AI en Translation, Pages 51-75
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If a comet appeared in the west in the land
of Syria, there will be war in Damascus and prices will drop
in the world.
And if another star rises in the east in the morning
in the east, there will be much rain and great illness
and death among the cattle and among the birds, and there will be
disagreement between the kings, and there will be cheapness and abundance
of wheat without rain. If the
seed is ⟦false/failed⟧, dry. If the tail of Aries, there will be
cheapness of chickens, fat, and oil, and everything
will be cheap. If the tail of Taurus, there will be rain
and much cold, and in winter much snow, and at the end of
the winter there will be intense heat, and in the spring
there will be rain, and in the summer there will be rain, and the sheep
and all the fruits will be good, and the wine will be good,
and all the people will have joy and much sustenance; and from
God comes success, Amen, and praise be to God, Lord of the worlds,
and may God's blessing be upon him.
Likewise, it is necessary for anyone who has merchandise at sea
to have fear of drowning. So when they see the crescent moon
of Muharram on a Friday, then the year will be entirely
blessed, and the crops will be good, and the rain will be
plentiful, and there will be great cheapness and inevitable death.
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This is the end of this notebook with me, ungrateful, and you
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The day of the origin <del>with me</del> six dinars delivered to the ledger
It was with me from the times of study and passed over me
long days I did not know it except and I wrote
a debt while I was in Baghdad ⟦...⟧
three thousand ⟦...⟧ weights from a thousand in the dirhams
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Rather, it is Shaul the priest here and Adna Shaul
in the name of Abraham Benjamin Moatis here in the name of
according to a prophet heard in this book 30 p
chapter that is and a man in peace to him in this prophet. Prophet priest
from the mouth of him in the name of the book a thousand 50 here here
for every Moatis gathered together the rabbi saying
and the grandson of Abraham in the name of rather here the cantor Moatis
which cantor in the name of a prophet and also the priest Shaul 20 here
Moatis and the mouth of a prophet to the people gathered half a prophet
speech of my peace I comforted a man and a prophet and how in the name of
also the book of a prophet and the men of gathered in the name of the priest here
and a man to 10 in the name of a cantor here a cantor ⟦...⟧
prophet to his hand a cantor in that same rather a prophet p here
and in this a prophet and if a prophet p in peace here 35
here a prophet a cantor here a cantor ⟦...⟧ here ⟦...⟧
here and a man a prophet to here and in the name and a man ⟦...⟧
in the name of a man to a prophet to a cantor a lion here
in the name of a man and in the name of a prophet here 50 here
also a prophet 10 here and a man in the name of a man in the name of
house of rather here a cantor here in the name of rather a prophet
a in the name of God in the name of God in the name of a prophet
which in the name of a prophet 50 here ⟦...⟧
The land of Khorasan, its capital is the great Kassan
And from there also came the descendants of Isaac the son of Abraham
peace be upon him
The second chapter regarding the mention of the stations of the Children of
Israel during the forty years in the wilderness
Their first station was Rameses upon their departure
from Egypt on Thursday, 15th of Nisan, in the year
two thousand four hundred and forty-four of Creation
And they departed to Succoth, and from Succoth to Etham
And in Succoth they ate the unleavened bread which they brought out
from Egypt, and from Etham they returned on Sunday
to Pi-hahiroth, and from Pi-hahiroth they traveled
three days in the wilderness to Marah
And they departed from Marah and came to Elim, and in Elim
were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees
And they departed from Elim and came to the Wilderness of Sin
on Thursday, 15th of Iyar, in the year of the Exodus
And they departed from the Wilderness of Sin and came to Dophkah
And they departed from Dophkah and came to Alush
And they departed from Alush and came to Rephidim, and there
Amalek fought with Israel and Joshua defeated them
And they departed from Rephidim and came to the Wilderness of Sinai
on Sunday, the first of Sivan, and on the 5th of Sivan
Moses built for them an altar at the foot of the mountain
And he offered upon it burnt offerings and peace offerings and sprinkled the blood
upon the people, and they said: All that the Lord has spoken we will do and obey
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And one from us, all the good of mountains reaches him, and you
know that on the day of our departure we were very
distressed, we happened upon a rider's shop
and we were traveling and a man left us
he arrived before the time of departure and left and at the time
of sunset he stayed for only five days before the beginning
of the month of Tammuz, we were afraid and despite this
we stayed for a period behind our souls until Baghdad
we had obligations more than anything
and the second, nothing would have been easier for me than death
and entering Baghdad since everyone who
preached to us stayed in a town and all
speech went otherwise according to what they wanted
from you, O Khawaja <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Joseph, and the rest will turn
your fear is enough for you, he who is busy with the Merciful has him
⟦...⟧ for the sake of, and sorry that in you like everything good
and O boy, that we are healthy, we only hear good
and today the letters arrive, we were in great ⟦...⟧
they went, and by the mercy of God we had mercy on you
and so we hear <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> the palm, we are like you in a thousand
every blood has a nature unless it is called
The father, may his Rock and Redeemer guard him, in the likeness of that, that on the day of
Friday we traveled and arrived in Baghdad at
the mentioned time, and we have already spent upon our first entry
the provisions for the riding beast
and we have already taken the rent from the muleteer for
⟦...⟧ the expenses of the beast and what we took and what we paid
of the necessities of our expenses in Baghdad until today
⟦...⟧ shops on Friday and complete
meaning and what reached us
most of that, he informed us, may his Rock and Redeemer guard him, that on Friday
at the time of the evening prayer, the broker arrived
for the sake of buying and selling, and with him a group of
merchants ⟦...⟧ and there were with us some people, and among them
the master Aziz Khoja Jahan and talk on behalf of
Ali Walah and the result is we entered into the bidding then the agreement
upon that, and on the next day the path of the law and at the end
he returned to that, and on the next day Master Suleiman
our father took with him and went with the mentioned one
five pieces to the broker
and that he chose for these from it 50 dinars that they chose us
the broker, and he wants to return to us another choice
the first day we used to go and return and we used to take from him
50 dinars besides that, the money 10 ⟦line⟧
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⟦...⟧ and from his words, may his memory be blessed, these, and whoever refuted him from
so-and-so, and he could not refute him ⟦...⟧
also, and regarding this issue, Sheikh Joseph
ibn Gabai, may his memory be blessed, mentioned in the commentary on the Chapter of the West, and said in it intellectual
and legal proofs, so if you want that, it is
written down for me and between us (?) these proofs, and I will mention them,
the proofs. And Joseph, may his memory be blessed, said that this is a proof
sufficient to be placed in the status of a true rebuttal (?) in reality
in reality, and what was a description of perfection, it is not permissible
for it to be otherwise, so the proof of perfection fell upon that
and the doctrine is void, so one should not pay attention to anything other than
that. And from what we mentioned, it would be
from that, and one should not pay attention to anything other than that
He also mentioned there from that, and what he mentioned of them, and I had mentioned
⟦...⟧ and he refuted their proof, and it is not permissible for that
a matter like that, it elevates for him the mention of all
the Law, like that it would be, even if he wants
and what is intended by that proof, it is what he wants his proof
or he wants that proof, because you know that
from that you know that, rather that is other than that proof
it points to that, so it is a proof for that
The school in Egypt mentioned ⟦...⟧ in the ⟦...⟧
the stirrings of the religion before that, so no mention of it
the school mentioned in ⟦...⟧ then and the owner of
your medicine mentioned the religion in a school, their blood in
a school of the religion no, so no mention and its mention was
in the mention of the religion in this school, its mention
from a mention, and if he mentioned it in this house
their blood mentioned in the religion its mention is a school
of the religion mentioned its mention in a school its mention
the book in this house its mention in the religion
here the mention of a school its mention no no in mention
the school in before then mention its mention in mention
its mention no the school no mention of the religion
the state no ⟦...⟧ its mention
the mention no and its mention no from the house
there is no exaggeration in its mention no
mention no and its mention the school no
their blood no mention mention no
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Notified from the day of 26 Adar 5688 that they were
at a weight of 22 of buffalo leather worth
a dinar and a half at this price he received sheep skins
he received one old buffalo skin worth one dinar
and a quarter from sheep skins three pieces worth
three hundred and eighty fils the total became
three dinars and a quarter and from buffalo skin worth
one buffalo skin reached him worth a dinar
and a quarter ⟦..⟧ we sent it to Baghdad to Khawaja
Ezra Karkur and it is worth three hundred and forty-six
received from this price one thousand and one hundred and fifty
its amount a dinar five hundred and sixty-six
remaining for him in our debt from the account of buffalo skins
a dinar ⟦..⟧ and a riyal ⟦..⟧ became for him in our debt zero ⟦..⟧
its fee exchange from a male goat skin one from the year
past one buffalo skin reached him worth
a dinar and a quarter and from one buffalo skin worth
a dinar and a quarter and from one buffalo skin worth
a dinar and a quarter and from one buffalo skin worth
a dinar and a quarter and from one buffalo skin worth
a dinar and a quarter and from one buffalo skin worth
a dinar and a quarter and from one buffalo skin worth
a dinar and a quarter and from one buffalo skin worth
a dinar and a quarter and from one buffalo skin worth
a dinar and a quarter and from one buffalo skin worth
a dinar and a quarter and from one buffalo skin worth
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of
the world, who has sanctified us with His commandments
and commanded us regarding the reading of the Megillah.
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of
the world, who performed miracles for our ancestors
in those days, at this time.
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of
the world, who has granted us life, sustained us,
and brought us to this season.
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, he is
Ahasuerus who reigned from Hodu even unto
Cush, over a hundred and seven and twenty
provinces; in those days, when the King
Ahasuerus sat on the throne of
his kingdom, which was in Shushan the capital,
in the third year of his reign, he made
a feast unto all his princes and his servants;
the army of Persia and Media, the nobles
and the princes of the provinces being before him; when he showed
the riches of his glorious kingdom and
the honor of his excellent majesty many days,
even a hundred and fourscore days.
And when these days were fulfilled, the King
made for all the people that were present
in Shushan the capital, both great and
small, a feast of seven days,
in the court of the garden of the king's palace;
where were white, fine cotton, and blue, fastened
with cords of fine linen and purple on rollers of
silver and pillars of marble; the couches
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When I greeted her until I was from her ⟦behavior⟧ from then
⟦...⟧ entering her service, it is said her eye is a Houri
He heals
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Translated by Menachem son of Shimon, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him, Kamal Zada, from Daoud Ephraim
son of Qaddous, may Allah have mercy on all the dead
The elders of the city, and the group of merchants and the leaders ⟦...⟧
Khaled and Salim Eliyahu Menachem ⟦...⟧ and ⟦...⟧
The elders of the town, we ask Allah to have mercy on everyone who asks for mercy
on the soul of the late Daoud ⟦...⟧ the late Daoud
Whoever reads this book, let him ask for mercy on the soul of the late Daoud
son of Aaron Dinah, year 5606, and Solomon the Scribe wrote it
We wrote that on Tuesday ⟦...⟧
ten days of the month of ⟦...⟧
this. Saleh Daoud Abd ⟦...⟧
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Abd Allah, the elders of the town, Kayouf ⟦...⟧
Daoud and Salim and all the people and the masses ⟦...⟧
Whoever reads this book, let him ask for mercy on the soul of the late Daoud
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Translated this book from Daoud Ephraim son of Qaddous
⟦...⟧
The blessing of Allah the Exalted be upon the head of whoever reads this book
and says Amen, and may He have mercy on the soul of the late Daoud
son of Aaron Dinah, year 5606 ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
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And you shall bless him in the name of all this holy congregation, may God grant them life
and may their fortune grow higher and higher, according to their exalted
soul and the soul of their servant who seeks their good peace with a thousandfold
honor and glory from me, the young one, a servant of God may He be blessed, and trusting
in His great and awesome name, Yosef Hayyim, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him, son of my lord my
grandfather, the pious and humble like Hillel, our teacher and rabbi Eliyahu, of blessed memory, son
of my lord my grandfather, the complete and great sage, our teacher Moshe Hayyim, of blessed memory,
may his merit protect us, and for good let the name of his excellency Rabbi Eliyahu, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him,
may his Creator protect him, be remembered; may his days be lengthened in goodness and his years in pleasantness.
And you who cling to the Lord your God are all alive today.
For length of days and years of life and peace they shall add
to you; the Lord will give strength to His people, the Lord will bless His people with peace.
Surely the righteous shall give thanks to Your name; the upright shall dwell in Your presence.
Blessed shall you be in your coming in, and blessed shall you be in your going out.
Not here with you is your silver, for he shall not multiply horses to himself,
as the dust for multitude and water for multitude; they shall not despise him if a man were to give
all the substance of his house for love, they would utterly despise him. Song of Songs.
There, happy is the man whom You chasten, O Lord, and teach him out of Your law.
And he said, If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right
in His eyes, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes,
none of the diseases which I put upon Egypt will I put upon you, for
I am the Lord who heals you.
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And all this speech, nothing was obtained from them regarding the truth of the speech
that was between me and you, O my brother.
And after all this, speech came out from you regarding the workers,
and you said that it was repeated to me many times when he comes to take
speech to send it to the office, and you know that it is not hidden from you
nor is it hidden from others that what comes from the Pasha's side
is not hidden from others, speech, neither big nor small, and likewise
this comes and you know this is common in the whole town.
And other than that, he who comes to take and asks for good, there will be with him
many people, so among them is one who returns speech to his face
and one who is silent for him, so let your mind not be troubled by anything whether it is
big or small, unless he takes it without
the Pasha's order, then this shall not be. And I hoped from God,
Exalted, that this speech came and arrived without any other,
and that you be, without any other, in health and wellness, and may
the work be performed as you see fit. And God knows the saying of the Merciful, mentioning
that he who has a right shall hear this
and return an answer to you by the hand of the bearer of this letter of mine.
Let a response arrive from you that reassures us of your health.
And peace be upon you and upon whoever follows you specifically. And Shalom.
Written on Sunday, 23rd of Elul, year 5603.
And Mr. Said Shimon paid him a sum of ninety-five
Rupees, and that is for his dues regarding the caravan which he bought at the public auction
from the house of Daoud Diwan on 25 Haziran 1908 corresponding to
26 Sivan 5668 and the dues became his
The Date
To the aforementioned, the aforementioned Gad'ah Mr. Said Daoud bin Pinhas
a sum of one hundred and ninety-nine Rupees, and that is for his dues which
are in the house of Daoud Diwan on 25 Haziran 1908 corresponding to 26 Sivan
5668 and the dues became his and the aforementioned sum was received
by Gad'ah and the bond is in his hand and the dues became his
And we have written this bond for him on 25 Haziran 1908 corresponding to
26 Sivan 5668 and the dues became his and the sum was received
aforementioned and the bond is in his hand
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Chapter 4
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Do not seek honor and do not long for the table of kings,
for your table is greater than their table, and your crown is greater than their crown.
And he said: Anyone who performs one commandment acquires one advocate,
and anyone who commits one transgression acquires one accuser. Repentance and good
deeds are as a shield before punishment. Rabbi Yochanan HaSandlar says: Every assembly
that is for the sake of Heaven, its end is to endure; and that which is not for the sake of Heaven, its end
is not to endure. Rabbi Eleazar ben Shammua says: Let the honor of your student be as dear
to you as your own, and the honor of your colleague as the awe of your teacher, and the awe of your teacher as the awe
of Heaven. Rabbi Yehuda says: Be careful in study, for an error in study
is considered intentional sin. Rabbi Shimon says: There are three crowns: the crown of Torah,
the crown of priesthood, and the crown of royalty; but the crown of a good name rises above them.
