AI English Translation, Pages 151-175
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It is not hidden from you, my lord, that my service to him lasted a long time for me,
five years in the house of Abu al-Baraka, and I suffered extreme exhaustion from it,
great exhaustion that neither male nor female can describe.
However, his words in the paper reminded me of a conversation I had with him.
That was one day when I was sitting at the door of my house, one
of the winter days, on a cloudy and rainy day, and suddenly an onion seller was calling out,
"A heap of garlic, onions! Who wants onions?" And I had a need for onions.
So I got up to him and said to him, "O you..." <del>⟦...⟧</del>
He said, "Yes, my lord, command me." So I said to him, "For how much do you sell this bundle
of onions?" He said to me, "O my lord, it is not too precious for you; take it without
payment." So I said to him, "This is not permissible."
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And it is not hidden from you, my lord, that onions at that time were expensive,
and people ate onions because of their hunger. May God help people with what He has tested them with,
from the oppression of the rulers, the high prices, and the scarcity of dirhams and dinars.
May God grant relief to us and to all Israel, Amen.
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So I hope, my lord, take
this from mentioning it, for we are ashamed to mention this word.
So he gave him permission to depart, and he took down the bundle from his head and began
to weep and say, "O my lord, I only came to you, and I only came
expelled, plundered, and hungry. And that, my dear lord, I hope you will hear
the news of that man whom you mentioned in the paper, the wanderings of that town,
that man who was called Abu al-Baraka, he is the root of the destruction of my house and the scattering
of my unity and the separation of my group and family and the ruin of my dwellings and the plundering of my wealth,
and I descended to the lowest of the low. If your eye could see what
happened to me from that ill-omened person, you would not blame me."
Beginning of the first day of the holiday, it is written to the volume of the companion of the king, elevating him
to the volume of another, he elevates his lands and may God Almighty grant victory to him and his troops -
And he sends it on the night of such and such from so-and-so to and looks at the words of the
volume and says to him: O king of the world and its dwelling, may God grant you victory and whoever sees him
he wants to go out and does not know the words of the laws of God Almighty
and he speaks it well, words that <del>good</del> descend gracefully. He knows how to answer a response
words of the laws and knows how to speak with him, then if he wants to go out
from the city, he goes out at night, and whoever is cutting, he cuts, he should be
walking in gold, he should be asking him to descend gracefully
The words <del>which he says</del> <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> the laws in his head, the words of the
And every word such of gold <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> who wants to go out from the lands
He wants it to be from the holiday, he should go out if he knows from the lands
And the thing was its gold like this if he knew the words of the words
He should go out to the city as he says the words of the words should be
the words of the. As he says words from him truth
And like this the words of the in the words of the and whoever knows he should want to be the words
He should go out on the day of July 11 and he does not know how to say it from his hand
from a sick grace, he knows it, he says it as the words of the. As he says the
The words of his lands he says them. He knows to go out from the city and says
He says go out to his lands, he knows it, he goes out, he says it from the lands
He goes out but does not know how to go out, and thus such words he knows it, he goes out
and he says in it an excuse he knows to say it from him
the he knows the from him
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With G-d's Help
55
55
The child Shaul Komar
Ahmed Rahmat Allah Abu Saleh Ibn Daoud Zadeh, kindness in this world and the next -
On April 11, 55, we took from him a paper with the name Shaul Shimon ⟦...⟧
Meaning a commercial transaction between us and the aforementioned ⟦...⟧
Until now, a group of ⟦...⟧ received from him
From Daoud Khidhouri Zadeh ⟦...⟧
If from Khidhouri Aziz for him ⟦...⟧
Effendi the aforementioned becomes his, and the truth is told that ⟦...⟧
Effendi the aforementioned hour ⟦...⟧
Dinars and he has the transfer of 1500 and my health, the decision reached us in total ⟦...⟧
Four dinars and all that happens has come into our hands from the aforementioned, 4 dinars
A thousand papers from the house of 4185 and we estimated the aforementioned at a quarter dinar for rent
And Shaul received from the aforementioned one dinar ⟦...⟧
And likewise 100 ⟦...⟧ Khidhouri sold the aforementioned house on May 9
The aforementioned dinar from the aforementioned and if Khidhouri Khidhouri became
Indebted for the 1100 from Shaul Khidhouri ⟦...⟧
From the house of Ortaq Effendi the aforementioned 50 one hundred fifty dinars ⟦...⟧
With us, his turn goes that ⟦...⟧
In Khidhouri Komar seven dinars ⟦...⟧
Dinars 200 proof April 16 ⟦...⟧
Shaul says from March 10 ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
And when she served her, it was on the condition that she would be a pure servant in her service for a period
And she requested a circuit from Bourjal and it used to confront her four or
five, and she served at her place for money and she reached the house of Abu Lutfah
empty thus for three years and what is at the hand of Jubail belongs to someone else
