, who was banned from the Jewish community in four different cities in Iberia, arrived in …
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תקדמת כתבי אליכם אטאל אללה [ וקד אנפדת] 1
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LetterENA 4100.28a
Letter from a communal leader to a Nasi. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that he fulfilled what had been requested of him in the letter …
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LetterMoss. V,336.1 + Moss. V,338.1
Letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides to Avraham ha-Sar (for the same addressee, see T-S Misc.28.64 and T-S 8J40.2). He reports that he met …
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Legal documentT-S NS 32.50 + T-S NS 226.145
List of people to be excommunicated ('by name'/באסם). The left halves of ~7 entries are preserved. "In the bar (mashraba) with... and her children... a …
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LetterT-S Ar.51.111
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely Tammuz 1232 CE, and almost definitely 1232–37 CE. See below for explanation. Writer and addressee are unidentified. The writer dictated …
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]בקה אלל[ה] תעאלי וגמיע 1
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LetterMoss. IV,9 + T-S NS 312.98 + T-S 8J31.4 + T-S 6J9.12
Letter from Yeḥiel b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Ṣarfati, in Jerusalem, to a certain Menaḥem (probably the judge Menaḥem b. Yiṣḥaq b. Sasson), probably in Cairo. Dating: Early …
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לקח הרצועה שהקדשנו ולא החזירה 1
ואינו מבקש מחילה אין זה ושב ורפא 2
לו והשם יודע כי…3 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 20.97
Copy of a long letter sent by Ḥananya b. Yosef ha-Kohen, Av Bet Din. Dating: ca. 1020 CE, according to Gil. Probably addressed to the …
1 Transcription 1 Translation 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 13J26.6
Letter from Abū l-Majd, in Qūṣ, to Abū l-Mufaḍḍal the judge, in Fustat. Mentions Egypt, Abū l-Riḍā, Ibn Ibrahim al-ʿArīf, Abū l-ʿAlā b. Ḥassūn, Abū …
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אצגר אלממאליך אלדאעי לה 1
אלשאכר לתפצלה אבו אלמגד 2
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LetterENA 4020.49
Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-Barakāt, the uncle of Sitt Ghazāl. He writes of the terrible sickness that has not relented ever since …
אתה ייי לא תכלא ר[חמיך ממני [. . . . . . . . . 1
אלממלוך אלאצגר שלמ[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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LetterENA NS I.78
Letter from Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sughmār, in Alexandria, to Abū Bishr Azhar b. Manṣūr (aka Avraham), in Fustat, ca. 1075. Mentions a shipment of …
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