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Tag: isaac luria
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Autograph letter by Isaac Luria, sent either from Egypt or Safed (probably the latter), concerning various matters, but principally the payment of monies. Dated only according to the day of the week, Tuesday (יום ג׳), and the parasha (Genesis 35:11) (Information from CUDL)
Letter from Moshe Binyamin to Isaac Luria (CUDL). "A certain Moshe Binyamin sent two letters from Rashid to Luria in Egypt, probably either in 1555 or 1562. According to the contents of these letters, Binyamin owed Luria a certain amount of money for goods with which Luria had provided him, and he requested that Luria collect the debt from a Moshe Krispin, with whom Binyamin was associated in business. The letters appear to suggest that Luria had sold Binyamin leather." Lawrence Fine, Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac Luria and His Kabbalistic Fellowship, 33. Moshe also mentions "the other person who left for Ancona." ASE.
Letter from Moshe Binyamin to Isaac Luria (CUDL). "A certain Moshe Binyamin sent two letters from Rashid to Luria in Egypt, probably either in 1555 or 1562. According to the contents of these letters, Binyamin owed Luria a certain amount of money for goods with which Luria had provided him, and he requested that Luria collect the debt from a Moshe Krispin, with whom Binyamin was associated in business. The letters appear to suggest that Luria had sold Binyamin leather." Lawrence Fine, Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac Luria and His Kabbalistic Fellowship, 33.
Letter addressed to Shelomo Ḥalafta Yerushalmi and Meir Ashkenazi, concerning business, the commodity saffron (זעפראן)" is mentioned. R. Yiṣḥaq Luria (ha-Ari) was a part of this business as well. (Information from David Avraham, Alei Sefer 14, 1987, p. 135, and David Avraham, “The Role of Egyptian Jews in Sixteenth-century International Trade with Europe,” in From a Sacred Source: Genizah Studies in Honour of Professor Stefan C. Reif,” 106 ). VMR and EMS Verso: Jottings of names and accounts, mentioning Rašīd and Nissim Sason. C. 15th-17th century. (Information from CUDL)
