AI en Translation, Pages 26-50
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That which was from the past year
people with him concerning the storehouses because of what was in the hands of the owners who
they were entitled by the Sultan who were
one of the people of the land who were taking from the land and from the storehouses
because they had a right from the Sultan which they were taking from
the land and from the storehouses every year from the Sultan which was
the Sultan was for them, they would take from them every year and in every
year that they were taking from the land every year from the Sultan
which they were taking from the land every year from the Sultan
which they were taking from the land every year from the Sultan
and they take from them every year from the Sultan which they were taking from them
every year from the Sultan which they were taking from them in
every year from the Sultan which they were taking from them every year
from the Sultan which they were taking from them every year in
the Sultan which they were taking from them every year from the Sultan
which they were taking from them every year from the Sultan which
were taking from them every year from the Sultan which was
taking from them every year from the Sultan which they were taking
from them every year from the Sultan which they were taking from them
every year from the Sultan which they were taking from them in
every year from the Sultan which they were taking from them every year
⟦illegible⟧ every year from the Sultan which they were taking from them
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Chapter
And on the condition that he returns to her for that period, you shall see
from that condition that he has the choice in
the annulment, and whenever he wanted to return the sold item, even after years,
it is permissible for him to do that. If the sold item was destroyed, consumed, or lost,
then that is from his property because the sold item, as we mentioned, enters
into his ownership. And if the seller said to the buyer:
"I sold you this commodity for such-and-such on the condition that you dispose
of it and sell it; if you profit, the profit is between us,
and if you lose, the loss is on you alone," then this sale
is void. This is because providing capital for trade
on the condition that the profit is between the two and the loss is on
the worker is void. Likewise, if the owner said
to the worker: "Take these dinars and trade with them
on the condition that the profit is entirely yours and the loss is on me," then this
is also void, because it is a corrupt investment partnership, for the condition
of an investment partnership is that the profit and loss are shared
between the two. So if the profit is conditioned entirely for the worker,
that would be contrary to the requirements of the contract, and thus it is void.
This is what is understood from the words of our Master, of blessed memory,
in the Shulchan Aruch.
My lord, to the honor of his excellency our lord, my father, my teacher, and the crown of
my head, the crown of the glory of Israel and its holy one,
the honor of his name, the glory of his greatness, may his majesty be exalted and his honor
be great, Amen, may it be so, forever and ever.
After kissing his hands and feet and the dust of the path of the soles of
his holy feet, I prostrate myself with my face to the ground
before the splendor of the honor of his holiness and from the majesty of
his holy face...
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Now I have come to life and peace to inform the honor of
his holiness that we are in life and peace, may God's
name be blessed and may His memory rise for good and for blessing,
and to inform his honor how his holy handwriting reached
our hands and we rejoiced with a very great joy
upon seeing his holy handwriting and that he is in life
and in peace, may God, blessed be His name, sustain his health
and prolong his days and years in goodness and pleasantness.
Furthermore, I inform his excellency's honor regarding
the matter of the mission which he sent to our hands, behold
the sum of one hundred gold pieces reached our hands and we sent
them to the honor of his good name as per his request and as per his command.
