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Legal fragment in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Might be a deed of a gift (דלא תיהוי מתנתא טמירתא...) from a woman named Maliḥa to her daughter.

Small fragment from a top of a letter written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (1100-1138) to the Nezer (the diadem. There were few persons bearing this title, one of them was Eli b. Nathanel Halevi), regarding Abu Ali al-Ba'akbaki.

Damaged legal document written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. Regarding manufacture of wine between Yehoshu'a al-Akawi known as Ibn Bunan(?), Abu Sa'd Nathan b. Yosef and Zedaqa. Also a certain Mansur is mentioned. The year seems to be 1438 =1127.

Damaged legal document written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138) regarding a shop. A Muslim legal deed is mentioned. Name mentioned: Abu al-Hasan Yefet.

Fragment of a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon

Damaged legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi, during Masliah Gaon period (1127-1138). Regarding the ketubah late instalment of Sitt al-Jamal d. Yefet valued at 100 dinars.

A fragment from an unfinished legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Legal deed in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Fragment from the lower left corner. Dated: First decade of either Adar I or Adar II [14]35 Seleucid, which is 1134 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. A declaration is made in favor of a certain Abū l-Ḥasan. A parnas is also mentioned.

Legal fragment in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: 1443 Seleucid, which is 1131/32 CE. The fragment is from the bottom part of the deed mostly contains references to the words inserted between the lines of the deed. Names mentioned: Yefet; Ṣedaqa b. David ha-Kohen. On the top a reference is made to נגיד הגולה = the Nagid of the diaspora. The document dates to the tenure of Maṣliaḥ Gaon ruling, but he was never titled Nagid, so maybe the reference here is to the Nasi Daniel. AA

Legal document. Small horizontal strip torn from the middle. Concerning a property and a period of years and an agreement reached by everyone. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi.

Damaged fragment of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Deed of betrothal (erusin). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: [13]45 Seleucid, which is 1133/34 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. The right half of recto and the left half of verso are missing. The families are eminent, as nearly everyone's name is followed by the honorific "ha-Sar ha-Nikhbad." The fiancé: Avraham. Another man mentioned: Netanʾel b. Ahuv (perhaps the same as Netanʾel b. Ahuv ha-Kohen in T-S 12.567). There is an agent named Abū l-Fakhr. The fiancé gives a silver ring. (Information from Amir Ashur's edition, where there are more potential identifications of the parties.)

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Fragment (lower right corner). Concerning a divorce. Mentions something (the bill of divorce? the ketubba payment?) given to Elʿazar (her agent?). Dated 1127-1138. under the authority of Masliah Gaon.

Deed of betrothal (erusin). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (dates: 1100–38). Drawn up under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon (dates: 1127–39). Fiancée: Malka, a divorcee. Her brother is her agent. Possibly witnessed by [Natan b. Shelom]o ha-Kohen. (Information from Ashur's edition.)

Fragment of a betrothal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). The groom is Levi b. Halfonץ The early instalment is 5 dinars and the late is 10.

Minute fragment. Bottom part from a legal deed signed by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). On the lower margin a mirror imprint of another text

Minute fragment from an opening of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Minute fragment from a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date 1100-1138). Name mentioned: Efraim

Very damaged and faded fragment of a letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon.

Legal fragment. Record of court proceedings. Someone (name missing) has been accused of unmentionable acts (אשיא אקבח דכרהא) but the larger context is unclear. Information from Brody catalog. Looks like the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe.