Geniza Lab

Karaite ketuba from Damascus. The groom is Tosef Halevi b. Yehuda. The deflowered bride is Esther known as Zubaida d. 'Ovadyahu b. David.

A Karaite betrothal deed. The groom Yosef Bekher known as Gedalya b. Aharon. The bride Huna d. Aharon b. Razon the physician. Her agent id Yosef b. Shelomo. Witnessed by Ishaq Levi b. Hamdani, Moshe Melmamed b. Yeshu'a the cantor, her uncle Moshe and her father. Signed by Eliyahu b. Moshe. Dated Wednesday, 15 Sivan, 5519 to the Creation.

Court record of the Karaite community regarding the marriage arrangements.

Court record acknowledging a debt from the year 1591

Bill of debt. Dated: Tuesday, 28 Elul 5406 AM, which is 8 September 1646 CE. Rahamim b. Ya'aqov Qayyim and his wife Muhja acknowledge that they owe 15 Abū Kalb gurūsh (=esedi kuruş) to Aharon b. Elʿazar Rofeʾ the cantor. Their collateral is the right to the "Raḥamimāt" for several parshiyot.

Recto: Court record dated Adar II 5334 AM. Involves Yosef b. Yehuda al-Naqqāsh and perhaps his elderly mother. He says he can't support two houses any more, so she should move in with him. Then a woman named Ḥabība bt. Ṣedaqa al-Ḥawwāsh is mentioned, and one of the women agrees to a maintenance of two medins (nuṣfayn) each week. Verso: Incomplete court record regarding a dispute over items kept in a chest. Dated: Thursday, 20 Sivan 5335 AM = 29 May 1575 CE. Mentions 19 gold coins, of which (half were?) אשרפי קרונא and half were אשרפי דהב גדיד.

Cpurt record approving a payment for Ya'aqov Berakah the cantor b. Moshe for his service in the evening prayers. Dated Tuesday, 12th Nisan 5402. Signed by Avarham Qridilo, Barukh b. Nasi and Aharon Mu'amar.

Bill of debt dated Thursday, 29th Tammuz 5417 taking place at the Dar Simha synagogue. Moshe Levi b. Ishaq Qudsi is demanding a debt from Zedaqa b. Ya'aqov Qayys.

Legal contract between two partners. From 5453 Era of documents

Karaite bill of release from 1692

Karaite bill of ownership in Judeo Arabic dated Thursday 29th Shevat 5948 (1787)

Karaite bill of debt. Dated 5498 Era of creation (1737)

Karaite note acknowledging a debt dated 5422 era of creation

Karaite Bill of debt dated Sunday 16th Shevat 5415 era of creation (1655)

Karaite pre-nuptial agreement. The groom is Shelomo Hakohen b. El'azar known as Hatum. The bride is Hana b. Nissim b. Avraham Fairouz. Dated Monday 17th Sivan 5524 Era of creation.

Karaite legal document regarding inheritance of a widow dated 5480 Era of creation. .

Karaite bill of debt. Dated Thursday, 8th Adar II, 5529 Era of creation (1769)

Karaite bill of purchasing or renting a shop. Dated 5535 Era of creation (1774)

Bill of debt. Dated Thursday 7th Kislev, 5431 Era of creation (1671)

Karaite document regarding an ownership of a house. Monday, Iyyar 2nd, 5405 Era of creation (1645)