מכתב: T-S 10J25.3

מכתב T-S 10J25.3

מספר מדף: T-S 10J25.3

שפה עיקרית: Judaeo-Arabic
שפה משנית: Arabic

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Letter from Yehuda b. Aharon b. al-ʿAmmānī, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin (Thābit), "the Glory of the Cantors," in Fustat. Dated: 14 Iyyar, 1216 CE. The letter contains information about a communal conflict between Anatoli the Judge and Yehuda's paternal uncle—Ṣadoq b. Shemuel b. al-ʿAmmānī—and his son Mufaḍḍal. (Frenkel suggests this is the same case against a judge that Yehuda mentions in T-S 13J21.25, but that letter was written in 1208.) Ṣadoq had made a taqqana and collected signatures of important Alexandrians such as Abū Saʿd b. Nānū and Bū l-Rabīʿ al-Kohen in order to appoint his son Mufaḍḍal to lead the congregation (as judge?), but Mufaḍḍal is young, beardless, and unmarried, and therefore regarded as unfit to lead the congregation over an older, distinguished man. Moreover, Ṣadoq went to the Nagid Avraham Maimonides for approval of the taqqana behind the back of Anatoli the Judge, who was understandably angry when he heard. It seems that Mufaḍḍal has been shunned by most of the population for the last few months. Yehuda himself is waiting for the Nagid to respond with a fatwa to a query of his own, and he is resentful that the Nagid does not recognize that Yehuda is the one who is managing all the affairs of the synagogue, while his uncle is addicted to wine and incompetent (Med Soc V, 39 and 516, n. 148). Yehuda mentions the Tāj (the Aleppo Codex) "which was written and pointed by Ben Asher or Ben Naftali" in the last line of the main text on verso. The addressee Abū l-Majd was recently sick, and others in his household still are. See also T-S 16.305, a letter written in spring 1217 in which Yehuda thanks Avraham Maimonides for resolving the conflict between him and his uncle. Information in part from Frenkel and from Gotein's note card. ASE.

Collection: Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks: TS 10 J 25, f. 3; TS 10 J 25, fol. 3; TS Box 10 J 25, f. 3; TS Box 10 J 25, fol. 3
תאריך קלט: In PGP since 2019

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How to cite this record:: Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S 10J25.3. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/2975/, accessed November 27, 2024.
Link to this document:: https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/2975/

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T-S 10J25.3 1r

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