Rabbi Nehorai says: Be an exile to a place of Torah, and do not say that it
will follow after you, for your colleagues will make it persist in your hand; and do not lean on your own understanding.
Rabbi Yannai says: It is not in our hands [to explain] the tranquility of the wicked nor
the suffering of the righteous. Rabbi Matya ben Charash says: Be the first to greet
every person; and be a tail to lions, and do not be a head to foxes.
Rabbi Yaakov says: This world is like a corridor before the World
to Come; prepare yourself in the corridor so that you may enter the banquet hall.
He used to say: One hour of repentance and good deeds in this world
is better than all the life of the World to Come; and one hour of spiritual bliss
in the World to Come is better than all the life of this world. Rabbi Shimon ben Eleazar says:
Do not appease your fellow in the hour of his anger, and do not comfort him in the hour when his dead
lies before him, and do not question him in the hour of his vow, and do not strive to see him
in the hour of his disgrace. Shmuel HaKatan says: When your enemy falls, do not rejoice,
and when he stumbles, let your heart not be glad, lest the Lord see and it be evil in His eyes, and He turn away
His anger from him. Elisha ben Abuyah says: One who learns as a child, to what is he compared? To ink
written on new paper. And one who learns as an old man, to what is he compared? To ink written
on erased paper. Rabbi Yose bar Yehuda of Kefar HaBavli says:
One who learns from the young, to what is he compared? To one who eats sour grapes and drinks
wine from its vat. And one who learns from the old, to what is he compared? To one who eats ripe grapes
and drinks old wine. Rabbi says: Do not look at the jug, but rather
at what is in it; there is a new jug full of old [wine], and an old one that does not even have
new [wine] in it. Rabbi Eleazar HaKappar says: Envy, lust, and [seeking] honor
remove a person from the world.
With the help of God ⟦...⟧
The matter of Saul and Jonathan, for they were killed in war, how David
was grieved over them and made an eulogy and a lamentation and arranged
it in the Book of Samuel in order to teach it to the children of Judah.
And behold, in this he was diligent, for Saul had been pursuing
him to kill him, and despite all this he did not bear a grudge against him
at all, but on the contrary, he was grieved for him and for Jonathan
his beloved, whom he loved as his own soul; and this is what
King David, peace be upon him, said: I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant
have you been to me; your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Another verse in the lamentation there says: Tell it not in Gath,
publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; lest the daughters of
the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. And it must be understood
what he meant by saying 'Tell it not in Gath'; for is such a thing possible
that the king and his sons were killed in war and it would not be known
among the Philistines? For did they not kill them and take
their heads and send them throughout all their borders to carry the news
to the house of their idols and to the people?
Also there in the eulogy: Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant
in their lives, and in their death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger
than lions. And it must be understood what this praise is that he praises them with,
that in their lives and in their death they were not divided; for is this a praise,
that they were both killed in one war? - And furthermore, 'swifter than eagles
and stronger than lions'—when were they stronger and when
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And likewise from the unit, they had a way over lightning
all of them, and they had a way from Syria to Baghdad
likewise it is possible after that. As for the existence of stars with
tails, for what is seen of that which is unusual, then
that indicates in general a great war that will be,
just as it was in the year one thousand one hundred and sixty-five
of Alexander, in which there was a great plague;
and in the year one thousand one hundred and forty-nine of Alexander,
<del>⟦...⟧</del> the sun was eclipsed in a total eclipse at the time
of noon. And in the year one thousand one hundred and forty-five
of Alexander, a fire appeared in the atmosphere and from the east,
and it had a sound like the sound of thunder, and small black stones
fell from it.
And that may occur in lunar eclipses,
two eclipses in one month, and in one year
there may be three eclipses. And of that is what happens like
what was in the year three hundred and twenty-four
of the Hijra, when there were two lunar eclipses in one month
in that one year, one at the beginning of the year and the other
at the end of the year. And there may be two eclipses in one
month, a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse ⟦...⟧
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To Mr. Isaac Benveniste, may his Rock and Redeemer preserve him
To Mr. Isaac Benveniste ⟦may God protect him⟧
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A thousand dollars on the account of T. Murad Lewis, total
Three dorors and four kanair and one hamsa
And sixty-one al-drar ⟦sh⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ half a franc
Among them are three seeds and 3 and 1 and 1 and 1
And 3 and 1 and 1 and 1 kanair, total
A thousand dollars on the account of P. Murad and Daoud
Ten dorors among them 8 and 1 and 1 total
Kanair P. Daoud and Faraj and Nasour kanair P.
And Faraj and Nasour and one Daoud and four hamsa
Kanair kanair total al ⟦y⟧ ⟦y⟧ hundred P. and 3
And Daoud P. three eight dorors P. T. and a half
Kanair and a half D. hundred three and 1
And 1 three Daoud in Daoud and 1 and 1 kanair
Among them three and 1 and 1 kanair
Returned from L. Daoud among them T. from a hundred dorors
And 1 three Daoud and 1 L. 8 dorors total P.
