Geniza Lab

Letter from Ramla, from Shelomo b. Yehuda to his son Avraham in Fustat, May 1029, describing in great detail the economic and other calamities which haunted the country. Includes the line, "The nation (al-umma) must be treated gently, as a sick man is treated gently" (v23).

Liturgy for the marriage ceremony, along with part of a copy of a Karaite ketubba for Muʾammala bat Ḥayyim. Dated: 1324 Sel. (= 1002 CE). Witnessed by Bahlūl b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen, Yiṣḥaq b. Eliyyahu ha-Kohen, Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuʾel ha-Farā, ʿEli b. Muʿammar, Yosef b. Yaʿaqov, Yiṣḥaq b. Yaʿaqov, Saʿadya b. Yosef, Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq, David b. Shelomo, Hiba b. Khalaf al-Shīnīzī, Yosef b. Yiṣḥaq, and Yaʿaqov b. Yiṣḥaq. Written by the scribe Menashshe b. Mahūb from ʿAkkā (Acre). (Information from CUDL)

A Karaite ketuba dated Wednesday, 8th Kislev 5448 Era of creation and 1999 Era of documents (1687), from Cairo. The groom is Aharon b. Barukh b. El'azar, the physician, the bride is Esther known as Sultana d. Yosef b. Yeshu'a. AA

Long letter to Ishaq b. Abraham the Karaite

Monetary agreement between a newly married couple. Yehuda b. Simha married Sarah d. Elzafan, and her father took upon himself to pay her dowry in four years. Istanbul.

Karaite betrothal deed from the year 5347 Era of creation. The groom Yisrael Hakohen b. Shemuel. The bride Esther d. Shemuel Ibn Yahya. The groom is taking upon himself not to travel from Fustat to another country such as al-Sham (except for Jerusalem), and when leavung to Rashid or Alexandria he is permitted to be away only few months (the exact period is faded). He also commit not to curse her parents and to behave nicely. AA