so without anything from them, he claims without another for a matter
her service this, and by God
But after the evil of Hassan, writing of understanding on the back of the paper or council
And he says to her I have sworn a mandatory oath for paying money
And it is not possible to change from it and I request from him a guarantee, then he went
to a number and Egypt his group served her on the condition that she would be a servant
for the sake of the house five or six months, the time of touch three or
four months with a prompt answer by Friday and if it were
for every day 9 then the answer 9 returns until it reaches the hand of the teacher Rahamim
Shimon may his Rock protect and sustain him, likewise if you were to write an answer to Aziz Effendi
Peace and kissing of the hand to everyone, especially the dear Meir Yosef may his Rock protect and sustain him, and Rivka
by the hands of ⟦...⟧ and all the people of the house Yosef and his brother and Rachel mother of the house
from the hand of Rivka her daughter and all the people of the house kiss your hands
the dear Naim David and his brother Yosef and the mother of Zion ask about
his brother and Rivka and Naeema and her brother and all the people of the house as also kisses
Aaron and his wife the hand of the house and everyone who
asks about us, we are praying for your goodness and peace and this is sufficient
And God is sufficient as a witness, and it was written on Sunday 14th of Adar, the year
5689 according to the minor era, and I am the one praying for you and for everyone for goodness and peace
The humble servant Eliyahu Shimon may his Rock protect and sustain him
P.S. Send me an answer quickly and do not delay the answer
and likewise how you are happy together, as I was with you
Peace be upon him
What is not written regarding the world, an eye outside according to the former and between the wicked
And is not and if you answered what is it there is a midrash of honor and man and transgression the eye and if honor
And there is no and if between man when he is and visits and man to as-man honor as them. And if
Also to priests. And if from passing <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> matter to them awesome and between and even when he is
But since and if to as-world honor and said worthy eye to as-them and honor
Upon the wicked and if there will not come fear of God for but to honor from passing and even
And between God that he has no strength in the matter of honor that he has no eye of the wicked
The good of the wicked and between and even world honor to to Messiah to
And man awesome to when a man and between as-him to worthy and even to strong
Also strong honor to p. 14 and even and between to wicked good and between to
And man what midrash of honor and man when a man also man as-them to strength
And even though wicked to p. <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> honor and even wicked and even when a man
Ten and good and man midrash <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> to wicked good and man when a man
And there is no that there is no good midrash to when a man good and man and honor
To strength to strong
And so what he is. And even ten when a man when a man strong also wicked and even
Midrash and man to hand honor to strong to ten
Ten to awesome and man what to strong to ten
And man to awesome to awesome and between to wicked good and man when a man to
To when a man p. honor to him and between to wicked good honor as-them to
Since as-them purpose when a man honor and even and between and between wicked good and even
Midrash honor to when a man honor and even when a man to and man
And good to and even and between honor to when a man and man good and man
And even eye eye honor to and even when a man to strong and between to strong
When a man and even and between honor and man when a man to strong good and man
And if honor to when a man honor and even when a man to and man good
And even when a man to when a man to and man honor to
Thus he spoke in the ears of the whole congregation, and from his words everyone heard things that were not good
And you this day have known that this matter is not truth, but rather a lie
Things which were never so, and never entered into the heart of any man
Great falsehood he placed in his mouth, and on his lips are words of vanity and seduction
From vanity this matter emerged, and from words of wickedness and mockery together
Hearken now to me, for the deed which was done was not like this matter
But rather falsehood and deceit and an evil spirit and nothing more, and everything is neither valid nor
enduring, and these things never occurred, and not even one letter is true
Things not heard and that never entered the heart of man from forever until now
Neither has the likes of this been heard, nor was this matter at all or in substance
And the day on which this matter became known ⟦...⟧
<del>⟦illegible line struck through⟧</del>
<del>⟦illegible line struck through⟧</del>
<del>⟦illegible line struck through⟧</del>
Isaac said regarding this matter, that this thing is not good
which you have done this day to spread an evil report against this holy congregation. And how
could such a thing enter your hearts? Far be it from you to do this evil thing
which should not be done in Israel, and such shall not be among us, not now
nor in all the days of our lives forever, and all are words of vanity and emptiness
Hearken to me and do not believe words of falsehood and deceit in which there is no substance
but rather unformed and void, and a work of delusions they are, in which they will stray
all who walk crooked paths and all speakers of deceit and all talebearers
shall stumble in them, and every upright of way shall walk his path in safety and not stumble in them
