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| ^string | Matches the text at the beginning of the string |
| string$ | Matches the text at the end of the string |
| . | Matches any single character (including special characters) |
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| a+ | Matches the sequence of one or more of the specified character |
| a? | Matches zero or one occurrence of the specified character |
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| [abc] | Matches any one of the specified characters |
Boolean Search
The Princeton Geniza Project database uses a boolean full-text search. This type of search allows users to combine keywords with operators to refine searches. Possible operators and examples of their use:
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| כתאבי +מולאי+ | Use a + sign before word to search for rows that contain all of them (in this case the words כתאבי and מולאי) |
| כתאבי AND מולאי כתאבי OR מולאי | The keyword AND indicates that both search terms must be present in the results. OR matches either search term. |
| כתאב –כתאבה | Use a - sign to exclude a term from your results (in this case, the search will include כתאב but exclude כתאבה) |
| *כתאב ?כתאב |
Use an asterisk or a question mark as a wildcard. An asterix matches any number of characters. A question mark matches any single character |
Reinach III
Letter draft probably from Efrayim b. Shemarya probably to the Palestinian Gaon Shelomo b. Yehuda. (Identifications are according to Bareket.) In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender defends himself against the accusations that he embezzles communal funds and corresponds with the exilarchs and the heads of the Iraqi yeshivas, including Hayya Gaon, glorifying himself with their letters to him and paying them more respect than he does to the Palestinian yeshivot. He insists that he he does not correspond with them—he just received a single letter from the exilarch and sent a single letter to Hayya. He also denies that he asked Hayya about eating meat after the fast (probably referring to the 9th of Av). He mentions various other people from the Egyptian community by name. He concludes with expressions of great deference and pleas not to believe the slander that he honors anyone more than he honors the Palestinian Gaon and the Palestinian yeshiva. NB: The Reinach Geniza manuscript is a single, large sheet of paper measuring 44cm x 46cm and containing 7 distinct blocks of text. Its current whereabouts are unknown, but it was published by Schwab with a facsimile in 1920: https://www.persee.fr/doc/rjuiv_0484-8616_1920_num_70_139_5266. (Information in part from Schwab and Bareket.) ASE
Editor: Ed. and trans. Elinoar Bareket, Jews of Egypt 1007-1055 (in Hebrew) (1995).
Type: Letter
