Geniza Lab

Account statements – 1944-1946CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 180) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 74). MCD.

Request from the women's committee on the donation of used clothing for the poor of the Jewish community – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 181) – in French. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 49). MCD.

Responsa regarding a Jewish family – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 182) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 34). MCD.

Letter from a person in Jerusalem – 28 March 1920CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 183) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 61). MCD.

Personal letter beginning with a prayer and reporting that the rain did not fall so they prayed until the rain fell then salutations and regards – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 185) – in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic in rashi script. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 50). MCD.

Letter in Hebrew from a man, Yiṣḥaq _____[illegible], in Jerusalem to Samson, in Derbent, calling for him to immigrate to "Zion and Jerusalem." Dated 24 Av 5666AM, which is 15 August 1906CE. An original scan of the letter and an Arabic translation of it appear in Al-Janiza wa-l-maʿābid al-Yahūdiyya fī Miṣr (pp. 195-199). Ḥasan and Sarrāj's reading of the letter's dating may be incorrect because in the scan the alphanumerical designation is as follows: "ב׳׳ה כ׳׳ד מנא׳׳ תרח׳׳ו - דרבנד קוקז / by [the assistance of God] 24 Men[aḥem] [5]614 - Derbend Caucasus" which would yield an alternative dating of potentially 18 August 1854CE. MCD.

Religious commentary and exegesis – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 187) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 43). MCD.

Pleas and prayers to God for the sake of the people of Israel – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 188) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 34). MCD.

Religious literature on death – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 189) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 43). MCD.

Personal letter of correspondence on the arrival of beer, zaʿatar, and the like – 27 Elul 1928CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 190) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 67). MCD.

Announcement from the Jewish association of charity and brotherhood to participating members in the funds of al-Kūrātšīyūt[?] paid in their contributions from the previous year – June 6 1939CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 191) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 66). MCD.

Fragment from the publication The Forward discussing fifty-five Jews from the armed forces (the organization of veteran fighters) and one Palestinian, and discussing the sentencing – August 16 1919CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 192) – in Yiddish. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 63). MCD.

Invitation to the dinner in celebration of "Purim" at the community center on Faruq Street – 24 March 1940CE – Bassatine Cemetery – (number 193) – in French. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 46). MCD.

Employee identification card in the name of ʿEzra Mūsā Dayyan – April 20 1939CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 194) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 61). MCD.

Personal letter sent from Aden – 1928CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 195) – in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 50). MCD.

Decision on the cancellation of the morning breakfast hosted in the community center – June 29 1965CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 196) in French. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 49). MCD.

Announcement of the Jewish community in establishing a religious institution for the training of faith leaders, kosher slaughterers, and mohelim beginning with the sending forth of a delegation to Palestine on account of the circumstances of the war and the establishment of an optical clinic – during the Second World War – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 197) Arabic- and French-language. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa. ed. Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 28). MCD.

Religious rulings – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 198) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 42). MCD.

Letter sent to Kẖawaja Shalom by a friend welcoming him upon his arrival – December 21 1925CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 199) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 57). MCD.

Announcement for the observance of the Day of Geniza for clusters of texts in the Bassatine Cemetery – 18 December 1949CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 2) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 34). A scan of this fragment is available in Al-Janiza wa-l-maʿābid al-Yahūdiyya fī Miṣr (p.155) and there may be a second copy of the same announcement in the possession of the MIAC as shelfmark 200. MCD.