Geniza Lab

Letter fragment probably in the hand of Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ of Tyre (see neighboring fragments).

Address of a letter. In Arabic script. Probably from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya b. al-Faraj, in Jerusalem (see nearby fragments).

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Same hand as many of the surrounding fragments: probably Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ of Tyre, mid-11th century.

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions R. Aharon and "the fourth" and "the third" (yeshiva titles?). T-S NS 322.101–17 all belong to the same dossier as Gil, Palestine, #521–23. This batch is unedited and unmentioned in the literature.

Letter probably from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya b. al-Faraj, in Jerusalem. In Arabic script. T-S NS 322.101–17 all belong to the same dossier as Gil, Palestine, #521–23. This batch is unedited and unmentioned in the literature.

Letter probably from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya, in Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic. T-S NS 322.101–17 all belong to the same dossier as Gil, Palestine, #521–23. This batch is unedited and unmentioned in the literature.

Letter probably from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya, in Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Dating: mid-11th century. Mentions previous correspondence with a certain Yoshiyya, involving ʿAkkā and Ramla. The sender commiserates over the addressee's illness. Greetings to R. Aharon and Shelomo. T-S NS 322.101–17 all belong to the same dossier as Gil, Palestine, #521–23. This batch is unedited and unmentioned in the literature. ASE

Few words in Arabic

Long and damaged strip, probably from a letter. Only few words have preserved so the actual context is unclear.

Minute fragment, barely any text left

Recto: ḥamdala and ṣalwala from the bottom of a state document in Arabic script.

Verso: Note of gratitude to a notable. In Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee's father the ḥaver graciously met with the sender and said, "Open your door and do business (taṣarraf) wherever you like, and nobody will hinder you." Then mentions Abū l-Ḥasan and a ruqʿa.

Minute document- few words in Arabic - needs examination.

Letter from Shemarya b. Aharon ha-Kohen the descendant of Eliyyahu ha-Kohen to Avraham b. Natan Av Bet Din (and his brothers Aḥiyya and Berekhya?). In Hebrew. Dating: late 11th or early 12th century. Only the flowery opening is preserved, but this letter may be of intrinsic value based on the identities of sender and addressee. Uncited in the literature. Same addressee (and sender?) as T-S NS 322.145. Join: Alan Elbaum

Tirgum

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic.

Letter addressed to 'the noble rayyis' Abū Isḥāq Avraham b. Natan Av, in Fustat. Same addressee (and sender?) as T-S NS 322.134 + T-S NS 322.143. In Judaeo-Arabic. Contains a complaint about the lack of letters and reports that the entire congregation longs for Avraham's news. A mirror imprint of another text, probably a piyyut, is visible between the lines.

Few faded Arabic words - needs examination.

Minute fragment of a legal document

Ketubba according to the Palestinian style. Dated: 4810 AM = 1049/50 CE. In the hand of Eliyyahu b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, when he was either reviʿi or shelishi, before he served as Gaʾon (1062–83). Cf. Bodl. MS heb. a 3/32, a ketubba he wrote in Ramla in 1064 CE when he was already Gaʾon; several of the formulae are shared across the two documents. See M. A. Friedman's edition for further information.