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A great fire and much thick smoke in the land of Canaan
And a red power appeared like the color of blood and this
The smoke that rose from the fire was like the smoke
That rises from the oven or from the lime kiln
And likewise from the gathering of the people that rises every morning
All around Sodom and all the edges of the land
And God, exalted be He, saved Lot from the midst of the upheaval
Which happened in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
And our Master, exalted be He, said it is a great gift and it is from the progeny
Of Japheth and not from the progeny of Shem and it is greater than all
The nations and it is the most frequent of the latter words of the world
And all the written matter is named upon
All the earth and all that falls upon it
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From behind all that precisely God saved Lot from the midst
Of the upheaval and that rose like a lime kiln
And may God bless the listeners until the intellects and may God
Improve the state of the nation, Amen, and God is the seeker
May God be pleased with him and from that the words shall be
The gods will see ⟦...⟧ but to sacrifice
Judgments of ⟦...⟧
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By way of the line ⟦...⟧ prince of the way ⟦...⟧
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Likewise, his tail is like a circle of 1/2 dirham
And likewise, there is a reduction from them of a dirham, unlike what was mentioned
1/2 dirham on the side, likewise a third of a dirham
On the palm of the side, likewise a third of a dirham and a daniq
Thus a tail of 1/4 of 1/8 dirham, then three
And likewise in 8, likewise then thus a third of a dirham and a daniq
The palm, as mentioned, is a third of a dirham and a daniq, rounded
On its mouth on this, then no dirham, thus its mouth is 1/2
From what was mentioned in 1/2 its mouth from Shawwal, a daniq
As mentioned, it is in the house, a daniq, a daniq
A third of its mouth from the rounded ones in the ear of his tail
888 a third as if 1/2
The ear of his tail is a dirham, destroyed in 1/2 its mouth, his tail
⟦illegible⟧ in 1/2 its mouth, the side, his tail, a dirham
In a dirham, his tail, then its mouth is a third of a daniq
His tail, its mouth, the side in 1/2 its mouth, his tail, then
In a third, in an ear, likewise a dirham, his tail, its mouth
In 888 its mouth ⟦illegible⟧ in a third, thus its mouth ⟦illegible⟧
A third of his tail, the side in the ear of its mouth
Thus in his tail, its mouth
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And if in that book it becomes clear it goes out from that
which was in it in that station that was
in it, then it becomes that place, that <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> clear
which will be in that station, it will be in it
And you write that at the time of the meridian and you write
in that place, that place from that
which you are in that station from that
And if it was in that station which you are in
⟦illegible⟧ if it was in that station which you are in, it will be in it
⟦illegible⟧ if it was in that station which you are in, it will be in it
⟦illegible⟧ if it was in that station which you are in, it will be in it
⟦illegible⟧ if it was in that station which you are in, it will be in it
⟦illegible⟧ if it was in that station which you are in, it will be in it
And if in that book it becomes clear it goes out from that station
which was in it in that station
And if in that book it becomes clear it goes out from that
And if in that book it becomes clear it goes out from that station
which was in it in that station that was
in that place, that place
in that station which you are in, it will be in it
And if it was in that station which you are in
it was in it in that station which it was in
And if in that book it becomes clear it goes out from that
And if it was in that station which you are in
And if it was in that station which you are in
And if it was in that station which you are in
And if it was in that station which you are in
Peace be upon you, the Merciful and the Compassionate
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And if it is forgotten in the writing of that thing and in what follows it
For nothing else was completed in its place afterwards
So it is not appropriate for people to forget it and others
And many of its writings also witness that for him
And if that is considered good, and the meaning of what that was and should be
And that this thing should be in writing that and others
This is what is not appropriate for him, it should not be witnessed in its essence
And that is not considered good, and in what is written of that and in
The form of what it was and that is completed
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⟦...⟧ a thousand like you as much as many of the others
and limited in total, and he did not cease to produce from his presence
from his majesty the ⟦...⟧ in the service, and the Sultan said to them:
"If you want to perform for me a service like this, I
shall give you five hundred dinars." And from the second day,
they brought the five hundred dinars and said to him, "O our lord
the Sultan, we have done what was required of us, and you do
what is required of you: give us the five hundred dinars." So the Sultan
said to them, "O dog, son of a dog! You want to eat
the five hundred dinars without toil or hardship?
Arise, go from before me lest I cut off your head!" And he threw
ten dinars to them and said to them, "Take the wages for your toil
and go." And they had a day to eat and drink with it, and after
that they became hungry and said, "What shall we do?" One of them said
to them, "I know a good trade from which we can earn
much gold." They said to him, "What is it?" He said to them, "Let us go
to the atmospheric path where the merchants pass, and we will sit
there; and everyone who passes, we will kill him and take his money."
They said to him, "A good opinion," and they went and sat in that
path. And it came to be that everyone who passed, they would kill him and take
his money. And they came to have much wealth, and besides that,
they came to have horses and weapons and other things. And it became
known among the people that this path
was cut off, and no one was able to pass through it.
With God's help, Tuesday 23rd of Tishrei, year 5696, here in Baghdad, may God protect it.
O my brother, the possessor of merit and generosity, Mr. Eliyahu, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him.
After greetings to you and the mercy of God and His blessings.
I inform your excellency that on Sunday we traveled from Baghdad
to Diyala, we arrived at Baqubah, and from there we rode
in the car and reached Kirkuk at sunset, and we stayed overnight
in Kirkuk until morning. And in the morning we rode
in the car and reached Mosul before noon.
We stayed at the Customs Inn and rested there.
And from the time of our arrival until today we have seen no rest
due to the much walking and fatigue and the work that
befell us in arranging the goods and selling them.
The market is very stagnant and there is not a penny in the town.
And we are trapped in the inn and cannot go out
from the door of the inn for fear of the government because
they require registers and passports and we have nothing
except only the transit paper that we took from Baghdad.
People say that these days are very difficult
regarding the government and the inspection of passports.
So we pray to God Almighty to make our affairs easy
and deliver us from these ill-fated days for the better.
I wanted to write you a letter before now
but I had no time due to the excessive work.
And this letter I wrote in haste, so please excuse me.
Give my greetings to father and mother and all the family,
and likewise give my greetings to Mr. Abraham and Mr. Joseph.
May you remain in God's protection and care.
Your brother who prays for your well-being,
Nahum
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They were asked above regarding Mr. Aaron Mandler Cohen, how to bless
And he turns his face towards the congregation and says: With the permission of my teachers
and masters, and they answer: With the permission of Heaven, and he blesses:
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us
with His commandments and commanded us concerning the mitzvah of the Eruv, and he grants it to them
and says: Through this Eruv, it shall be permitted for us to bake, to cook,
to insulate, to light a lamp, and to do all our needs
from the festival day to the Sabbath, for us and for all Israel who dwell
in this city. And he says: Blessed is He who separates between holy
and profane, and between light and darkness, and between Israel and the nations,
and between the seventh day and the six days of labor. Blessed
are You, Lord, who separates between holy and profane. And they taste
from the wine, and he distributes it to all the members of the household. And when he sanctifies (Kiddush)
on the night of the Sabbath, he says over the wine 'Vayechulu' and 'Creator of the fruit
of the vine' and 'Who has sanctified us', and tastes, and blesses over the loaf
'Hamotzi' and breaks it and eats, he and all his household members.
And when he sanctifies on the day of the Sabbath, he says: 'And the children of
Israel shall keep the Sabbath etc.', 'Remember the Sabbath day
to sanctify it etc.', 'Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day
and hallowed it. By your leave, masters, Blessed are You, Lord our God,
King of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the vine,' and drinks.
And afterwards he washes his hands and blesses over the loaf
'Hamotzi' and breaks it and eats, he and all his household members.
⟦...⟧
And they came and said to him, what is this? And he said to him, what?
And he said to them, I knew what this is, for this is the Book of Psalms.
<del>And he said to them, what is this? And he said to him, what is this?</del>
And he said to them, what is this? And he said to him, what is this?
At the hour when King David, peace be upon him, was sitting,
And all the greats of Israel came to him and said to him, our master,
The King, the King, for all of Israel need sustenance.
And he said to them: Go and support one another.
And they said to him: A handful does not satisfy the lion,
And the pit is not filled from its own clod. He said to them:
Go and stretch out your hands in a troop. Immediately they went
And took counsel from Ahithophel and consulted the Sanhedrin,
And asked the Urim and Thummim. Rav Yosef said:
What is the verse? And after Ahithophel was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
And Abiathar, and after that the captain of the king's host, Joab.
And Rav Hisda said: What is written, The Lord loves the gates of
Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob?
<del>The Lord loves the gates of Zion that are distinguished in Halakha.</del>
The Lord loves the gates of Zion that are distinguished in Halakha more
Than all the synagogues and study halls. And this is what was said by
Rav Hisda: From the day the Temple was destroyed, there is not for
The Holy One, blessed be He, in His world but the four cubits of Halakha
Alone. Is it so? But Rav Ami and Rav Assi said,
Even though they had thirteen synagogues in Babylon,
They would only pray where they would study.
But the four cubits of Halakha alone <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
And as Rabbi Hiyya bar Ami said in the name of Ulla:
From the day the Temple was destroyed, there is not for the Holy One, blessed be He,
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And this is the <del>form</del> marriage contract according to the Torah of Moses and Israel
which they made between them, the magnificent groom, the honorable Rabbi Joseph, may his Rock and Savior protect him,
son of the respected elder, the honorable Rabbi Nissim, may his Rock and Savior protect him, with the modest bride
Mrs. Rachel, may she be blessed among women, daughter of the respected elder, the honorable Rabbi Aaron, may his Rock and Savior protect him,
in dwelling and furniture and all kinds of jewelry of gold and silver
and copper and clothes and gowns and veils and sheets
and other household needs, a sum of five hundred and fifty
Majidi Reals, of all that is written above, the aforementioned groom
received everything.
And these are the conditions of the Ketubah that do not change from the customs of the Rabbis
<del>of the later ones, of blessed memory</del> that the aforementioned groom shall feed and provide for
his aforementioned bride wife with clothing and food as is fitting for worthy Jewish women
and he shall not marry another woman besides her during her lifetime without
her consent, and he shall not sell or pledge any object of the objects
of the aforementioned dowry without her consent, and he shall not entice her to waive to him
the aforementioned sum of the Ketubah, neither all of it nor part of it, and
<del>he shall not go on a far journey</del> he shall not leave this city to reside in another city
except with her consent and the consent of her father, and if the aforementioned groom violates
any one of all the aforementioned conditions, behold he is liable to pay
her the aforementioned sum of the Ketubah in full, and besides this, they accepted
upon themselves, the aforementioned groom and bride, with a severe ban and with a severe
oath, by the mind of the Omnipresent, blessed be He, and by the mind of the public,
that they shall not smuggle anything from one another, not from Melog property
nor from Tzon Barzel property, and they also accepted upon themselves that everything
they earn and everything they acquire shall be shared in the middle equally
both in life and in death, and we performed an act of acquisition from the hand of the groom and the bride
aforementioned on all that is written and specified above with a vessel
fit for performing acquisition, and everything is valid, clear, and established.
And all the people of the country were with him, they did not serve him
Return back and he said to them go
To return back and he said to them go
To make dinars and they dragged them before the Sultan
Except they came anew and dragged them and killed a group of them
And he turned back and fled from the country into the mountain and arrived
at the mountain of snow and stayed there for three days without food
nor drink and cold in the mountain and in the snow
And he began to cry out from hunger and cold and in the night
He went down walking in the mountain and in the snow and in the darkness
He fell into a very deep pit in the mountain, he fell into the snow
And on top of the snow warm in the pit ⟦...⟧ fell upon him
The snow and covered him and he stayed in the pit under the snow
Fourteen days he did not eat and did not drink and he did not know
Whether he was in the night or in the day as David said
Peace be upon him: 'And I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes'
And his body had weakened from hunger and cold and he began to say
⟦...⟧ O Lord of the Worlds, help me, O Lord of the Worlds
⟦...⟧ You know what is in my heart and what I have done with
the people of good and kindness, how can this be my reward
I die a death without a grave and a shroud and no one knows
of my death and no one weeps for me and no one washes me and no one shrouds me
and no one buries me; so when God heard his prayer and his cry
He sent him a leopard from the wild beasts and it entered upon him
into the pit and began to lick him and warm him
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And he who represents himself without an obligation will be
fined, and he has no authority to go down to his house, just
as he who goes down into the well wants to climb out of it
and cannot because the rope is in the hand of another. Finished.
And he also said in another place:
And he who wants to save himself from calamities before
they fall upon him, should toil day and night
until he saves himself, and even if it is until the day of death, he should not cease
from remembering that from his guarantor, he shall be safe.
And he who relies on God shall be saved from every hardship
and the calamities that come upon us,
some of them must inevitably resolve into others. And he who wants to be
safe should prepare for them, and before that, he should
have a great concern attached to Him, Exalted is He,
and he should not constantly be occupied with the mention of death,
so he does not rejoice in something that perishes, nor grieve over what is gone,
but rather his concern should be with something that does not wear out. The joys of
God are eternal forever in him, and he should be patient and satisfied
with everything that happens to him, patient ⟦...⟧
so that God is pleased with him. And he who is
reliant on God, He is the one who will suffice him from
the detestable things and the hardships of them. And peace.
Under Your wings hide me, for I have none but You
And regarding the matter of Daniel the Prophet, peace be upon him, etc.
He wrote, of blessed memory, if one sits among the wicked, may the Merciful One
save us, and cannot study the Torah, let him read the verse 'And He is merciful'
and not only if he says in this verse and that is his name
'The living, the living shall praise You, as I do this day,' etc.
