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View document detailsLiterary textAIU V.B.50
Copies of letters, perhaps. Catalogued as pertaining to Maimonides and R. Ḥisday. Needs examination.
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LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/66
Letter from al-Fayyumi b. Saadia, probably addressed to Moses Maimonides.
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- . . . ומ[ל]א אוכל טוב כר…
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View document detailsLetterBL OR 5533.1
Recto: Circular letter in the name of Moshe Maimonides to the congregations in Egypt. The recto preserves only an eloquent introduction. Verso gives the name …
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Legal documentENA NS 20.2
Notes from a lesson given by Maimonides. There is a fingerprint. See analysis and edition in Friedman, "Notes by a Disciple in Maimonides' Academy Pertaining …
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Literary textENA NS 33.7
Praise poem for Maimonides (FGP)
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View document detailsLetterMS 8254, fol. 14
Letter by Moshe Maimonides. A copy. Following the responsum, there is a copy of Maimonides' letter to Pineḥas ha-Dayyan of Alexandria. (Information from Amir Ashur …
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View document detailsLiterary textYevr. II A 300
Documentary per FGP, but all fragments look literary. Mainly Maimonides, plus a Qaraite siddur.
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View document detailsLiterary textYevr. II A 313
Documentary per FGP, but all fragments look literary. There are dozens of sub-shelfmarks, some Maimonides, ha-Rif and Rashi
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View document detailsLetterMS 8254, fol. 16
Letter addressed to Moshe Maimonides. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. NB: The identifications and bibliography on FGP (an autograph responsum of Avraham Maimonides) actually refer to …
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LetterT-S 12.822
Incomplete letter to Moses Maimonides congratulating him on becoming the Head of the Jews of Egypt. The name of the sender is not preserved; Friedländer …
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- ]ל כבוד גד קד הדרת יקר צפי תפא מרינו ורבינו
- ]ינו וקדושינו גאון מקדשינו זוהר שמשינו עטרת ראשינו
- מחמד נפשינו רבכינו ופרשינו רוח אפינו ואור עפעפ…
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View document detailsLetterT-S 10K8.14
Letter to Moshe b. Maimon (Maimonides) from an unnamed friend. Includes poetic verses by Yehudah haLevi. (Identification and information from Joel Kraemer, "Six Unpublished Maimonides …
- בשמ רחמ שלום רב לאוהבי [תור]תיך
- ואין למו מכשול
- גיר כאף ען הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת מרנו
- ורבינו אור עינינו נשף חשקינו צניף ראשנו
- ותפארתנו יחיד דורנו אדו…
- In your name, O merciful one. Those who love your teaching enjoy well-being;
- they encounter no adversity.
- His eminent dignity — diadem of glory, o…
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View document detailsLetterT-S NS J477
Letter probably addressed to Moshe Maimonides, based on the importance of the addressee and the blessing for his son Avraham to occupy his office. In …
- למעלה למעלה ויזכהו לראות חמודו
- רבנו אברהם יושב על כסאו בחייו יקיים
- על הדרתה קרא הכת תחת אבותי
- ינהי אלי מושב יירומם אן ורד עליה אמרהא
- אלמטאע עלי יד א…
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View document detailsLetterT-S NS 99.41
Copy of Maimonides' letter to Yosef b. Yehuda which comprises the introduction to the Guide for the Perplexed. In the hand of Shelomo b. Shemuel …
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View document detailsLegal documentT-S NS 169.38
Codification of Jewish law, by the hand of Joseph Rosh Ha-Seder, mentioned by Scheiber and Abramson. Also a responsum by Maimonides to Efraim from Tyre …
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LetterT-S 12.238
The opening of a circular letter for "all the cities of the Rīf" in the name of Moses Maimonides. BL OR 5533.1, T-S 12.238, and …
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LetterT-S AS 149.89
Autograph letter from Maimonides to a judge. The addressee is asked to mediate between the bearer Abū l-Fakhr and his legal opponent Abū l-Maḥāsin. If …
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View document detailsLiterary textMIAC 236
Diagram of the structure of Rambam's commentaries on the Talmud's "Tractate Middot" – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 236) …
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LetterT-S 12.825
Recto: Letter from Moshe b. Ḥalfon b. Y[...], probably in Yemen, to a judge (who had a son named Netanel), probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. …
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View document detailsLiterary textT-S AS 201.107
A Maimonides autograph of his commentary on the Mishna (Kelim 8:9). (Information in part from FGP.)
