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Tag: erusin
8 records found
Fragment of a betrothal (erusin) document, scribed and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. The groom is the son of Binyamin ha-Levi.
Betrothal (erusin) document. Location: Cairo. Dated: 19 Sivan 1418 Seleucid, which is 1107 CE. Fiance: Yosef ha-Levi b. Berakhot. Fiancee: Sitt al-Kull bt. Yefet. Wedding to take place two years later. Early marriage payment: 10 dinars. Delayed marriage payment: 30 dinars. One half of the early marriage payment is given at the time of betrothal. Witnesses: Seʿadya b. Shelomo; Avraham b. Shabbetay; Ḥalfon b. Dā'ūd. (Information from Goitein's note card.)
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.)
Legal fragment. Betrothal (erusin) document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Surviving names include Yeshuʿa ha-Zaqen and Avraham.
Betrothal document, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Monday, 14 Kislev 5527 AM, which is 1766/67 CE. Groom: Moshe b. Yosef b. Aharon. Bride: Miryam bt. Yaʿaqov b. Moshe Melammed; not a virgin. Basic marriage payment: 25 silver pieces + a gold ring + 1775 large medins ("large halves"). Early marriage payment: 100 large medins. Delayed marriage payment: 400 large medins. Bride's agent: her father. She attests that she has received the basic and early marriage gifts. He attests that he will not take a second wife for the first 10 years if she bears a child, or for the first 5 years if she does not. Witnesses: Eliyyahu b. Moshe Rofe known as Ẓaʿir; Moshe Fayrūz; Yefet Fayrūz.
Betrothal document, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Sunday, 20 Sivan 5448 AM, which is 1688 CE. Groom: Yeshuʿa b. Avraham ha-Ḥakham ha-Rofe b. Aharon ha-Rofe ha-Ḥakham. Bride: Esther bt. Yaʿaqov b. David ha-Ḥazzan, virgin. Basic marriage payment: 50 silver pieces + a gold ring + 1760 large medins ("large halves"). Early marriage payment: 200 large medins. Delayed marriage payment: 1000 large medins. Bride's agent: It seems her father's cousin, Aharon (but this is not completely clear). Among the conditions is that the groom agrees not to move away from Fustat/Cairo for 20 years, "for example to Damascus or Istanbul," except to Jerusalem. He will also have to pay her 15 silver pieces if he ever beats her in the first 20 years of marraige. Witnesses: Barukh Rofe; Yosef Rofe; Shemuel Melammed; Moshe Ḥazzan.
Betrothal document, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Monday, 23 Tevet 5414 AM, which is 1653/54 CE. Groom: Yosef ha-Kohen b. Avraham b. Yosef. Bride: Badra bt. Shemuel ha-Levi b. Avraham ha-Levi ha-Melammed, virgin. Basic marriage payment: 50 silver pieces + a gold ring + 1500 regular medins + 60 large medins. Early marriage payment: 200 large medins. Delayed marriage payment: 800 large medins. The rest of the fragment is missing.
Betrothal document, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Monday, 9 Shevat 5530 AM, which is 1769/70 CE. Groom: Ḥayyim b. Eliyyahu ha-Rofe b. Elishaʿ ha-Rofe. Bride: Raḥel bt. Aharon ha-Kohen b. Naḥum Kohen, virgin. Basic marriage payment: 50 silver pieces + a gold ring + 4050 large medins. Early marriage payment: 200 large medins. Delayed marriage payment: 1000 large medins. Bride's agent: her father's cousin, Shelomo ha-Kohen b. Elʿazar ha-Kohen b. Aharon ha-Kohen. Among the conditions is that the husband will not prevent the wife from visiting the homes of her family members when they need her. Witnesses: Shelomo Kohen b. Aharon Kohen known as Kanzī Dimashqī; Elishaʿ Ẓaʿir b. Yeshuʿa; Yehuda Naqqāsh; Yeshuʿa Maʿānī; and Eliyyahu b. Moshe Rofe known as Ẓaʿir.