For the ways of the Lord are straight, the righteous shall walk in them and the transgressors shall stumble in them
And peace be upon Israel and upon all who join them
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And this is the answer that I replied to the complete and inclusive sage, Honorable Rabbi Moshe Hezekiah,
may his Rock and Redeemer protect him, because in the time of our master the Vizier of Basra, they sent from Constantinople a
Rabbi named Rabbi Joseph Hamad, and in this city of the Vizier of Basra there was
a governor whose honorable name was Alm' Daoud Pasha, and he hated the Rabbi
because he did not give him the honor of a minister and also did not want to swear falsely
on false matters which wicked men had libeled against him; therefore he hated
the aforementioned Rabbi in order to expel him from the city, and from his great hatred of the
aforementioned Rabbi ⟦illegible⟧ in order to expel him and also ⟦illegible⟧
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And this is the incident that occurred: the aforementioned Vizier of Basra had a certain scribe
named Abdullah,
and he hated the Jews with an absolute hatred. And there was a certain Jew there
named Rabbi Ezekiel Gabbai, and he was a very wealthy man and he had great business
dealings with the aforementioned Vizier and also with the aforementioned scribe, and he had great honor
with the Vizier and also with the aforementioned scribe. And it came to pass one day that the aforementioned Vizier
needed a lot of money and sent for the aforementioned Jew and said to him: 'Lend me
one thousand silver talents.' And the aforementioned Jew did not have money at that time
and went to his house with a crushed spirit, for he knew that the aforementioned scribe would speak ill of him
before the Vizier and show him that the aforementioned Jew has much money and
did not want to give it to him. And the aforementioned Jew went to the house of the aforementioned scribe and fell at his feet
and said to him: 'My lord Scribe, the Vizier told me such and such, and I have no money
now, and I fear lest he speak ill of me before the Vizier. And I am prepared to give you
ten silver talents so that you may appease the mind of the Vizier and tell him that he has no
money now, and that he should wait for him until his goods arrive from the road.'
A proper man, seller on the night of Nowruz <del>Shimshon Halawi</del>
<del>Yaqub Shemesh</del> and his vehicle with him, three stars of ⟦God⟧
Yosef Sabbagh and R' Salman Al-⟦...⟧ and R' Nissim Dalal ⟦...⟧
Yom Kippur Eve of the year 5682 <del>at the synagogue</del> and I stole away from them
Woven with gold and diamonds, and he died in his grief for that
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Friday, 4 Shevat 5684, Yosef Dalal traveled on the Day of Atonement
And before his entry into the house of ⟦...⟧, a rift emerged from his distress
And Bazo Dalal went out on the palm of Elijah when he descended to the river and found him and felt pain
to Egypt and they brought him into a house known for treatment and they stayed a week and after the week
They took him to the house of the ⟦...⟧ and he stayed a second week and came out in safety
And on Sunday, this Shevat 5684, on which we arrived from Baghdad
And Abdallah Gabbai ascended to the palm of Elijah and wrote me a letter from London
This Shevat its news arrived and the suspicion, may the Merciful save us, with a letter
From London to the house of Dalal and on Tuesday, 6 Adar I of the year
aforementioned, David Hai ⟦...⟧ went out traveling to Baghdad and arrived on 22 Adar
On Friday at 9:30, Shimshon left Baghdad and stayed with him
Lulu and Abraham Suleiman and David Sassoon and R' Kadouri S. Isaac and the son of
Meir Isaac arrived here on Tuesday at ten and a quarter
They arrived at the house of Hazkel and R' Saleh Kadouri and I arrived traveled
And I am in the house of Dila Cohen
P.
106 Starting from Friday, 21 Tammuz, year 5688 106
I bought from Abu Nuri camphor with boxes from the hand of
Hakham Eliyahu and he rode ⟦...⟧ the ⟦...⟧ and brought it down to the market instead of it
I paid the freight 68 with Nuri. I bought two cans to bring down the camphor
Weight of the camphor and the boxes for Tfa from the door and from the ride
Hand to the house 909. Nuri went and brought a porter who took his fee
He carried it from the ride to the house and S. Karmasha the carpenter went and took
Ride of the camphor and the boxes exit ⟦...⟧ the camphor in bulk ⟦...⟧
In it three thousand ⟦...⟧ green coffee and the rest
Dry camphor
Kadhuri took the camphor boxes and the straw runs to the camphor
After the brokerage of Rahman to take the camphor and he paid the freight of the camphor and the straw
First payment to Kadhuri I paid 20. I paid to Abu Roubin for the camphor brokerage
⟦...⟧ I paid from the brokerage. I paid to Abu Salim. I paid
One thousand one hundred and five Dinars P. 812 altogether in a thousand and twenty
Kadhuri's son, the camphor and the straw, the container of the camphor took 8 Liyar
⟦...⟧ I paid one thousand nine hundred and five. I paid to Abu
Kadhuri the freight of the camphor and the straw for the camphor we take purchase
To Kadhuri to bring down the camphor from the house ⟦...⟧ the house of the track
P. Weight of the camphor for the price of the camphor to Abu Salim I paid freight 12
L. To Kadhuri and the straw and the brokerage and the freight I paid to Abu Kadhuri
Freight of the camphor with the straw and he paid first and last freight of the camphor
And the straw I paid ⟦...⟧ to Abu Kadhuri
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With the help of Heaven
Three brothers remained
And whenever the brothers are mentioned, it refers to the three brothers as such.