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Literary textT-S Misc.25.24
Recto is a draft of a poem in praise of Moses Maimonides by Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi.
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LetterT-S Ar.30.286
Autograph letter from Maimonides to his pupil Ṭoviyya. The letter consists entirely of a detailed prescription of a regimen (tadbīr).
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View document detailsLegal documentT-S 10K15.1
Maimonides' decree on menstrual purity. Dated 1487 Seleucid = 1175/76 CE. See Eve Krakowski, "Maimonides' Menstrual Reform in Egypt," JQR (2020), 245–89.
Build up, build up, clear the way! Remove a stumbling block from my people’s way.
We, the scholars living in Egypt at this time, say: When we were …
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View document detailsLegal documentT-S 12.204
Avraham Maimonides (in office as head of the Jews 1205-1237) is asked about the procedure in which a party appears in court together with an …
- מא תקול הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת מרי ורבי אברהם השר הגדול
- בישראל ישמריהו האל פי רגל קטיע קציר אלחגה אוהב לשכץ
- מן מלכה גז מתנה גמורה ואגבה וכלה עלי גמיע…
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List or tableT-S 16.291
Verso: Medical prescription (nuskha lil-khayālāt) containing twelve ingredients, along with a record of four donations received in a pesiqa dated 1225/26 CE (1537 Seleucid). ASE.
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- נסכה ללכיאלאת
- הנדי אמלג כזברה לסאן תור זהר בנפסג
- י י ה ה ה
- אצטוכודוס אפתימון בסבאיג בור שאהתרג
- ד …
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View document detailsLetterT-S AS 149.106
Opening of a faded letter written (and signed) by Avraham Maimonides, addressed to the the Great Dayyan [...] b. Yosef - probably Anatoly b. Yosef. …
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View document detailsLegal documentMS 8254, fol. 15
Legal document. Dated: Av 4959 AM, which is 1199 CE. Location: Probably Alexandria, where legal documents in this period tend to be dated according to …
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View document detailsLetterT-S AS 223.276
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably from the circle of Avraham Maimonides or the pietists who came after him, and referring to (Moshe) Maimonides, peace be …
- ] יפעל . . . . [
- ] אלפיץ אלאלאהי אלדי אודע ענדי ס[יידי
- אל . . . יעמל בהא ואן סיידי עלם סאיר [
- ירא שמים ואלממ ינקלהא ען אל . . [
- נקלתהא אבאי אלדי ערפ…
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View document detailsLetterAIU V.B.48
Letter from Netanel b. Ḥalfon to Moshe Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1 Nisan 1485 Seleucid, which is 1174 CE. Describing the plight of the bearer …
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Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 11/14
Middle fragment: Legal query addressed "our master Moshe," possibly Maimonides (d. 1204). "To have traveled widely was a title of pride. No wonder that some …
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- ומא תקול הדרת אדונינו משה יחי לעד
- פי מן יטלע יקרא פי ספר תורה ויב/א/רך
- הגומל ומא סאפר למכאן הל הדה
- אלברכה להבטלה אם לא יפתינא רבנו
- …
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LetterCUL Or.1080 J33
Letter sent by the cantor Sheerith to Maimonides, in which the writer excuses himself for being unable to do a certain service for the recipient, …
- ממלוך חצרתה
- שארית החזן
- הדרת מר ור השר הרופא החכם והנבון
- משה שצ
- ממלוכהא שארית יקבל קדמיהא
- חרס אללה מעאליהא אן בעד חצורי
- בין ידיך ותקרר אלחאל אלדי תעל…
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- The servant of his honor
- She’erit the cantor
- To his honor, our master and teacher, the prince, the wise and discerning physician,
- Moses, may …
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LetterMoss. IV,13
Verso: Autograph note from Moshe Maimonides to al-Shaykh al-Wathīq. In Judaeo-Arabic. Informing him that there will be a gathering of the elders on Shabbat and …
