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Letter in Arabic script. Concerns philosophical theology; comments on a treatise the writer had read. Mentions raʾs al-mathība. (Join: Marina Rustow) Reused for letter drafts in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (see PGPID 1244), so must date to before ca. 1050.

T-S AS 145.54

Letter in Hebrew. Fragment: right side only. The sender is asking the addressee to enlighten him about various theological/philosophical matters, e.g., the significance of the trappings of the Mishkan. He cites something said by Rabbi Nissim and there is also mention of Eliyyahu (ZL).

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