[Letter to R. Solomon] : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Hebrew letters.

Penn Provenance:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).

Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).

Amram.

Physical Description:

1 folio : 2 fragments torn lengthwise into 2 uneven pieces; loss in upper right corner; folio was folded in mail format, two folds on the right third; verso is blank

Paper 40.5 X 30.5 cm material applied: black ink ruling method: mail format, two folds on the right third columns: 3(?) lines: 39 (38 = col. 1, Halper 415; 39 = col. 1, 8 = col. 2, 6 = col. 3, Halper 416) (recto).

Contained In:

Cairo Genizah Collection

Place of Publication:

[Cairo], [publisher not identified], [Mon. Sep. 8, 1765]

Language Note:

Hebrew. Hebrew

Notes:

Recto in 3 columns of 39, 8 (on the first fold), and 6 (on second fold).

The writer reports how he left Jerusalem for Giza where he was living with Christians from Bethlehem. Stricken with cholera, he departed by ship. He was healed, but then ran into financial and legal complications.

He subsequently visited R. Mordekhai Algazi in Cairo. He was jailed for three days for failing to pay a debt. He left jail penniless, and was taken in for the Sabbath by a local Rabbi. He is now begging for support.

The content is prefaced by the date.

Forms part of: Cairo Genizah Collection.

Cited in:

Halper, no. 415

Halper, no. 416

IMHM, no. F38400

OCLC:

249591229