D. total P. three Daoud total P. and 3 and 1 and 1
L. 6 8 total returned P. and 3 kanair among them
Among them 1 and 1 and 1 and 1 kanair and a half and 1
Daoud on Ward a hundred dorors P. and 1 and 3
And 1 and a half kanair three hundred five.
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Our Teacher, for with You is the source of life, in Your light we see light. And it was when the Ark
journeyed, Moses said: Arise, O Lord, and let Your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate You
flee from before You. For out of Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Blessed is He who gave the Torah to His people Israel in His holiness.
Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One. One is our God, great is our Lord,
Holy and awesome is His Name. Magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His Name together.
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty, for all
in heaven and on earth is Yours. Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom and the sovereignty over every leader.
Exalt the Lord our God and prostrate yourselves at His footstool, Holy is He.
Exalt the Lord our God and prostrate yourselves at His holy mountain, for Holy is the Lord
our God. Father of Mercies, He will have mercy on the burdened and remember the covenant
of the patriarchs, and save our souls from the evil hours, and rebuke the evil
inclination from the borne ones, and grant us eternal survival, and fulfill
our requests in good measure, salvation and mercy.
And it was when the Ark journeyed, Moses said: Arise, O Lord, and let Your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate You
flee from before You. For out of Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Blessed is He who gave the Torah to His people Israel in His holiness.
Above all, may His great Name be magnified and sanctified in the world which He created according to His will,
and may He establish His kingdom, and cause His salvation to sprout, and bring near His Messiah.
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And the son merits the father ⟦...⟧
And David this traveled on Sunday the 11th of the month of Tishrei in the morning towards evening
And in the morning at noon and in the evening but and slept on day
A' Ben Hamu on Simchat Torah ⟦king⟧ king of the parsa -
On Simchat Torah on Friday and this is half a year
On the day on the eve of Shabbat at 11 and one o'clock
On the day and at 11 here before the Lord to the Al-Har synagogue
Of on Shabbat Zion and the sun on the Sabbath day
11 on Thursday on Sunday the 1st of the month of Nisan in the morning
And on Thursday 11, the 23rd of the month of Av on day five
On the day on the Sabbath the 2nd of the month of Av 11
From on Shabbat at 3 o'clock midnight not awake and what
On the day on Shabbat the 1st of the month of Elul on the 22nd day of
On Sunday 3 on the day on Shabbat midnight at the hour
On the day on Sunday on Shabbat on the 26th day and on the day
On Sunday on Thursday on Shabbat on day ⟦illegible⟧
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b h o p n m m
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And He said, O David, come to Me so that I may give you the proof
of the world. He asked his Lord and said to Him, O Lord of the
worlds, what is my remedy and the remedy of all of Adam's children? Behold,
a morsel of food he eats and every sleep he sleeps, and whoever
wants to rest at this time must have patience and be
humble. David said, what was I to do while I was <del>ruling</del>
great? And every sleep he sleeps and every morsel.
And David said, O Lord, what is my remedy and the remedy of Adam?
The Almighty God said to the world and to the angels, I have
forbidden the secret to you. The Lord commanded David: Come to Me
so that I may give you proof; and there is no proof in the world except patience
in the face of affliction. O David, have hope and rise, come with Me
so that I may show you your abode and the abode of Adam; and your abode is higher
than the abode of Adam. O David, you were a liar and then became truthful, and I am
your Lord. At the time of Adam's death, he said to Him, O Lord, let go.
And David said to Him, what is my remedy and the remedy of Adam? He said
to him, Lord of the Worlds, why are you ashamed before people
who are worms that eat and worms to be eaten, worms?
And it was mentioned to Al-Baraun, then he was told of the high thanks and peace,
Those whose age remains as if in fire, as He (Exalted) said, and He
To whom they shall not die there forever, as Ephraim said, he is
Blessed be from Him Y-Y (the Lord), and David, peace be upon him, has already said
Like fire He pursues God and His appearance etc., You make a restrainer of wickedness
And from the wicked You shall cleanse with fire like dust, except for the men of Sodom,
They were evil and sinners against the Lord exceedingly, and He sanctified his lands Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim.
Like fire He pursues God and His appearance etc., You make a restrainer of wickedness
Like fire He pursues God and His appearance etc., You make a restrainer of wickedness
Like fire He pursues God and His appearance etc., You make a restrainer of wickedness
Like fire He pursues God and His appearance etc., You make a restrainer of wickedness
And he said: The cycle of the wicked shall be silent in darkness, for not by strength shall a man prevail.
And the feet of His pious ones He shall guard, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness,
For not by strength shall a man prevail; the Lord, His adversaries shall be broken; against them in heaven He shall thunder.
