Geniza Lab

Marriage contract. The groom may be the son of Avraham ha-Zaqen. There is one line of a dowry list. On verso there is a note mentioning 'the Geonim' and Barukh ha-Rav (ZL) and Rabbenu Yiṣḥaq ha-Rav (ZL).

On verso an Arabic document - needs examination. Image not available

Legal query in the hand of Berakhot b. Shemuel addressed to the judge Shelomo ha-Talmid, aka Shelomo b. Natan ha-Levi. With his autograph response. Also signed by ʿAmram b. Ḥalfon ha-Levi, a second judge. The same two witnesses also signed T-S 16.200 (dated 1225 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. This query is divided into three sub-queries. #1 concerns a marital dispute between 'Reuven' and his second wife. Reuven went to the Muslim courts and mortgaged his wife's half-dār, worth 6 dinars, against a loan of 8 dinars. For some reason, they were forced to purchase the other half of the dār. When he died, he willed the new half to his children from his first wife (also in the Muslim courts). Should the debt be repaid from the half-dār belonging to the wife or belonging to the children? The answer: Nothing may be repaid from the property of the widow. There are two additional sub-queries on verso. The same case is probably described in T-S 8J14.3 and several other fragments: see Friedman's article for complete discussion

A legal ruling concerning a 'chained' wife (ʿaguna). Published by Glick, Seride Teshuvot: A Descriptive Catalogue of Responsa. Fragments from the Jacques Mosseri Collection at CUL, p. 386-391.

An opening of a legal query sent to Yehiel b. Elyaqim (Date: 1213-1238). Published by Glick, Seride Teshuvot: A Descriptive Catalogue of Responsa. Fragments from the Jacques Mosseri Collection at CUL, 322-323

9 queries sent from Yemen to Yehoshuaʿ ha-Nagid (d. 1355) regarding Maimonides' Mishne Torah. Published Glick, Seride Teshuvot: A Descriptive Catalogue of Responsa. Fragments from the Jacques Mosseri Collection at CUL, 324-327.

A legal quey sent to 'The sages of Israel' (a term usually found at the era of Abraham Maimuni), concerning whether a woman who left her ketubah elsewhere is deserving a new one. Published Glick, Seride Teshuvot: A Descriptive Catalogue of Responsa. Fragments from the Jacques Mosseri Collection at CUL, 353-354

A court record concerning a prozbol ( A write technically changed the status of individual private loans into the public administration, allowing the poor to receive interest-free loans before the Sabbatical year while protecting the investments of the lenders)- needs examination. Image not available

Dowry list and the beginning of a pre nuptial agreement - needs examination. Image not available?

A draft of a question concerning a person who bought rights of a house. Upon the seller's death, his widiw claimed the valyue of the ketubah from the homestead. The buyer argues that he compensated her for the value of the ketubah but he lost the deed. He also argued that the house did not belong to her husband but to her father-in-law. Published by Glick, Seride Teshuvot: A Descriptive Catalogue of Responsa Fragments from the Jacques Mosseri Collection at CUL, p. 393-397.

Bill of divorce from Jaffa. No image

Formulary for a bill of divorce. There is also Hebrew poetry (אופן(?) ליהודה הלוי זל).

Bill of divorce from Cairo 1890 - needs examination. No image

A rental agreement between 'Ali Nafi' and Moshe Shelrinter from Austria- needs examination. NO image

Small fragment from a ketubah? - needs examination. No image

A receipt from the beadle on the synagogue - needs examination. Image not available.

Fragment from a legal deed. No image

Opening lines of a ketubah - needs examination. No image

Laws of writing a get - needs examination. No image

Remains of a get - needs examination. Image not available.