And this is also possible regarding the matter of the exile
of Daniel who was in Babylon, and every officer
who would dream a dream of this matter and solve
the dream according to the interpretation of Daniel
But regarding the matter of the Honorable Rabbi Zechariah Ha-Kohen, may his memory be for the life of the world to come
who explained concerning 'tattooed skin' regarding the Side
the Other, and wrote that he would preach this in public
and it would pull his heart like iron, and he proved
as it is written 'Let not him that girds on his armor boast himself as he that puts it off'
or 'Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not
what a day may bring forth,' and this he would preach
this is as we spoke at the beginning of the words
And regarding the matter of the wicked man, and he said like them, and this
shows that this is a matter, and this is what King David, peace be upon him, explained
concerning a pit for him, a well of living waters and flowing streams
of which the Sages of blessed memory said, 'Many waters cannot
quench love, neither can the floods drown it'
as it is written 'Many waters' etc. Beer-sheba
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And I, Baruch, snatch his hand by virtue of the descriptions . . . . . .
Thus like this from ⟦line⟧
<del>The second, his mercy, his mercy</del>
Except in Dalmunder, for as much as he witnessed there, as much as that
r. Taher Abu Saleh Kundas as much as that or
upon and other than that - in three hundred as much as that, four hundred as much as that -
hundred hundred as much as that, thousand as much as that, the second his mercy, his mercy
Which is in that as much as that in as much as that, thousand as much as that in as much as that
as much as that r in a thousand thousand and r as much as that, three hundred as much as that
To Ladoro his mercy as much as that in as much as that, three hundred as much as that and a quarter
as much as that and below that as much as that in as much as that, thousand as much as that
as much as that as much as that as much as that, that the Monder returns in as much as that, a hundred
as much as that . . . as much as that, a quarter hundred as much as that, a quarter hundred as much as that
as much as that, that which as much as that as much as that, thousand as much as that, thousand as much as that
<del>The Monder which as much as that as much as that as much as that returned upon as much as that in</del>
thousand as much as that as much as that as much as that, thousand as much as that <del>as much as that a hundred as much as that</del>
<del>as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that</del>
as much as that which as much as that as much as that as much as that, and as much as that to Ladoro as much as that
to him a thousand as much as that as much as that as much as that
as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that and a hundred as much as that
as much as that to as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that thousand as much as that
as much as that as much as that and as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that
the second as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that
as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that as much as that
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Required
Shlomo Cohen asked about the matter of the Ketubah at the end
A' Daniel 68, those who write on a Ketubah or on a loan
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And even if you have a deed for the payment of the Ketubah, he shall not collect
from encumbered property, even though it contains an act of acquisition and a lien on property,
for so wrote the Master in Section 111, Paragraph 15:
One does not collect from encumbered property except with a deed in which is written
an act of acquisition or in which is written a lien on property.
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And since it was obligatory for him to pay zakat and return a portion
from it in return, he should return in total as we
mentioned in the issues. Then he paid its income into the house
in which he resides and supervised it and in the price, and his hand is not
upon that, and from ⟦...⟧ the price is possible in that, and what is correct
And since he had that, he refused for that to be
upon the guarantee, so its price is not permissible for him.
And if the matter is so, then the guarantee became obligatory
which he is paying toward paying the guarantee which
unless it is accepted from him, then that payment is not permissible for him
from that anything
And he confirms it
And that is in that the payer of that shall be
intending that payment by the hand of that thing
the payer in that paid to his companion that
And that payment to his hand is permissible for him, that payment
in total. So the matter of payment by payment, doubt of payment, that
to payment of that, so it is not permissible for him to pay that in total
at once. So the matter of that, he instructed him of it, intending that
And what appears to me is that the payment should be by the hand of whoever wants
that, because there would be in that piety and caution from that
And what he should do first, and whatever was in that of this from that
that would be an entry into it, so it is not permissible for him except in
paying what he mentioned to the rightful claimant of that, unless that be
a payment to him of what he has of that, if he commanded it
at his hands in that
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To Rav Hisdai son of Samuel Karkukli, may his name be honored
To Samuel Karkukli, may his name be honored, may he rest in Eden
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Chapter 6
Peace be upon you, my lord and teacher, Prince of Peace, Heavenly Court from
And accept my prayer with mercy and favor from before You
May it be Your will that the gates of heaven be opened for me and that You grant
wisdom in my heart and understanding in my thoughts, and may my heart be a dwelling
for Your Presence, and may Your Holy Spirit rest upon me and bestow
upon me a spirit of wisdom and understanding, a spirit of counsel and might, a spirit of
knowledge and the fear of the Lord; and he shall be inspired by the fear of the Lord, and not by the sight
of his eyes shall he judge, nor by the hearing of his ears shall he decide. And he shall judge
the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth; and he shall strike
the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf
and the young lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on
the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the basilisk's den.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain;
for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign
of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set His hand again the second time
to recover the remnant of His people, that shall remain from Assyria,
and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar,
and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And He shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble
the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four
corners of the earth. And the envy of Ephraim shall depart, and they that harass
Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
and Judah shall not harass Ephraim. And they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the
Philistines on the west; together they shall spoil the children of the east;
Edom and Moab shall be the putting forth of their hand; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with His scorching wind shall He shake His hand
over the River, and shall smite it into seven streams,
and cause men to march over in sandals. And there shall be a highway for the remnant of His people,
that shall remain from Assyria, like as there was for Israel
in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
Blessed be the Lord forever, Amen and Amen.
