מסמך משפטי: AIU VII.D.105

תיאור

Legal document dealing with the sale of a ruined house or building. Dated December 1719 CE (9 Tevet 5480 AM). Location: possibly Jerusalem, based on the fine that is mentioned in line 30 (לתת בתורת קנס לע׳׳ק ירושלם), but this may be a fine that was collected in a different city and sent for charity purposes to Jerusalem. The opening lines deal with inheritance arrangements and property transactions between the brothers Yiṣḥaq, Mordekhay, and Binyamin Gaʿdī (and also the son of Mordekhay, Moshe Gaʿdī). Some or all of these arrangements were recorded in an earlier document (שטר חלוקה/division of shares deed) before the beit din of the "Portugal" Congregation (ק׳׳ק פורטגאל). The presiding dayyan for the prior inheritance/property arrangements was R. Avraham Ṣarfatī. The mention of this congregation does not rule out Cairo as the location given that a Portuguese Synagogue existed there during the period in question (see for example, AIU VII.F.81 PGPID 30688). Line 13 marks the point where the document begins to lay out new legal arrangements for the "ruin" property (חורבה) discussed in the opening lines. The "ruin" is sold by Moshe Gaʿdī to a certain Moshe Mosqāṭīl/Moshqāṭīl (מוש'קאטיל), an uncommon Ashkenazi surname that is today spelled in various forms: Muszkatel, Mushkatel, Muscatel, Moskatel. In line 18, the property in question is referred to as "the excellent/exceptional ruin" (החורבה הנז׳ המצויינת). MCD.