Geniza Lab

Court record in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (active 1100–38 CE). Ḥasana bt. Yehuda demands the possessions of her brother Shemarya/Maḥfūẓ from his widow Sitt al-Ahl bt. Avraham.This Ḥasana is also known from ENA 2727.18d (published by MAF, Polygyny, p. 119).

Small strip from a bill of release by a woman to her husband Sasson in relating to her ketubah. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38). Recto mentions: two orphans, the release of a buyer, a guarantee, Sitt al-Ḥusn, Sitt al-Nasab, Abū l-Faraj, 40 dinars. Verso is probably a draft and mentions: a declaration made by Sitt al-Nasab bt. Shela ha-Kohen in favor of Yeshuʿa known as Nisṭāṭ or Niṣṭās (cf. T-S NS 224.18 + T-S NS 225.25c and T-S 12.174). Recto looks like it could be a join with T-S NS 224.18 + T-S NS 225.25c, but the versos do not much. In any case, they are probably related.

A court record written and signed by Avraham b. Nathan Av, at the year 1420 Era of documents (= 1109) regarding a quarrel over a house between Ghariba d. Fadail the widow, who is the haluza (free from levirate marriage) of Yeshu'a Hakohen b. Avraham. Also signed by Ishaq b. Shmuel the Spaniard. AA

Right part of a legal deed regarding the selling of silk, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

An agreement between the bride's mother and a groom-to-be for cancelation of the engagement . She return to him 5 dinar. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Legal document in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Fragment (upper right corner). Concerning the son of the late Abū l-Faḍl. Shela b. Yefet and possibly the inheritance of a house. Also mentions somebody's wife named Turfa bt. Yefet, who is probably the sister of Shela. (See T-S 12.488 for her ketubba, which is dated Tuesday, 28 Sivan, which fits either 1111 or 1115 CE.) Two witnesses were summoned: Ḥalfon b. [...], and Avraham b. Ṣedaqa.

Fragment from the left part of a bill of release written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi from 1127-1138. The parties are Abū l-Faḍl Yosef and Elʿazar ha-Levi. The nature of the dispute is specified in l. 4, but it is tricky to read (אלרפאת?).

Court record in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dates: 1100–38). Fragment (upper right corner). Appearing before the court are Abū l-Ḥasan (titled הנדיב והשוע תפארת העדה), someone's brother Abū Saʿd Ḥalfon b. Berakhot, Ṣedaqa b. Shelomo, ʿUmar(?), and Tamīm. There may be testimony about the trustworthiness of Tamīm. Refers to a prior guarantee and prior documents. The fragment is damaged so the complete story is unclear. AA. ASE.

Legal document in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dates: 1100–38 CE). Fragment (upper left corner). Regarding shares in a house which was given as inheritance. The parties are Sitt al-Nās bt. Abū l-Afrāḥ, Yeshuʿa b. Yaʿaqov, and Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllān/ʿAlī al-Arjawānī. AA. ASE.

Damaged fragment of a court record involving a widow and a man named Abu al-khayr and a fine of 16 dinars to be paid to the poor of Fustat. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Ṣāfī b. Yakhin appoints [Yaʿ]aqov(?) b. Yiṣḥaq(?) al-Sijilmāsī as his agent to collect aloe from another merchant, probably Abū ʿUmar b. [...] ha-Levi Ibn al-Baghdādī. Ṣāfī b. Yakhin also appears posthumously in L-G Misc. 48. (Information in part from Goitein notes linked below.) Join: Alan Elbaum and Oded Zinger. AA. ASE.

Damaged fragment of a legal deed regarding the assessment of Hillel Hakohen's wife's ketubah or dowry the text is not complete. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). AA

Damaged fragment from a court record regarding agreement made between the heirs of Abu al-Fadl and Abu 'Ali b. al-Sukari. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). AA

Bottom part of a legal deed, probably bill of release given to Nissim b. Levi, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi under the authority of Masliah Gaon from the year 1130. AA

Damaged fragment of a legal deed, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi, under Masliah Gaon authority, dated Adar II, so the correspondence years can be 1129, 1131, 1134, 1137.

Strip from the left part of a court record. The reconstruction is not clear but it seems that Mufadal son of Mevorakh Halevi Appeared before the court showing a legal deed issued in Damascus regarding a debt of 30 dinars by Abu Imran. The debtor claimed that he already paid it and asked for a bill of release. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi under the authority of Masliah Gaon at the year [1]440 era of document= 1129.

End of of a legal deed from the year 142[.] era of documents (1109-1118) signed by Efrayim the cantor b. Masliah, Semah b. Ya'aqov, [... b. Yesh][ah Halevi and [... b. Shema]rya. At the bottom an authentication (qiyyum) of the deed.

Small fragment from the top part of a legal deed, with reference to Mevorakh b. Saadya and his son Moshe (ca. 1110) written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Narrow strip from a court record regarding the inheritance of Hassun dated 1434 era of documents (1123) also mentioned Abu Ali and Abu al-Hassan. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi.