[Court document] : manuscript

Alternate Title:

Official notification of coercion; Sheṭar modaʹa

Contributor:

Yosef Garyani (witness); Yitshạḳ ben Binyamin ibn Shushan (witness)

Date:

1609

Language:

Hebrew

Provenance:

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

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Subject:

Elʹazar Furekh; Court records; Jewish deeds; Contracts (Jewish law); Jewish law

Resource Type:

Text

Physical Description:

1 bifolium. : loss in upper left corner; verso is blank

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Text break denoted by a two hyphens.; Under the heading בעהד״י.; A Hebrew court document called a Modaʻa in which a landowner declares that an anticipated sale will be done under duress and is thus nullified in advance (Talmud Bava batra 40a).; Here witnesses testify such a declaration by the landowner Jacob Eliakim ben & upon the sale, or rent, of his land to Elʻazar Fureikh, also known as Shukair, who has cohorts in the Gaushiyeh who intend to pressure Jacob to sale at loss.; The witnesses (who probably are also serving as a court) autographs: Jacob Gariani and Isaac ben Benjamin ibn Shushan.; Copied by the same court scribe who copied Halper 371 (dated 1609, on a folio of nearly identical size) and Halper 362 (1626).; Hebrew. Hebrew

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, Halper 370

Collection:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library)