And one of them had bought ⟦stain⟧ a house ⟦stain⟧ defined by these
boundaries. One is eastern, the other western, the other southern, and the other
northern. And one of them had bought a garden defined by these
boundaries. One is eastern, the other western, the other southern, and the other
northern. And one of them had bought a vineyard defined by these boundaries,
one is eastern, the other western, the other southern, and the other northern.
Then one of the three brothers died. So the two remaining ones stood up,
and their brother who died said to them: My brothers, I have nothing
except this daughter, and she shall be a trust with you. They said to him: Yes.
So he died and they buried him. This girl grew up and became a young woman.
This girl stood up and said to them: O my uncles, give me
the account of my father. They said to her: O my daughter, your father left nothing.
She said to them: How can it be that he left nothing when he bought a house, a garden,
and a vineyard? They said to her: O my daughter, this is not possible. So this
girl went to the judge and told him the story. The judge sent
for her uncles and they brought them, and the judge said to them: Why do you not
give this girl her right from her father? They said to him: O my lord,
her father left nothing. The girl said: O my lord, my father left
a house, a garden, and a vineyard. The judge said to them: Swear an oath to her
that her father left nothing and I will clear you. They said: Yes, O my lord,
we will swear. The judge said to them: Go today and come tomorrow
to swear. So they left the judge's presence and they were happy.
A dervish man met them on the road and said to them: Where are you
going, O righteous people? They said to him: We are going to swear
an oath before the judge and consume the property of our brother. This
dervish said to them: O righteous people, why do you swear falsely and consume
the property of the orphan? It is forbidden for you. Give her her right and be saved from
the punishment of Heaven. They said to him: This matter does not concern you, O dervish,
go on your way. He said to them: May God guide you.
So they went to their houses and they were determined
And likewise, he had no status, meaning he was not respected <del>by</del> by people,
until he entered a house where there was a righteous man going to visit the Prophet,
peace be upon him. So he said to him: My master, I want to go with you for the visit. He said
to him: My son, I cannot take you with me because you cannot endure hunger and I
do not eat anything. He said to him: My master, I will endure with you. So he took him with him and they walked
on the road. When it became midday, the boy became hungry and said to him: My master,
I am hungry. He said to him: My son, did I not tell you that you cannot endure hunger?
He said to him: You are right. So he was silent and walked with him until it became evening.
Then the boy became very hungry and said to him: My master, I am very hungry and I cannot
walk, my master, feed me.
⟦...⟧
And likewise, my son, take care not to have little certainty in God,
and let your certainty in God be strong, so your sustenance will come to you from where you do not expect.
And do not be like that man who used to know God in prosperity and did not
know Him in hardship. So God Almighty tested him and found him a liar in
his claim. And that was a man considered righteous by the people, always praying and fasting,
and worshipping God in prosperity and in ease. Then God sent an angel to him
in the form of a poor man, and he knocked on the door. So that man came out to him and said to him: Who are you?
He said to him: I am a poor and needy man, I want something from you for the sake of God.
So he shouted at him and drove him away. The angel returned to his Lord and said to Him: O Lord,
You know what happened. He said to him: O my angel, I know that this
servant only knows Me in prosperity and in ease, but in hardship
he denies Me. So God stripped the blessing from him and he became poor, going around
to the doors eating dry crusts. Then he regretted what he had done and said:
O Lord, repent for me and forgive me my sin. So God had mercy on him and returned to him
his wealth, and he came to know God in ease and in distress.