With an eye like a lion, he renews what he desires
He provides for whom He wills ⟦without⟧ measure, for the King is generous
One blamed the other and said to him: Why are you resting
and sitting ⟦idle⟧ and not working intelligently?
Money used to come to you, and your successor is deaf and has small children
And he replied to him: O my brother, I have put my trust in God
and He provides for me from whence I do not expect ⟦...⟧
And that diligent man stayed in his holy house
until his provisions were exhausted and he became hungry and wanted to go out
from the town, and he kept walking and walking until he reached
a deserted island where there was no one and no crops
He looked right and left but found nothing but a tree
He ate of its fruit and drank of its water
and sat praising God Almighty and glorifying Him
Then God provided him relief with his sustenance
from whence he did not expect, and that was because
the king of the land <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> went out to hunt
he and a group of servants, and he continued walking
until he reached that place and sat under
that tree under which that man was sitting
The king looked and saw that man, an ascetic worshiper
He said to him: O you, who brought you here and what
are you doing? He said to him: O my lord, I am a worshiper
I worship God Almighty and He provides for me from
whence I do not expect. When the king heard that,
his words pleased him and he took him with him and honored him
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And he stayed with the Qadi, the servant of the Law
And going out to the market as it was said in the Law
He said to you, do it, and he has already arrived here before it was
For you, this is a place of dispute among the people over the ⟦...⟧
This tyrant had asked about him and said to him, O Master
I was in the city, your mind with its people and from
The news and a bit of speech like this, it must be, O man
Weigh your words and go, go to your concern
The Jew said: O my lord, I will not go, and he said
to him: Enter the Divan of religion, you will see the Jew
⟦...⟧ O people, you see
The Jew knows your worth
He said to him: O my lord, I do not know the Qadi
And the guilt is all from our master, the source is he
Who knows about it, and the opinion shall be from him
The Qadi stood up, shouted and said: O servants
Beat the face of the Jew with sandals until there shall be
Blood flowing for him from his nose and from his mouth
And the servant of the Qadi stood and beat the Jew a beating
Strong, until his blood flowed on his clothes, and he threw
The Jew to the ground from the excessive beating
And from the pain of the beating the Jew cried out and said
O Lord of the worlds, You know
What has happened to me from the oppression and the injustice
As King David, peace be upon him, said
He who travels by sea, let him have this
amulet so that nothing from the
sea shall harm him, and he will be in safety and peace.
And we have tested it many times and it is this:
Travel by sea, that he may have this
amulet so that nothing from the
sea shall harm him, and he will be in safety and peace.
And it is this amulet which is written and hung
upon him, and it is this which is written on
paper and it is this: ⟦illegible⟧
He shall be safe and be in safety and peace.
And we have tested it many times and it
is this:
O He who is the one who is in the sea,
and he will be in safety and peace.