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A whole generation ended, afterwards a second generation remained
In the world page 26 and the book of the Torah cost a dinar
The way of manners and the way of the Torah a dinar and the way of knowledge
And mercy page 22 from the way of knowledge the generation is great
Upon this wisdom as it is among the great rulers
From them, by his hand he acts and when he acts he regrets
Then ⟦...⟧ from him people return as an act of regret
The palm of ignorance upon all of them how this would be like wine
The land or a neighbor will have a consultation between them
Likewise the people and as it is likewise it went likewise the generation
Likewise you act within the generation and within your home and what you do
You act likewise the generation should be built the master of the generation should be
His hand should be within the house as such a house is desired
His words should be accepted and one word ⟦...⟧
The orphan and otherwise he will be within the generation a ruin for the people
And likewise within the generation it will be as these sanctities
A sanctity within likewise the house like it. Like the fish
One eats the other likewise the generation
There are three children or four, the father should
Be teaching them manners like this and within
Those who are not as they say they are the ones who say
A person acts thus he benefits himself and benefits
Also if you have a son people say
We recorded on page 111, Wednesday, 24 Nisan, year
We sent in a courier shipment via the honorable Eliyahu Brazani a sum of
twenty-five Ottoman Lira and a quarter and one. Quarter
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Sold to the honorable Salem Cohen via the student Yosef Cohen via David Zilkha
four and a half Keffiyehs belonging to Elazar Cohen ⟦...⟧
to the honorable Shimon, and from the aforementioned honorable Salem we collected from him camel
rent, four hundred and forty ⟦...⟧ sum to him of Denars ⟦...⟧
Total profit on page 113 at the end how page was paid ⟦...⟧
Sent to Yosef Vardana
Sum of one silver ⟦...⟧ via the aforementioned honorable Salem via
the hand of ⟦...⟧
And we also sent there to the aforementioned Salem via him. And ⟦a remainder of⟧ profit
⟦...⟧ there 190. And a silver quarter via him to Mordechai
Benjamin and a silver quarter with them ⟦...⟧
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And after some days had passed from the aforementioned time, several
writers came from the land of Kajar to the city of Baghdad, may God protect it, and told
that King Murad said he wanted to wage war on Baghdad
with a very large sum, but the Shah did not pay attention, the king did not
reveal his secret and spoke words of reconciliation with the people of Baghdad
and every man and every woman, each one went their own way and they were not concerned
about this matter at all, and money was also lacking and they did not pay attention
to this matter at all, and it came to pass as the days lengthened and the king's word
and the Shah's words did not fall to the ground, and suddenly the rumor came
to the minister Ahmad Pasha and they told him that the king came with
a heavy camp and they did not know how many the number was, and he
went out as the king's hand toward him and fought with him
and he went out toward the king and fought a war with him
that was not strong, and also the king was not pleased with this war
except that they made peace between them with cunning, and the king returned to his place
and the minister Ahmad Pasha returned to the city of Baghdad with joy
and the whole city cheered and was happy because they were saved from the hand of the king
Ab in the mountain
And the city of Baghdad was already <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> from this war
and the duration of the siege was about a year and a half and there was a great
famine for our sins and a great many of the people of Israel died of hunger and of the rest
of the nations as well, and after that the king
Murad returned with a large army to Baghdad
and the minister Ahmad Pasha fled to the desert
If it was ⟦illegible⟧ it would be ⟦illegible⟧
And if it were so, it would be by way of the money
At that time, it entered into that money
Which he had at that time and which was
And in this year, it entered into that money which was
With him at that time and that money which he had
At that time and that money which he had
And that money which he had at that time
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And if it were the money which he had at that
Time, it entered into that money which was
With him at that time and that money which was
With him at that time and that money which was
With him at that time and that money which was
With him at that time and that money which was
With him at that time and that money which was
With him at that time and that money which was
With him at that time and that money which was
(that money) and that (money) (and that money)
With him at that time and that money which was
With him at that time and that money which was
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And it was to me from what was in their inkwells at that time in that
which was in them except in their inkwells in the year 50
51
And that which is in the property, its protection was reported in the color of a rose and it
was with them from their gold and to their gold
the blood of their gold and the rest of the gold of the property and its protection was reported
in his mouth
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And that which is in the property and it was reported ⟦illegible⟧
completely from their protection at that time
And it was reported to them to their protection in that which was with them
And what was with them except in the property ⟦illegible⟧
And in that the property and it was reported ⟦illegible⟧
And that which was with them, their protection in that which would not be
except by the gold of their gold 24
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And that which was with them in the property and it was reported
it was reported, its protection from that time
And that which was only the property in 12 dirhams
in their inkwells and it was with them in the property
that which was in the year 74 and it was with them
that which was in the year 75 in their inkwells in the property
from that time and it was with them reported and already
On Wednesday, 17th of Marheshvan, the year 5689
We traveled from the city of Baghdad to go to the Land of Israel
And on that day we reached the city of Fallujah and stayed there
At night in the inn, and on Thursday morning we traveled
From there and went to the city of Ramadi and arrived there
At four and a half o'clock and we found there the Sage
Menashe, and we stayed there until the Sabbath day, and on Sunday
After noon we departed from there
After noon we departed from there with the automobiles and traveled
And went all night and on the morning of
Monday we arrived at a place named Rutba and we drank there
Tea, and we traveled from there and went until seven o'clock
At night, and one of the automobiles broke down
And we sat there in the desert and there was great cold and wind
Strong, and also rain fell upon us and we sat there until
The morning, and on Tuesday they repaired the automobile
And we traveled from there and went until the city of Damascus and arrived
There at four o'clock at night and we went to a
Hotel named Hotel Al-Arabi and we stayed there
Until Friday, and on Friday morning we departed
From Damascus and boarded a train and went until
The bridge and found automobiles there and traveled
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And Judah approached him, in it Joseph appeased his anger
before he spoke his words to his brother Joseph and said
Oh my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my
lord's ears and let not your anger flare against your servant for you are like Pharaoh
My lord asked his servants saying, Have you a father or
a brother? And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a
young child of his old age, and his brother is dead, and he alone is left
to his mother, and his father loved him. And you said to your servants
Bring him down to me that I may set my eyes upon him. And we said
to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father
for if he leaves his father, he will die. And you said to your servants
If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you shall not see
my face again. And it was when we went up to your servant my father
and told him the words of my lord. And our father said
Go back, buy us a little food. And we said, We
cannot go down; if our youngest brother is with us
then we will go down, for we cannot see the face of the man
if our youngest brother is not with us. And your servant
my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me
two. And the one went out from me and I said, Surely
he is torn in pieces, and I have not seen him since. And if you take
this one also from me and disaster befalls him
you will bring down my gray hair in evil to the grave.