With the help of Heaven
From me in my name ⟦...⟧ to you, O dear ones ⟦...⟧ the ⟦...⟧ the ⟦...⟧
And always we ask about you and we ask God Exalted to gather our union
with ⟦...⟧ in the near future ⟦...⟧ and it was likewise ⟦...⟧ in ⟦...⟧
that life, the command of God, and always these worldly turns are many, you are in that life
unlucky today ⟦...⟧ from me to you ⟦...⟧ the ⟦...⟧ in ⟦...⟧
YH ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ you know the troubles in the country and in the place
five thousand ⟦...⟧ we ask of God to make for it a relief from God
May God save you from calamities and protect everyone and make the outcome
for good in this country and make the salvation near by the hand of God
We desire from you that you write to us always about the good regarding ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ and I hope you give the answer to ⟦...⟧ may God protect you
And that ⟦...⟧ good, you know that the debts upon us are many
not ⟦...⟧ in this year and in the past year, if God is not
with us ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ it will be ⟦...⟧ upon us ⟦...⟧
You know that God is the one who saves the servant from debt, there is no
one who helps except the mercy of God, and in this year that we
are in, may God save us from debt and from every evil in this year
approaching us
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The time he ate as well <del>reason</del> for it, a biography and a biography in the name of Elazar as well
as well and he handed over to them so-and-so and now and said to them: O group
this book is <del>assembly</del> and in the book that is in his hand then
and said to them: You are in this town and you do not know that this town
it is in the hand of Sultan so-and-so, and in the town so-and-so and in this town
as well in the town that you are in, in the town so-and-so
and the Sultan said to them in this town, in the town so-and-so
and the Sultan said to them in this town, in the town so-and-so
and the Sultan said to them in this town, in the town so-and-so
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and the Sultan said to them in this town, in the town so-and-so
and the Sultan said to them in this town, in the town so-and-so
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and the Sultan said to them in this town, in the town so-and-so
and the Sultan said to them in this town, in the town so-and-so
and the Sultan said to them in this town, in the town so-and-so
and the Sultan said to them in this town, in the town so-and-so
and the Sultan said to them in this town, in the town so-and-so
and the Sultan said to them in this town, in the town so-and-so
and the Sultan said to them in this town, in the town so-and-so
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And I shall write in the notebook
Regarding the death of Mr. Yosef, son of David Reuven (may his Rock and Redeemer protect him), son of the deceased Saleh (may his Rock and Redeemer protect him)
Murad, Shaul, and Meir, sons of the aforementioned deceased Saleh, the four of them
And from the side of His Eminence the Sage David (may his Rock and Redeemer protect him), who arranged the wording of his writing above
According to the opinion of the aforementioned Sage regarding the distribution of the estate of the aforementioned deceased Saleh, in accordance with
unless we have in our possession documents in the handwriting of the aforementioned deceased Saleh
⟦line⟧
Regarding the matter of the mortgage dinar of the house, it is certain that it was from the property
of the young man David during the life of his father, the deceased Saleh, and that is by the admission of the aforementioned deceased Saleh
therefore he ruled that the aforementioned dinar shall return to the young man David (may his Rock and Redeemer protect him)
And as for the house, which is the property of the aforementioned deceased Saleh, in which dwells
his son, the young man David (may his Rock and Redeemer protect him), and the lower floor is Kohanim, he ruled that it
be shared with his brothers equally according to the law; and from the side of the shops
the aforementioned, and all that is produced from their rent, he ruled that they shall be
shared among them all equally without difference; and it is not hidden
that the source of the shops was a house belonging to the deceased Saleh and it became shops
And from the side of the draft document which is in the handwriting of the aforementioned deceased Saleh, it was seen
that he is giving and granting the house of Mr. Isaac Cohen and the house of Al-Ajami
to the young man David (may his Rock and Redeemer protect him), he ruled that they shall belong to the young man David (may his Rock and Redeemer protect him); and the reason for the matter
is that the handwriting proves it, that he transfers them to the young man David during his lifetime
and that he bought the house of Al-Ajami from the property of the young man David (may his Rock and Redeemer protect him) according to
what his aforementioned handwriting testifies; and from the side of the house which is
next to the house of Al-Ajami, which is the property of the aforementioned deceased Saleh, he ruled that it
shall belong to the young man David (may his Rock and Redeemer protect him), because he built this new building
it was a ruin and became a house, and that was from his property according to what testifies
his aforementioned handwriting; and from the side of the two ruins that are from the side
of the aforementioned house, he ruled that they shall be shared among them all equally
and all that is produced from their rent shall be among them equally
And with that they were satisfied and accepted upon themselves a complete and perfect acquisition from now, not
as an asmakhta and not as a prototype of documents, with the cancellation of all notifications and notifications of notifications
And for proof and merit we have written and signed here in Baghdad (may the Almighty protect it), and everything is valid and established
The humble Yosef Hayyim (may his Rock and Redeemer protect him)
The humble Eliyahu ⟦...⟧ (may his Rock and Redeemer protect him)
The humble Moshe Shimon ⟦...⟧ (may his end be good)
Ramad, O Sarah, the state of affairs is that we arrived safely, thank God.
