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Tag: sfax
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from the community of Sfax, largely consisting of prayers and praises for the recipient. Two letters from the recipient had arrived, and there was rejoicing in the synagogue with five Torah scrolls taken out of the ark, and foreigners from Tripoli were present. Signed by Ibrahim b. Sahlan, Yishaq b. Barhun, Shemuel b. [ ], Farah b. Ibrahim, Harun b. Ya'aqov (?). ASE.
Letter from Yosef b. Mūsā al-Tāharti, from Mahdiyya, written on New Year's eve to Nahray b. Nissīm, Fustat. Probably September 6, 1062. Mercantile letter regarding the shipments of goods and amounts of money that are about to be sent to Egypt, mostly flax. Mentions “the orphans of Jerusalem” for whom Yosef sends his daughter’s used cloths and a shipment towards Sfax. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 3, #369) VMR, YU.
