[Letter to an honorable rabbi] : manuscript

Timespan:

To 1500

Date:

1100

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

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:

Halfon ben Manasse, active 1100-1138 Correspondence; Jews -- Egypt -- Charities -- History -- To 1500; Jews; Charities; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

personal correspondence; books

Physical Description:

1 folio : fragment, torn upper right corner of folio; verso is blank

Geographic Subject:

Egypt

Rights:

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

Notes:

The writer is requesting support. He opens with Psalms XLI 2. The hand appears to be that of the court scribe Ḥalfon ha-Leṿi ben Menasheh.; Over 250 legal documents written by Ḥalfon have been collected by Gershon Weiss, Legal documents written by the court clerk Ḥalfon ben Menasheh, dated 1100-1138, a study in the diplomatics of the Cairo Geniza (Thesis (Ph.D.) in Oriental Studies--Graduate School of Arts and Sciences), University of Pennsylvania, 1970.; It is possible that the writer had Ḥalfon write this document, to show official approval and support for his collecting of donations. The fragment is missing the signatures and address.; Judeo-Arabic. Hebrew

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, Halper 418

Collection:

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