Your father is in good health and well-being, he wants from your adversary and from your son's adversary
Torah from us for safety; likewise, please write to us at all times about safety.
Your son is in the best possible state, and likewise we are in the greatest <del>⟦...⟧</del> joy.
Al-Zah and the company of the boy, Kilo and Yetah and all his family are in the greatest joy and very happy.
Yetah likewise wants to take for him a daughter <del>beloved</del> Hassanah, the daughter of Joseph David,
who were living in al-Karkh and had a shop in Baghdad, and for a long time
they used to go and come with each other, and likewise he used to work in the house of Meir David.
And the son is good except that he has another state, but I did not respond to your priest, and all good shall be.
⟦line⟧ and the money transfer paper reached us, the amount
twelve pounds, Kamash David. And regarding Hajj Elias and Abu Salam,
they greet you and send you many, many greetings. Brother <del>⟦...⟧</del> Joseph Salman
greets you with peace. And besides that, I inform you that Hajj Joseph,
Abu Daniel, paid me a receipt from the brokerage of 1090, which is a dinar that I should pay
to Kamal <del>⟦...⟧</del> your uncle <del>⟦...⟧</del> five hundred of that <del>⟦...⟧</del> so five
regarding Joseph Salman, he paid me an amount of two pounds. May God greet you,
protect you, prolong your lives, and reunite us soon ⟦...⟧ the good with
safety, by the hand of the writer of the peace, David Joseph David.
To me on day 27 Adar, year 5696.
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With the help of God Almighty
This, with the help of God Almighty, we shall write a very beautiful poem about Passover: Rock of Salvation shall not slumber
This, with the help of God Almighty, we shall write a very beautiful poem about Sukkot
How good and how pleasant is the Tent of Meeting in your midst and His Shekhinah upon your heads <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
Blow the Shofar, a new song, the faithful in the House of the Lord shall stand there -
Whom You have chosen from every people, those praised by the mouths of all, blessed are you to God
Your Creator, and over your joy awaken please and do not be lazy in your joy -
Your children and your children's children shall be wise and understanding and God-fearing
In the merit of Abraham our forefather, for he is the first whom the Holy One, Blessed be He, called
And your eyes are hanging toward the heavens, and do not abandon the Torah of Moses
In the merit of Isaac our forefather who was bound upon the altar and his merit
In the merit of Jacob our forefather who dreamed a dream, a ladder set on the ground and its top
In the heavens, and he saw angels of God ascending and descending on it
In the merit of Moses our teacher, peace be upon him, who received the Torah from Sinai
In the merit of Aaron the Priest who was a lover of peace and a pursuer of peace and He gave
The Holy One, Blessed be He, gave him peace as a gift and his merit shall stand for us -
In the merit of Phinehas son of Eleazar the Priest who was zealous for his God and his merit
His merit shall stand for us and for all Israel, Amen and Amen, Selah and forever (Amen)
(Blessed be He) do not abandon the Torah of Moses and his merit shall stand (for all Israel)
Whom You have chosen from every people, those praised by the mouths of all, blessed are you to God
Your Creator, and over your joy awaken please and do not be lazy in your joy -
Your children and your children's children shall be wise and understanding and God-fearing
In the merit of Abraham our forefather, for he is the first whom the Holy One, Blessed be He, called
And your eyes are hanging toward the heavens, and do not abandon the Torah of Moses
In the merit of Isaac our forefather who was bound upon the altar and his merit
His merit shall stand for us and for all Israel, Amen and Amen, Selah and forever (Amen)
(Blessed be He) a new song, the faithful in the House of the Lord shall stand there
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⟦Chapter⟧ In it is read the Book of Psalms
And the Prophet David, peace be upon him, said in Psalm 68 - Likewise do with them, O Lord of the
worlds, and set over them a harsh angel to drive them away and cast them down, and let
their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them for what they did to me.
And David, peace be upon him, also said in Psalm 109 - Set a wicked man over him, and let an accuser stand
at his right hand etc. When he is judged, let him come forth guilty, and let his prayer be counted as sin. Let his days be few,
and let another take his office. Let his children be orphans and his wife a widow. Let his
children wander and beg, and seek bread from their ruins. Let the creditor seize all that he has, and let strangers plunder his labor.
