[Letter to an honorable rabbi] : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

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

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Subjects (All):

Halfon ben Manasse, active 1100-1138--Correspondence.

Halfon ben Manasse.

Jews--Egypt--Charities--History--To 1500.

Jews.

Charities.

History.

Egypt.

Genre:

Personal correspondence.

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 : fragment, torn upper right corner of folio; verso is blank

Paper 11.9 X 11.4 cm material applied: black ink ruling method: columns: 1 lines: 11 partially extant (recto).

Contained In:

Cairo Genizah Collection

Place of Publication:

[Fustat], [publisher not identified], [1100-1138?]

Language Note:

Judeo-Arabic. Hebrew

Notes:

The writer is requesting support. He opens with Psalms XLI 2. The hand appears to be that of the court scribe Ḥalfon ha-Leṿi ben Menasheh.

Over 250 legal documents written by Ḥalfon have been collected by Gershon Weiss, Legal documents written by the court clerk Ḥalfon ben Menasheh, dated 1100-1138, a study in the diplomatics of the Cairo Geniza (Thesis (Ph.D.) in Oriental Studies--Graduate School of Arts and Sciences), University of Pennsylvania, 1970.

It is possible that the writer had Ḥalfon write this document, to show official approval and support for his collecting of donations. The fragment is missing the signatures and address.

Forms part of: Cairo Genizah Collection.

Cited in:

Halper, no. 418

IMHM, no. F38400

Contains:

Bible. Psalms XLI, 2. Hebrew. 1100.

OCLC:

249591448