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Letter in the hand of Avraham Maimonides (d. 1237) or his son David asking a cantor to arrange a collection in the synagogue on a Thursday morning for two chickens and bread for a poor, old, sick man. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 463, and from Amir Ashur; cf. T-S Misc.8.18, written in a similar hand and layout.) Dating: 13th century

Editor: Ed. and trans. Dotan Arad, "The Mustaʿrib Jews in Syria, Palestine and Egypt: 1330-1700‎" (in Hebrew) (2013). Arad's edition includes a translation to Hebrew.

Library: CUL

Type: Letter

1 אמת

2 אלחזן אבו אלרצא שצ

3 ידבר חאמלהא פי

4 פרוגין וכבז יום

5 אלכמיס פי בית

6 הכנסת תחצלהם לה

7 ענד כרוג ספר

8 תורה המקודש

9 לאנה עני וזקן וחולה

10 ואין לאל ידוושלום

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