Let there be none to extend kindness to him, and let there be none to favor his orphans. Let his posterity be cut off,
and in the following generation let their name be blotted out. Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the Lord, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Let them be before the Lord continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth. Because he did not remember to show kindness,
but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the brokenhearted, to put them to death. As he loved cursing, so let it come to him;
as he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him. As he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, so let it come into his body like water,
and like oil into his bones. Let it be to him like the garment which covers him, and for a belt wherewith he is girded continually. Let this be the reward of
my accusers from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul etc. But do You for me, O God the Lord,
for Your name's sake; because Your mercy is good, deliver me. For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
I am gone like a shadow when it declines; I am tossed up and down as the locust. My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh fails of fatness.
I became also a reproach unto them; when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. Help me, O Lord my God; O save me
according to Your mercy. That they may know that this is Your hand; that You, Lord, have done it. Let them curse, but You bless;
when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let Your servant rejoice. Let my accusers be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise Him among the multitude. For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him
from those that condemn his soul. And he also said in Psalm 35 - Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me; fight against
them that fight against me. Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help. Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me;
say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and brought to confusion
that devise my hurt. Let them be as chaff before the wind; and let the angel of the Lord chase them. Let their way be dark
and slippery; and let the angel of the Lord persecute them. For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged
for my soul. Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.
And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord; it shall rejoice in His salvation. All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto You, who delivers
the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoils him? False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
I will thank You, for You have answered me and become my salvation. The stone the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
This was from the Lord; it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it. Please, O Lord, deliver us; please, O Lord, grant us success.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; we bless you from the house of the Lord. The Lord is God, and He has given us light; bind the festival offering
with cords to the horns of the altar. You are my God, and I will thank You; You are my God, and I will exalt You. Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
for His mercy endures forever. May all Your works praise You, O Lord our God; and Your pious ones, the righteous who do Your will,
and all Your people, the House of Israel, with song shall thank, bless, praise, glorify, exalt,
revere, sanctify, and declare the sovereignty of Your name, our King. For it is good to thank You, and it is pleasant to sing to Your name,
for from eternity to eternity You are God. Blessed are You, Lord, King who is lauded with praises.
May all Your works praise You, O Lord our God; and Your pious ones, the righteous who do Your will, and all Your people,
the House of Israel, with song shall thank, bless, praise, glorify, praise, exalt, and revere,
sanctify, and declare the sovereignty of Your name, our King. For it is good to thank You, and it is pleasant to sing to Your name,
for from eternity to eternity You are God. Blessed are You, Lord, King who is lauded with praises.
It is our duty to praise the Master of all, to attribute greatness to the Creator of the beginning, for He has not made us like the nations of the lands,
nor placed us like the families of the earth; He has not made our portion like theirs, nor our lot like all their multitude.
For they bow to vanity and emptiness and pray to a god who cannot save. But we bend the knee,
bow, and give thanks before the King of kings, the Holy One, Blessed be He. For He stretches out
the heavens and establishes the earth, the seat of His glory is in the heavens above and the presence of His power is in the highest heights.
He is our God and there is no other; true is our King and there is nothing besides Him, as it is written in His Torah: "And you shall know
this day and take it to your heart that the Lord is God in the heavens above and on the earth
below; there is no other." Therefore we put our hope in You, O Lord our God, to see quickly the glory of Your strength,
to remove abominations from the earth and the idols shall be utterly cut off, to perfect the world under the kingdom of the Almighty.
And all flesh shall call upon Your name, to turn all the wicked of the earth toward You. They shall recognize and know,
all the inhabitants of the world, that to You every knee must bend and every tongue must swear. Before You, Lord our God,
they shall bend and fall, and to the glory of Your precious name they shall give honor, and they shall all accept the yoke of Your kingdom,
and You shall reign over them quickly forever and ever. For the kingdom is Yours, and for all eternity
You shall reign in glory, as it is written in Your Torah: "The Lord shall reign forever and ever." And it is said: "And the
Lord shall be King over all the earth; on that day the Lord shall be one and His name one."
Israel is saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation; you shall not be ashamed or confounded forever and ever.