And now, when I come to your servant my father and the lad
is not with us, since his soul is bound up with his soul
it will happen, when he sees that the lad is not there, that he will die, and your
servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow
to the grave. For your servant became a surety for the lad to
my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you, then I shall bear the blame
to my father forever. Now therefore, please let your servant stay
instead of the lad as a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up
with his brothers. For how shall I go up to my father if the lad
is not with me, lest I see the evil that will come upon
my father
After them from the generation of women we see a symbol for them
Because they laugh at this fleeting world just as
As a light for whoever from his world to the other wants to light
His path, and likewise from the vision of those who leave the world
Running after something fleeting, there should be no toil
For the service of the Exalted, bitter from a thousand deaths he wants to die
And despite that
And David, peace be upon him, said: I love that the Lord hears my voice
Because He inclined His ear to me, and in my days I will call
And although we see that Hezekiah king of Judah wept
He wept and said: Oh Lord, remember now how I have walked
Before You
And do not judge Your servants in judgment, for no living thing is righteous before You
Until in your seeing that no living thing is righteous before You
And also King David, peace be upon him, wrote: For no
Living thing is righteous before You
This means that your palm should be clear of
All filth and all impurity until he seeks forgiveness
And if not from here, oh without world, words do not benefit
To the common people like our speech, there should be words
In your heart and a pure intention in obedience
To God the Exalted, for it is written: The Merciful One desires the heart
If your heart is with God the Exalted, there will be acceptance
Of deeds and righteous actions, there will be acceptance
<del>Likewise David the King</del> and joy in this world
And the hereafter, good and desired, Amen, forever and ever
And he said: and read this book
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O
Year one hundred two hundred, solar eclipse in Baghdad year 5542 (1782)
There was a severe eclipse, the people were terrified, but it was
in the middle of the day, and the sun set in the west before sunset
And a scream rose from the faces of those praying out of great fear
And the people were afraid and very terrified lest there be
any strange thing from it, O Lord have mercy on Your servants O Lord of the Worlds
Likewise that year there was a price hike and famine in the land of Amadiya
Likewise Baghdad became expensive and wheat and barley became scarce
The merchants did not want to sell because of the great run and stagnation
Year 5543 they went out from Baghdad to Mosul ⟦...⟧
They walked the Kirkuk road on Friday, year 5543
13th day of Iyar
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Year 5543 in Iyar and Second Adar 24th, news arrived from the lands
of the Persians that our king was enthroned ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ the Sultan conquered ⟦...⟧ and ⟦...⟧ joy prevailed
over all the believers, fearing the enemy and the thieves
God make our end good and let us hear good, the sun in
the month of Tammuz year 5543 day 5, it was fully eclipsed and stars appeared
And it became dark for us and the world became black like the night
And the people were very afraid and pleaded to God Almighty
To change our bad state to a good state, Amen O Lord of the Worlds
From that time until now there has not been an eclipse like
the eclipse which we saw in Baghdad, year 5543, day 5
God have mercy on His nation Israel
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Barabi said, intent of our rabbis as in Kabmakad, cut our management as much as he is
As in Kabmakad, a thousand dinars were cut, nine hundred and fifty were added
Our rabbis added in Kabmakad or he is the first and last script of Rakmakmah
510 dinars loss added to the words of Kabmakad
Makad <del>words</del> <del>words of Kabmakad</del> Kabmakad is the son of Kirkuk
Kirkuk loss here and behind the words of Kabmakad for the countries is he
And he pays them 580 dinars <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> total of the
destruction of Kabmakad 61/80 of the beauty
⟦line⟧
Al-Hajj Kabmakad guaranteed we see from the head of Al-Hajj's side
The place was added, and from Kabmakad the boundaries shall not be exceeded
Likewise, from the hour 510, there shall be no idle talk between you
From the hour 510, there shall be no words, other words came from the neighbors
<del>words</del> <del>words of Kabmakad</del> <del>there shall not be</del> 5000 dinars, but
We mention the words of the rabbi again and he said dinars and he said
Kabmakad good words likewise and he pays them the total
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Al-Hajj Kabmakad guaranteed we see from Kabmakad words, Kabmakad words
And he followed it with many words and likewise all the people
After that, words 580 28 dinars 580 there shall not be
Between him there shall not be words that came from Kabmakad, being Kabmakad
Words of the son of Dallah upon him are words, being Kabmakad
Words of Kabmakad, words of Kabmakad, words of Kabmakad, words of Kabmakad
⟦line⟧
Mashallah Abdullah Kadouri Salman Yosef ⟦...⟧
and Kamal Saleh and Naeem Daniel and Yosef Abdullah
and Farhan David and Saleh Yosef David and Mashallah and Reuven
Yosef and Reuven Salman and Yosef ⟦...⟧
Shaul Isaac and Yosef David and Naeem David and Reuven Daniel
and Salman David and Naeem David and Reuven Daniel
and Salman David and Naeem David and Reuven Daniel
Mani Salman Yosef
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And everyone who was a writer of a paper from the mention of their names
was correct ⟦line⟧
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Interpretation
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Mansur bi-Allah said: I have never seen that light in a house <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
Rather, it is the custom of the people of the land, when rain comes, they go up
onto the rooftops and light fires, and because of that our house was named
the House of Light. And those who go up to light the fire are the female servants
and the slaves, for they go up to kindle the fire on the rooftops.