- תדכל חצרה אלשיך אלותיק שצ
- ליקע אלאגתמאע בהא
אדא - פי יום אלסבת במחצר אלשיוך
- ויקרר מא ינעמל ושלומה
- ירבה ואמא רקעתהא
- פמא וצלת אלא מבלולה
- בללא לא ימכן מע…
- Would the Shaykh al-Watīq, may God preserve him, enter (the town)
- so that the meeting may be convened with him
- on the Sabbath in the presence of the…
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LetterT-S 16.291
Recto: Letter by Meʾir Ibn al-Hamadāni to Moshe Maimonides. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1168–1204 CE, based on the period of Maimonides' activity in Egypt. …
- צעיר עבדי אדוני
- מאיר בן אלחמדאני
- וענוים ירשו ארץ והתענגו על רוב שלום
- שמר תם וראה ישר כי אחרית לאיש שלום
- אשמעה מה ידבר האל ייי כי ידבר שלום
- ישא ייי פ…
- The least of the servants of my lord,
- Meir b. al-Hamadhānī
- “But the lowly shall inherit the land and delight in abundant well-being.” [Psalms 37:11]…
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Legal documentMoss. I,115.1
Recto: autograph medical recipe in the hand of Moses Maimonides, prescribing an emetic and other drugs. The ingredients used include sticky sugar, lemon juice, oxymel, …
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- סכר אוקיה גרוי תחל במא חאר
- ויעצר עליהמא מא לימונתין וישרב
- פאתרא לל̈קי ובעד אלקי בסאעה
- ילע̈ק אוקיתין שראב לימוא וסכנגבין
- ענצלי מפתרה בנאר לינה…
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- One ounce of sticky sugar melted in hot water.
- He should squeeze juice from two lemons onto it and drink
- it lukewarm in order to vomit. One ho…
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View document detailsLetterT-S Misc.28.98
Letter fragment addressed to Maimonides. There is a lengthy introduction, and a few words of the body, in which the writer reports that he received …
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- ממלוך הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת הוד ועטרת
- וצניף כותרת מרנו ורבנו משה הרב ה[גדול]
- הפטיש החזק ה[...]ו שמים יאריך אלהינו
- ימיו בטוב ושנותיו בנעימים בז…
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- The slave of the excellent, honourable, precious, diadem of glory,
- the crowning turban, our master and our teacher Moses the Great Rav,
- the st…
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View document detailsLetterT-S AS 221.306
Responsum in the hand of Maimonides, in Fustat. Dating: late 12th century, based on Maimonides' years of activity in Egypt. The primary text, from a …
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עליה ובדר מנה עליהִ וִעלי ואלדִה
אלמתופא בלשון קללהִ [יורינו] רבינו
מא ילזמה חק עלי תגריחה (?) בלשון
הרע ושכרו כפול מן השמים
אל…
- […] against him and in his anger he assailed him and his late father
- with a curse. [Instruct us,] our master,
- to what penalty is he liable for havin…
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LetterT-S 8J14.18
Letter from a member of the nasi family of Mosul addressed to Shelomo b. Yishay. Dating: the events described in the letter likely took place …
- פצל
- וכאן אלפכר שצ מענא למא
- רחנא אלי ר משה וקעד הו
- עלי באב אלדאר וגזנא אנא
- ואלגלאל ובסתו ידה אלשריפה
- ולקאנא במלקא טיב גדא
- וקאל אטלע אגלס ר טוק
- ואומא …
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- Al-Fakhr, may God protect him, went with us when
- we set out for Rabbi Moshe's [house] but he [preferred] for his part to remain
- at …
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Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 3/6
Deed in which Abū Isḥāq Abzārī gives the Nagid Avraham Maimonides the right to buy back the burj, a tower in the ancient Byzantine fortress …
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View document detailsLetterBL OR 5566B.26
Letter from a judge to Avraham Maimonides, reporting about a case that came before him in Adar I 1529 Seleucid (which is 1218 CE). About …
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LetterT-S J2.39
Recto: Maimonides’ autograph draft of a 3-line poem he composed and included at the beginning of his philosophical work ‘Guide for the Perplexed’. Verso: letter …
