Geniza Lab

Receipt for the payment of the rental of river floodland signed by the debtors Maḥmūd Ḥasaneyn and Muḥammad ʿAbd-al-Raḥmān to the creditor Kẖawaja Mūsa Abū Hārūn – 15 October 1915CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 88) – in Arabic.(information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 72). For other documents connected to Kẖawaja Mūsa Abū Hārūn see MIAC 15, 87, 211. MCD.

Religious matters – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 89) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 41). MCD.

Announcement from the Cairo Jewish community for a celebration at the Vitali Madjar Synagogue in Heliopolis – on the occasion of celebrating in the Jewish synagogue (Lāḥ Lūmbū) – May 12 1960CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 9) – in French. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 37). MCD.

Certificate for a Jew indicating that he is elderly and unemployed and that he desires to receive lunch supplies for free – undated – Museum of Islamic art – (number 90) – 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.

Invitation for attending a gathering at Abu al-Sabāʿ Street in Cairo, and on the page there is a letter between friends in Hebrew – July 1928CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 91) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 51). MCD.

Invitation from the Jewish community for attending a religious ceremony at the Green School on Saqaliba Street in the Jewish quarter – 1910CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 92) – in Hebrew and French. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 35). MCD.

Invitation from the association "ha-Fāmt Keter Torah" for attending the tefillin ceremony of fifteen students – 5 March 1939CE – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 92) – in Hebrew (recto) and French (verso). (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 45). MCD.

Invitation for attending a public and routine meeting of the Yeshiva Ahava VeAhva Sunday 28 March 1948CE – 1 March 1948CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 93) – in Arabic and French. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 59). A scan of this document appears in Al-Janiza wa-l-maʿābid al-Yahūdiyya fī Miṣr (p.180) where the names of the President and Secretary of the Yeshiva Ahava VeAhva, Harūn Choueka and David ʿAjamī, appear at the bottom of two columns of bilingual French–Arabic text. The heading also provides the location of the Yeshiva at Meydān al-Ẓāhir in Cairo. The scheduled objectives of the meeting are report on the administration, a report from the head instructor, a committee election, and an election for head instructor. MCD.

Religious subject matter carrying the title "Shabbat Tushfa[?]" redemption of Shabbat – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 94) – in Hebrew. ((information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 41). MCD.

Personal letter from a Jew residing in Jerusalem to Mr. David ʿAntabi in Cairo referencing his daughter's ketubbah – c. 1900 – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 95) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 51). MCD.

Certificate of assessment by the rabbinate in Jerusalem for religious instructors – undated – (number 96) – in Hebrew and in English. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa. ed. Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 30). MCD.

Announcement from the council of teachers of the Jews of Cairo to parents on the matters of the beginning of the school year in 1954/55 – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 97) – in Arabic and French. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa. ed. Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 29). MCD.

Religious topics – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 98) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 98). MCD.

Accounts in Arabic numerals and names in Judeo-Arabic – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 99) – 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.

7 fragments. Fol. 1 a legal deed in Ladino. Fol. 2 a letter in Ladino from Shlomo Tapyero שלמה טאפיירו. Fol. 3 a commentary on Mishna, Ketubot 1:1, in Hebrew. Fol. 4 a letter by Aharon di-Lucena in Ladino. Fol 5. Midrash on Parashat va-Yigash, in Hebrew. Fol. 6 a business letter from Avraham Arfol ארפולfrom Cairo to his business partner Shemuel Kohen Dabah דבח from Rashid. Mid 15th century. Fol 7 a list of items and prices in Judeo Arabic. AA

Letter in Hebrew mentioning Avraham b. ʿAllūn, 20 gold coins, a deposit and a lawsuit. Dating: Might be 11th century. Elevated style, partially rhymed, with many expressions of flattery and blessings for the addressee(s).

Fragment of a petition or at least a letter to a high official. ~9 lines are preserved. "... al-amīrī al-kabīrī al-ʿaḍudī al-nuṣayrī... al-ẓahrī al-ʿawnī... majd al-islām wa-l-muslimīn sayyid al-[...] fī l-ʿālamīn nuṣrat al-ghurā wa-l-mujāhidīn ʿaḍud al-mulūk wa-l-salāṭīn ḥuṣām amīr al-muʾminīn wa-lā zālat lughāt muḥāmida bi-kull lisān matluwwa...." A learner has copied some of the phrases in between the lines. In the margin there is what seems to be unrelated text in Arabic script. On verso there is Dayenu from the Passover haggada.

Inventory of books. Dating: Likely 13th century. Mentions a book in the handwriting of al-Shaykh Abū l-ʿIzz, whom Frenkel identifies as possibly identical with Abū l-ʿIzz the brother of Sitt Ghazāl, the wife of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu; possibly identical with the Abu l-ʿIzz who inherited books from Avraham ha-Ḥasid (T-S 20.44); and possibly identical with the physician Abū l-ʿIzz whose books were sold after his death (ENA 1290.16). (Information from CUDL and Allony et al.)

Inventory of books. Only 8 books listed. Not edited by Allony. (Information in part from CUDL)

Pages from a prayer book, with the title תפלת אליהו, ‘The Prayer of Elijah’, at the top of f. 1r.