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• https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9940421053503681

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Notes

• 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. Ya'ari: 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.
   
• Condition: complete; losses, faded; folded in mail format; verso is blank.
   

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Black ink

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Provenance

• Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
   
• Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
   
• Amram.
   

Subjects topical

• Hebrew letters

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