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And after the passing of the aforementioned Rabbi to his eternal home, Rabbi Moshe remained -
his son sat on the chair of teaching and disseminated Torah in Israel
and he was a great scholar and proficient in laws and led the congregation with mercy
and he was beloved above and pleasant below and all the people would listen
to him and honor him very much and there was a certain man in his days
who was the head of all the Jews, his name was Aga Moshe <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and he was
very wealthy and he had a place with the Minister and he had the Minister's ear
and he had great power and he was a man of evil deeds
and a person of controversy and haughty of heart and he hated the scholars
and he would persecute them and distress them and would go to the courts of gentiles
and he would inform on them and deliver them into the hands of the gentiles and would cause
them many and evil troubles until the scholars fled from him
and they went to another land because of his awe and fear
and also the aforementioned Rabbi, Rabbi Moshe, he would persecute and distress him
greatly and would humiliate him in public and would taunt and blaspheme
and would say things about him which were not so <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and he was
humiliating Torah scholars and those who study Torah and he was
saying we have no need for rabbis nor for scholars but rather
we will study Torah for ourselves and issue rulings for ourselves
and we will not listen to the words of the Rabbi and will not follow his statutes because all
his words are vanity and a vexation of spirit and he would go on boasting and was
despising the Torah and those who study it and would say who is
this Rabbi and who is he that we should listen to him and do as he says behold
he is flesh and blood like us and has no advantage over us and why should we show
favor to him and do his will <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> ⟦illegible⟧ over this matter the controversy increased
in the city and opinions multiplied and the congregation was split into pieces and became various factions
Monday, 13th of Kislev, year 5689
Daoud Yosef Kazzuri
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And when the holy place was this, she responded to it and brought the inkwell to it
immediately for its service, and she came to the presence of the Caliph in service to him. And he wanted
to write but did not find an inkwell, so he called out: O girl, bring the inkwell!
The girl said: O my lord and master, the inkwell is in the niche. So the Caliph said to her:
O girl, climb up and bring the inkwell. She said to him: O my lord,
the ladder is broken, <del>and I</del> fear I will fall and be injured. So the Caliph said to her:
I will crouch my body to be a step for you to climb upon and bring the inkwell.
The girl said: O my lord, I fear you will be hurt by the sandals. So he said to her:
Take off the sandals and ascend upon my body and bring the inkwell. So she took off the sandals,
climbed upon the body of the Caliph, brought the inkwell, and delivered it into the hand
of the Caliph. When she descended from his body, she stood before him,
raised her head to the heavens and said: O Lord of the Worlds, O Creator
of all, O Lord,
if that which I have done pleases You and lets me have this night
its service always, then forgive me all sins and transgressions
and those which I am in, and what I have done in my life without Your will, O Lord
of the Worlds, O Creator of all, hear my prayer and answer my supplication, O Lord of
Lords, O Lord of Mercy, O Lord of Forgiveness, O Lord of Pardon, O Lord of Mercy,
my God, my Lord, and my Master, will You turn me back disappointed from Your mercy, O Lord of the Worlds?
When the Caliph heard her words and her tears flowing down her cheeks like heavy
rain, he wept with her and continued weeping over what had happened to him regarding sins
and transgressions. He said to her: O girl, what is this weeping and what is this sadness?
She said to him: O my lord, know, O my lord, that for seven years I have not slept
on this night until I perform this prayer and ask of God Almighty
to forgive me my sins and the sins of my parents.
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thus with thus taking the in sin lineage פסא thus
Flas taking a generation from it to ask and what takes sin as the
ask the name sense in it and in وزراء from it we ask for the sin for him
sweet taking פסא and in where it is necessary to add and also lineage of the
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Wednesday, 25th of Adar
Ah, we arrived at the lands of Kut. When we entered the market, a decree descended upon us from
the ruler: do not buy from the shops of the Jews nor from others, just
pass through the lands and go. My group and I are afraid there might be a rebellion. Our fear increased because of the
soldiers who came out with us from Baghdad to Kut. Furthermore, we heard that
behind us <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> were five hundred horsemen from the Arabs of the Khaza'il tribe
outside the city, and you cannot imagine my fear on that day and at that hour.
We did not feel safe until we reached the Beni Saad region and ran as we did that day.
And from Beni Saad to Baghdad we ran like the running of horses
traveling with the caravan. And out of fear of the Arabs when they come out to take us,
we traveled with the caravan <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> we reached Baghdad on Friday morning.
Praise be to God for the safety. I had written a letter to you in
Hilla and a letter in Kut with the Pasha's messenger, which will reach you, God willing.
What I am informing you is that I received your dear letter and I rejoiced with it with the greatest
joy. And that day was for me <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> a great feast,
freedom from the worry I was in regarding you; may God gather us
with you in goodness and safety <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> in the nearest time, for the sake of
your children; and Khalil Abu Yusuf is safe and his affairs are prospering. As for his growth, he plays
with the small circle as is known to you and as I wrote to you
in the letter from Hilla and the letter from Kut. We arrived in Baghdad on
Friday, safe and successful, and to God be the praise and the favor for that. It is not hidden from you,
my brother, that I am troubled in mind regarding the sugar, and the world
is turned upside down. On Friday we arrived, and on Saturday we went to the market,
but we saw no one buying or selling. May God mend the situation
and gather us with you in goodness and safety.
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David