Geniza Lab

Minute fragment from a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi dated Tammuz 1447 Era of documents (1136), involving Abu al-Mujd and the soms of Ishaq Halevi. AA

Small and torn fragment written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138), contains remnants of list of legal actions took place in court. AA

On line from an opening of a court record involving Berakhot b. Yefet. AA

Minute fragment from a list of court procedures written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Dating: 1100-1138). Hardly any text survived. AA

Legal record(s) in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe (1100–38 CE). Fragment (lower left part of recto). The main record concerns a dispute over money owed between Ṣedaqa and Ṣāʿid. Also mentions a qāḍī and 5 elders. There are several (possibly unrelated) names underneath: [...] b. Khalaf; Khalīl b. Sālim; Dalāl bt. Khalfa; "the guarantor" (ḍāmin al-darak); Manṣūr. On verso there is one last note in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, referring to a debt of 9 5/8 of something, with 1/2 to be paid each month. There is also writing in two other hands on verso. T-S AS 158.354r and T-S NS 342.68r resemble each other but are probably not a join. AA. ASE.

Fragment of a court record regarding the inheritance left by a woman. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. AA

Fragment from court records written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi, one is dated Safar 530 (December 1135). AA

Small fragment probably from a legal query or request for advice. written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). AA

Fragment from list of court records written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138), one involving Khalaf al-Levi b. Yeshu'a. AA

Small fragment of a list of court records written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi, dated Wedensday 7th Nisan 1432 Era of documents (1131)

Acknowledgment that Moshe b. Mevasser bought a slave girl

Fragment of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menahshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138), regarding business partnership in silk. One of the partners is Abu Sa'd. AA

Small fragment from a list of court records written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Minute fragment, probably from a court record involving Ishaq b. Zedaqa and a appratment. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Monograph; from Saadias formulary of legal documents (near end); published by Ben-Sasson in Shenaton Hamishpat Ha-Ivri. (Info from FGP)

Torn fragment. On recto deathbed declaration of a man tilted 'Rosh ha-Qehilot'. On verso written in a different hand an agreement to sell part of a house by the wife of a person. The connection with recto is unclear. AA

Very faded and damaged fragment, probably a court record. regarding a payment of a debt. On verso it is addressed to the community of Minyat Zifta. AA

Long and torn strip, only one word is preserved on each line, probably from a legal contract written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). AA

rom a formulary of legal documents, including the beginning of the section on ketubah. (FGP)

Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Probably notes for the drawing up of a document. Concerning [...]h b. Elʿazar. There is a list of valuable goods, including a female slave named Rāḍ(?), a silver drinking vessel (qiḥf), a gold crescent (hilāl), and a silver armlet. Needs further examination.