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Tag: communal
747 records found
List of distribution of wheat. In the hand of the court clerk Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ibn al-Qata'if (dated documents 1100-1138). This fragment was transferred to ENA NS 77 but is currently unlocatable.
List recording distribution or, equally if not more likely, contributions of wheat (as in T-S AS 145.21, 'thabat qamḥ al-[ʿaniyyim]'). See also ENA NS 77.94.
List. Fragment containing names of recipients of charity, including a blind woman, the widow of Shemuel the hazzan, Mukhtar the doorkeeper.
Account of collections and distribution ('alladhi tahsul... alladhi yufarri[q]'), with the name of '[our] lord],' probably the head of the Jews, on verso. From a booklet (fold-line visible). Pages may not be continuous.
List (fragment) of recipients, including the phrase "he should be checked out" below the name of "the acquaintance of the son of Da'ud" and "the acquaintance of the son of the dayyan of Barqa. This reflects a system of verification of public charity in Fustat. Verso has Avraham al-Iskandrani and others. ENA NS 77.47 seems to be part of the same list. (Information from Cohen, Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt, p. 99)
List (fragment) of recipients or donors of charity
Small fragment from the beginning of a communal letter. In Hebrew. Reporting that the addressee's letter was read to the congregation. The rest is missing.
List (fragment), apparently of donors to charity. On one side, names, the first one 'min Abu...' and the last readable line begins 'the Alexandrians]'; the other side, names and numbers and also measures of wheat (waybas). This is unusual in that it combines cash and wheat together in the same list.
List (fragment) of distribution of sums of money for charity, with accounting notes
List of recipients of charity, mentioning "in the synagogue of the Palestinians," which probably refers to a person who lived there. Also two women with the notation "she should be checked out" (yukshaf ʿanha), meaning her deservedness should be verified. ENA NS 77.242 seems to be from the same list. The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages, no.69.
List (fragment) of recipients of charity, mentioning someone who "lives in the golden stone" and also an orphan Ibn al-Qaṭā'if. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe?
List (fragment) of recipients of charity, including ghulam Hosha'na and "the widow of the shaykh Abu al-X" and two "ma`rifas," meaning people "known" by a local resident, who vouched for their deservedness.
List (fragment) of distributions to two cantors and others. Cash for the needy or salary supplementation for the poorly paid; with Coptic numerals. Last item: the balance left with 'the collector of the mezonot: 4 3/4'.
List (fragment) of recipients of alms
List, in Judaeo-Persian, mentioning Yiṣḥaq parnas, a social welfare official. Has Coptic numerals, e.g. no. 5, and perhaps the Hebrew tq (= 500?). Handwriting, too, suggests this is a late list (16th century?), and unlike the alms lists, donor lists, and accounts from the classical period.Similar lists occur in ENA NS 77.54, ENA NS 77.51, and ENA NS 77.388. NB: This description corresponds to a different, unidentified shelfmark.
List of weeks (shin = shabbat) of the year, by weekly readings from the Torah, with a number in Coptic numerals for each, representing revenues, out of which charity and other communal expenses (especially salaries) were paid. This is the lower right corner of the page.
List of contributors to charity, no sums given.
List (fragment) of names and amounts, all 1 (alef), though some look like the Coptic 1/2. The second column is headed 'Algier Catalan.'
List of recipients of charity, including the wife ('bayt') of a warraq (bookseller), and a khayyat (tailor).
List of donors of wheat to charity. See also ENA NS 77.107.