And we have tested it many times and it is this:
It is written on paper and shall be with him in the sea,
and he will be in safety and peace and it is this
which is written on the paper and it is this:
O He who is the one who is in the sea,
and he will be in safety and peace and it is this
which is written on the paper and it is this:
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And as I wrote to the child upon the arrival of the letter
And if I wrote to you before I did not write
<del>to me</del> to the expenses we spent from here and a situation befell us
on the road and those the expenses took all our money and indeed
we departed from Syria on the past Friday
and the ship was delayed <del>to me</del> because the wind was not
on land and on the sea and a situation befell us on
the road such that there is no mercy in people
as those <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> who travel by sea
and we have increased on the sea and I am now out of
the money that was with me not on the road
because the expenses in this time and I am one
of the travelers on this road because
⟦illegible⟧
and you
know how the situation is in this time
and if you do not write to me
and you know what is in Syria and I have written
at this time that your mercy come forth in this
time at this time and I now write
to you at this time let your mercy come forth
and I have written to you at this time
and I have written to you at this time
and I have written to you at this time
By the hand of Al-Maghrib which the sage mentioned as we mentioned
First, he takes from the gold of Al-Maghrib which is in your hand ⟦Kinad⟧
And other gold has gone in the country, but gold
From the gold of Al-Maghrib which he owns is Al-Maghrib
Over all the gold that is in it as we mentioned first
And we only presented that so that the gold would be
By the hand of Al-Maghrib as it is drawn in the book
After our mention in as we mentioned in the book
And nothing is permissible regarding the gold of Al-Maghrib except gold
As it is in the book Al-Maghrib ⟦Kinad⟧
So this is what we mentioned in the book Al-Maghrib
Because the gold of Al-Maghrib is the gold that
Is necessary as we mentioned in as we mentioned
In the book Al-Maghrib which is the gold
In the book Al-Maghrib which is the good gold
The Al-Maghrib gold
As for the gold that is in the country which is in
The country which is in the country in the good country
So this gold that is in the country in the country
Which is in the country
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And if you enter before the king, he will love you with a
great love, and you will be accepted by him in everything you command,
and your needs will be fulfilled by the permission of God Almighty. And this is the seal
which you shall write on your right palm and enter with it before
kings, rulers, and sultans, for they will love you
and fulfill your needs by the permission of God Almighty ⟦line⟧
And this is the ⟦blessed⟧ seal
⟦diagram: circle with five radiating lines ending in small circles⟧
in everything you desire, and you will be accepted by people
all of them, and you will be cherished by them in everything you command them,
and your needs will be fulfilled by the permission of God Almighty. And this
is the seal
⟦diagram: circle with six small circles on its perimeter⟧
This seal is for one who loves women and wants to be with them
very much beloved, and you will be accepted by them in everything
you command them, and your needs will be fulfilled by the permission of God Almighty.
And this is the seal which you shall write on your right palm
and enter with it before women, for they will love you and fulfill
your needs by the permission of God Almighty ⟦line⟧
There was a man named David who was a person of great importance
An agent of kerosene from Baghdad, heading towards
one of the provinces, he had much wealth and he lost
his way from the caravan
He continued walking while he was hungry and thirsty
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ the mountain and sat down to rest under a tree and from the intensity of
the hunger and thirst he fell asleep and slept while he was anxious
about the number of dinars he had. He woke from his sleep and saw a man
coming from afar riding on a horse and in his hand a spear
And when he reached him, he greeted him and said to him: O man, what brought you
to this desolate place? And he said to him: O my lord, I came out
from Baghdad and was going to such-and-such province and I got lost from
the caravan and I lost my bag of gold and in it was a hundred
thousand dinars, and from the excess of hunger and thirst I am not able
to walk and now, O my lord, I am under your protection, save me from
this place, and if you wish take half the money and now
I do not want anything from you except that you bring me to a place
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ He said to him: O man, get up and ride behind me
And he rode behind him and he walked with him for about an hour of time
And he dropped him off in a place near the province and said to him:
Go to this place, you will find the bag of gold buried
under the mulberry tree, take the gold and go on your way
And this man was Elijah the Prophet, remembered for good
And when he reached the place, he dug under the tree and found
the bag and took it and went to his house happy
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
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P' and Al-Salam mentioned that he stayed a little with them -
He brought them and said to them, as long as peace is upon
your head, do not fear them, unless you see in the middle of your head
S' at that time, know that death has come to you.
The summary of the book said that he came on such and such a day
Al- in the circuit of the Euphrates River and he said to them - Welcome
and S' and ease, you have entered into the protection of God and in the protection
of the Sultan, and he said to them what I have already written above
their words in it.
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And this
⟦three circles drawn in ink⟧
One asked Rabbi Chaim, the greatest among them, about
this matter, and thus he said to them, and he does not know
and wishes to clarify it to him very quickly, and he said to him:
A person who is happy with his lot and nullifies his desire
in this world, for it is vanity of vanities like a passing
shadow and there is no profit in it, and it is permitted for a person to leave
all his business and all his thoughts to Hashem, blessed be He,
at all times and at every moment, and his heart should be steadfast and trusting
in Hashem his God with all his heart and with all his soul and with all
his might, and he should do His will, blessed be He, at all times
and be happy with his lot always, he shall not seek
greatness nor imaginary honor of this world
which is vanity and a pursuit of the wind.
