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Letter, written by Yoḥanan b. Shelomo, in Jerusalem, to his cousin Shimʿon Ashkenazi b. Yeḥiʾel, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of the 16th century, based on Avraham David's identifications of the people named. The writer asks the addressee to send him clothing, because the clothing that has supposedly been sent never arrived (ll. 3–4). He further conveys a request from one of his aunts that the addressee send shoes for another aunt, Milka or Malka (l. 12). The writer mentions in passing the two Ashkenazi Yeshivot in Jerusalem, one of which is under the direction of the addressee's father Yeḥiel as well as Avraham פולק; the other ("where they study not for the sake of heaven") is under the direction of R. Kalman and R. David (ll. 5–7). The writer also mentions his brother Yiṣḥaq who lives in Jerusalem (ll. 7–8). Information from CUDL and Avraham David's edition on FGP.