Geniza Lab

Letter from Moses the schoolmaster petitioning ʿAmram ha-Levi for a charitable donation. He had not earned any fees over the holiday period. He asks for a loan of wheat, or its equivalent in cash, as he had nothing to eat. He had previously written to ʿAmram describing his family’s dire financial situation, but had not received a response. He now reproaches ʿAmram ‘you should favour me without my having to turn to you’. (Information from CUDL and Mediterranean Society, II, p. 188.)