History and Anthropology in Jewish Studies

An Online Exhibition from the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies 2003-2004 Fellows at the University of Pennsylvania

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A contractual agreement from the Cairo Genizah
[Fustat. 1066-1108?]. Copied by Hillel ben Eli

Sitt al-Dar, wife of Sedaka ha-Levi, promises to comply with the stipulation of her late brother (also named Sedaka), that she should provide for her mother and for her mother's funeral. The witnesses signing the document are:

Yosef ha-Mumheh ben Elazar
Elazar ha-Kohen ha-hazan ben Eli
Yakhin ben Avraham, Yosef ha-Kohen ben Nisim

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