And he had ten dogs from among the large dogs and beasts,
and they would ride upon the back of each other, one of the
dogs holding the tail of another dog, and so on until they completed
ten. And they would not harm anyone among the people. And he had
None would eat except from the hand of its master, Al-Mansur.
And he would go out to sightsee for the love of God Almighty in the wilderness,
And every day one of those dogs would eat, one of the
dogs, and they would ride upon the backs of one another until
one dog would walk just as people walk with them.
None of those dogs would eat except from the
hand of its master, Al-Mansur. And he would go out to sightsee in
the wilderness with those dogs, and with him a group of
the emirs until they entered from the place where I was, and
a man who knew him mentioned to them and said to them: This light
which you saw, this is the light that comes out of the mouths of those
ten dogs. He who knows him says to him: These
dogs, fire comes out of their mouths at night. So when
Al-Mansur heard these words, he marveled at that light.
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And chapter
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Elijah said
Elijah the Prophet of good memory said in the name of ⟦...⟧
And between the thirteenth of Shevat in the second year ⟦...⟧
And on this day the fifteenth but there did not remain ⟦...⟧
In the name of God, Merciful and Gracious ⟦...⟧
And afterwards ⟦...⟧
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And it shall be confirmed in our hands that that to you in the mentioned house
likewise he shall have from behind that a right behind that
from the mentioned house a dinar for him that second
that reached us from the mentioned Joseph for him that
which he had against us Joseph and from us for him that
witness against us in that which shall be in our hands that
against us that to the mentioned mentioned that which
that for him from the mentioned house that shall be
⟦illegible⟧ valid
and that for him from behind that shall be for him that
⟦...⟧ that for him from that shall be for him that
until that shall be in our hands on the second day that to
etc. etc. from all of that shall be for him that
and that mentioned house that shall be for him that
as we mentioned that from that shall be for him that
and that that which shall be for him that shall be for him
the mentioned house the mentioned mentioned that shall be for him
that shall be that which shall be for him that shall be for him
from that for him and that shall be for him that shall be for him
in that that shall be that shall be for him that
shall be for him that to the mentioned house that
the mentioned that the mentioned that shall be for him that
that shall be for him from that shall be for him that shall be for him
and that mentioned for him from that shall be for him
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And according to what the famous Rabbi, the honorable David Abba,
of blessed memory, wrote in his book Bnei David which was printed in the year 'And all' etc. See
his introduction carefully, that he composed them while he was in illness
and in days of evil, may the Merciful One save us, of the year 5530 regarding the plague that was
in the city of Basra, may God protect it, and in other places, and he was also heavy of mouth and heavy of tongue
etc.
He further wrote there in this language, and these are his words: according to what his father,
of blessed memory, accepted upon himself regarding the matter of the mentioned Day of Remembrance, he was not obligated to read
the Megillah on it that was composed about that miracle, but only Hallel
and thanksgiving to Hashem, blessed be He, and he elaborated on this detail, end of quote.
And behold, the Rabbi, the Baal Shem Tov, in the portion of Ve'atah Tetzaveh
regarding the matter of the wiping out of Amalek, wrote that a person is obligated to read
the entire Megillah properly in writing and in proper language
on the mentioned Day of Remembrance, not a thing was omitted etc. See there at length.
And from this it appears that the mentioned Rabbis do not disagree except regarding the obligation of reading alone,
but regarding the matter of feasting and joy and sending portions and gifts to the poor, they are all equal for good.
And all of this is as the custom is widespread in all the dispersions of
Israel in all the places where a miracle and salvation happened to them,
that they make that day a day of feasting and joy and a holiday,
and sending portions one to another and gifts to the poor,
and they read the Megillah with a blessing with the Name and Sovereignty
over a miracle that was done for them in those days at this time.
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