And I have already explained this to you elsewhere, and nothing more
now, only to guard his mouth and his tongue
from speaking idle words, and in another way accustom
yourself to silence and do not speak anything
except what is necessary, and this is enough for the understanding.
And a fountain of blessings shall rest upon your head and you shall merit to behold
the pleasantness of Hashem and to visit His sanctuary, Amen.
I have set Hashem always before me, for He is at my right hand
I shall not falter; therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices,
my flesh also shall dwell in safety.
In ⟦Bashar⟧ and pain in ⟦Bashar⟧ and pain and in his stomach
sharp and dries the mouth as it travels and pain
hot and in the pleurisy, then if
and fever <del>⟦with⟧</del> the side in which there is pain
the breast and it is cleared, and it only occurs from blood
great, for he should use cold foods
the quenching ones that calm the blood and in the pleurisy
the side that does not have a cough with it
the hot poison and it is cleared, and the pleurisy which
has a cough with it, it is that which is called
frenzy of the head, for it occurs from the humor
the sharp yellow bile which burns the blood
so this is that in which the cough is severe
and it is called pleurisy which occurs in
other than this poison. God knows best
In the fear of the madman and pain of the head
and dizziness and in all that is in
the brain from the bad mixtures
and the black bile, for he should use foods
which repel the black bile and cleanse the brain
especially in the time of spring and in every
time of the year. God knows best. And in
every pain in the joints from the heat
what is in the joints from the cold
and the wind and pain of the joints which occurs
from the hot blood which is in
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From the aforementioned Abu Rahman and his brother's son Abd
Al-Salim, there became with him all the aforementioned sense
so we saw it with Dawad Abu Rab Khalid commanded
unless he becomes serving me and those of the teacher unless he helps
the man mentioned that
therefore I entered and said O Abu Rahman
the one with the fifty Abu helps Isaac
and takes for him sacks this hour and the art
that he goes to take it that it would be the end of all
the aforementioned two words
this I entered the town and wanted that talk to return to me
regarding Isaac, Abu Rahman says he wants Isaac to take it
by his hand with him and go ride, depend, and go to Baghdad
God take the rent for him, he goes, goes, depends on
God asks about Isaac, the answer returns from Baghdad
as he mentioned with him that he goes out with you, Isaac will blacken
bring him the paper, go to the inn, take fabrics, go
ask, return books in Baghdad, Isaac's morals will be seen
unless that way you see from them how Isaac buys
he wanted to return, Isaac goes, takes fabrics
brings talk by the hand of Dawad, takes for him sacks
of ⟦illegible⟧, no one hears him unless he wants from him
sacks, he goes and serves me straw -
As mentioned below from the estate of the late Joseph
Daoud Shimon, regarding the inventory of the equipped shop
which was in the possession of the teacher Gurji Daoud Shimon.
It reached our hands from the hands of the teacher Abram Khdhouri Daoud
the late Joseph Khdhouri Daoud. This reached us
after the accounting conducted between us and the aforementioned teacher Gurji
Daoud, and we accepted that from his hand and it was received
by our hands without deficiency, and nothing remains with us from
the aspect of the aforementioned shop, neither claim nor demand
nor proof nor oath, neither religious nor customary.
And whoever produces a document containing anything regarding this,
it is null and void like a shard of pottery, and this is our hand
This was written on 9 Shevat 5681 - 1921
Correct and established, Saleh Joseph Daoud Shimon Daoud
<del>Daoud Shimon</del> Daoud Shimon
<del>Daoud Shimon</del> <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
We received from the hand of the teacher Gurji Daoud Shimon
everything that was under his hand from the estate of
the late Joseph Khdhouri Daoud Shimon
who was a partner with him in the equipped shop.
<del>Ezekiel Joseph Daoud</del>
That reached us after the accounting conducted between us
and the aforementioned teacher Gurji Daoud, and we accepted that
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
from him, and it was received by our hands without deficiency, and
nothing remains with us from the aspect of the aforementioned shop,
neither claim nor demand, neither religious nor customary.
And whoever produces a document containing anything regarding this,
it is null and void like a shard of pottery, and this is our hand
This was written on 9 Shevat 5681 - 1921
Correct and established, Ezekiel Joseph Daoud Shimon