Tag: avraham maimonides (autograph)

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Autograph letter from Avraham Maimonides to his "dear son" (i.e., congenial pupil) Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Avraham excuses his absence from a student's recent wedding, saying, "The night of your wedding was the night of my turn to be on duty at the hospital, and I could not at that time put it off for reasons it would take too long to explain" (translation from Mark Cohen, “The Burdensome Life of a Jewish Physician and Communal Leader,” p. 135).
Letter in which Avraham Maimonides (1205-1237) recommeds to the judge Perahia and his sons a man who wishes to marry the judge's daughter.
Responsum of Avraham b. Maimonides.