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Literary textT-S Ar.44.79
Autograph leaves of Maimonides, Treatise on sexual intercourse. (Information from CUDL)
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View document detailsLetterT-S Ar.46.97
Letter to Maimonides with autograph response on verso. "T-S Arabic Box 46, fol. 97, is a small sheet of paper the verso of which contains …
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- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . אחת שאלתי
- מאת ייי אותה אבקש אל ישוב דך נכלם תם
- אשתהי תדברני פי מא לאח לי אן אפעלה והו אני
- אכון אכל אלקד…
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Legal documentT-S AS 155.207
Autograph responsum by Moses Maimonides. (Information from CUDL)
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View document detailsLegal documentT-S J2.78
There are several distinct items on this fragment, all but one in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. (I) The main text block was edited …
- גרץ] הדא אלשמוש אלמבארך
- אלסעיד אלמופק אלסדיד
- ריאסה הדרת יקרת צפירת
- תפארת כבוד גדולת קדושת
- מרנו ורבנו אדוננו משה הרב
- הגדול בישראל אור הדור ופלאו
- צנ…
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LetterT-S 6J10.9
Draft of a Hebrew letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi to a distinguished physician also named Moshe (but probably not Maimonides because Moshe b. Levi …
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- העבד ישתחוה לפני מושב אדוניו
- וישאל מטובו שימשוך עליו חוט
- החסד וידינו בכל מליו ומעשיו
- לכף זכות כמו שלמדנו מהדרתו
- והוי דן את כל האדם לכף זכות ו…
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LetterCUL Add.3415
Letter from the tailor Yaʿaqov b. Ṭahor to Yehuda al-Ḥalabī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 24 Elul (4800 +) 197 AM = 4997 AM, which is 1237 …
- בש רח אלממלוך יעקב בר טהור סט
- יקבל אלארץ בין ידי סידנא כגק מר ור יהודה
- השר הנכבד הח והנ אדאם אללה סעאדתה ובלגה
- מקצודה ואראדתה ואכאר לה דניאה ואכרתה …
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Legal documentT-S AS 111.164
Recto: Hebrew prayer. Verso: last lines of an autograph responsum by Maimonides, and part of a liturgical text in Hebrew. (Information from CUDL.) See Outhwaite, …
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- ... ולא יקדר אלחמו ימנע
- דלך בוגה וכתב משה
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- ...
- ... And the father-in-law cannot prevent
- this at all. Moses wrote this.
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Legal documentT-S 16.292
Recto: Letter from Ḥananʾel b. Shemuʾel to a certain Shilo (and/or David he-Ḥaver?). The opening greetings include a complaint about lack of letters and mention …
- כל מעייני נתתי בך ובמודע לבב[י אמצתיך] חקרתיך בעין ל[בי(?)
- בניין של קדושים כ מ ורב שילה השר הנכבד החכם הנבו[ן
- שצ היב מאת הנכסף לחזותך השמח בחברתך המ…
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View document detailsLegal documentMS 8254, fol. 14
Responsum by Moshe Maimonides. A copy. The responsum corresponds to #355 in Blau's edition ("I am very troubled by various matters, and my body is …
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LetterT-S 10J20.5
Petition from Hibatallāh b. Bū l-Faḍl Ibn al-Shofeṭ to Moshe Maimonides. Dating: ca. 1180 CE. The sender complains concerning a part of the revenue of …
- מפתח חרצובות ומשלחף עצבות ומ[ר]חק אובות[
- להקים חוקי משנה ולהסיר תואנה ולהדוך רוש ולענה יזכהו שוכן
- מעונה לבנין עיר חנה ולחזות ישועה ולשננה אני יי בעת…
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looses the bands, removes sadness, dismisses the ghosts . . .
(2-3) to confirm the rules of the Mishnā, to abolish any pretext, to pull dow…
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Legal documentT-S NS J43
Draft of a letter that was not sent. A question that was addressed to Maimonides about remission of debts. (Information from Goitein, Tarbiz, 28, 1959: …
TS NS J 43, ed. S. D. Goitein, "Unpublished autograph Responsa byMaimonides" (Hebrew), Tarbiz, 28(1959), pp. 195-196, 11-10-89, N.T.(pp)(Wrongly cite…
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