COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 4351 - 1
Obverse:
B 4351 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0704907dc
Image Title:
Hebrew letter
Subject:
Letters
Description:
Begging letter addressed to the "community of foreigners (lo'azim)" from a widow with five children
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Numerals: alphanumerical
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
142 mm
Item width:
113 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
16 lines. Already a recipient of communal charity, the writer requests that the "almoner" (gabbay = gabbay tsedakah) be given instructions to increase her allotment (tamid) owing to her children's needs. She complains that the children are hungry and cold, and requests that the addressees also give consideration to their clothing.
Discovery site:
Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository:
Moses Gaster
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Access rights:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number:
B04351-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-03-14
Date: added:
2007-07
Metadata language:
eng-GB
