University of Pennsylvania, Halper 426
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS25655
- Shelfmark:
- Halper 426
- Title:
- Letter
- Place:
- Orient
- Date:
- later 17th century?
- Language:
- Aramaic, Hebrew. Judeo-Arabic
- Material:
- complete; losses, faded; folded in mail format; verso is blank
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 folio : complete; losses, faded; folded in mail format; verso is blank
- Note:
- A folio, 29 lines of content, and a decorative signature.
The letter opens with 10 lines of a partially rhyming preface in Talmudic language, showering the addressee with praise and blessings. Line 5 and half of line 4 have been erased. The name of the addressee may have been here, as it is conspicuously missing from the rest. The last two and one half lines are of a similar nature. The rest is in Judeo-Arabic.
Mention is made (ll. 17, 21, 25) of The Nazir Joseph ha-Levi (d. 1713), an emissary from Hebron who settled in Cairo and served as the head of its court. In his responsa Mate Yosef, (Istanbul, 1717-1726) he is often approached to deal with questions related to collection emissaries ([ש[לוחי] דר[בנן) (A. Yaʻari: Sheluḥe Erets Yiśraʾel / Abraham Yaari. Jerusalem : Mosad ha-Rav Ḳuḳ, 1977, p. 932).
Also mentioned is an agent collecting for Safed named Ḥayim Ravuaḥ (l. 13). One of the subjects here is the issue of the transmission of a divorce bill.
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940421053503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p34747941/manifest
- Holding Institution:
