AI English Translation, Pages 326-350
Village Lights [Anwar Dart Kfar]
Released on Tuesday, the twenty-third of the month of Dhu al-Qi'dah, year 5675. And this is the day
on which Khawaja Dawud Cohen rented from the hand of Khawaja Eliyahu Yitzhak Khalas the Yellow House
village of Nahris, downstream in al-Hindiya. Which was in the hand of Khawaja <del>⟦...⟧</del> Kadouri
for 27 [years] in the Government House with official papers, for 27 [years], and other than that with papers between them, and now
in <del>this. That</del> the designated period between the lessor and the lessee has ended
and through us the agreement between the two parties took place, and it is that
the lessee Mr. Dawud Cohen shall rent from the hand of Mr. Eliyahu Yitzhak
the aforementioned for a period of 25 (twenty-five) full years, beginning from the first day of Ab
year 5675 and ending at the end of Ab year 5700 for an annual rental value
amounting to four hundred and forty Ottoman gold Lira, solid, and nothing else
he shall pay the amount in two installments every year; the first payment on the first of Tishrin
the first of the year 5676, which is two hundred and twenty Lira, and the second payment on the first of Nisan
year 5676, which is two hundred and twenty Lira, and likewise in every year until the end of the period
And the aforementioned lessee shall be obligated to repair the embankments
and the bridges and the dams and the dredging and the canals and the crossings and the irrigation ditches and the arches
as is the current custom in that region, and the lessor is not obligated for anything
of that according to the binding conditions which are in the hands of the lessor and the lessee
And this negotiation and agreement took place between the two parties and acceptance occurred
between them upon that, and we wrote this deed to be in the hand of the lessor as a deed
and proof, and upon that we have signed
The conditions that are current in the old deed which is in the hand of the lessor are current
in this deed and their effect shall run as it runs in that deed without
addition or omission, without any change or alteration at all, and we wrote that for clarification
(140)
And so too the author of Zichron Kehunah, System Yod, Item 12, who wrote that wherever
there are two points of weakness in the entire permitted matter, even a double doubt is permitted, for he wrote etc. that it seems
that what Maran wrote in the Beit Yosef in Yoreh Deah, Chapter 110, Section 9, wrote: Everything that is בדי בדי
in practice and in a time of pressing need is permitted. And the Rabbi Zera Emet wrote in Part 2, Chapter 130, that any matter
where there is a dispute among the authorities whether it constitutes a double doubt or not, we say it is a double doubt.
And he further wrote there that whenever there is a dispute among the decisors whether it constitutes a double doubt, it is permitted because of
a double doubt. * And I further saw the Rabbi Zera Emet there who cited the words of the Rabbi Knesset HaGedolah,
part of Yoreh Deah, Glosses of the Beit Yosef, Item 140, who cited from there in the name of the Rabbi Mas'at Binyamin, o.b.m.,
who ruled that wherever there is a dispute among the authorities whether it constitutes a double doubt or not,
it is permitted because of a double doubt. And so ruled the Rabbi Knesset HaGedolah there. And the Rabbi Perach
Shoshan wrote in Rule 1, Chapter 4, that any reversible double doubt is a superior double doubt.
And he further wrote there that wherever there is a dispute among the decisors whether it is a double doubt or is not
a double doubt, it is permitted because of a double doubt, see there. From all these reasons it is permitted, so it seems to me, the youth Yosef Chaim,
may his Rock and Redeemer preserve him, may his end be good, Mordech Baruch.
Question: Reuben died and left without a will a widow and several sons and daughters, adults and minors,
and one of the sons has a wife and a Ketubah, and before his father's death he gave his wife a gift of everything
that would come to his share of his father's inheritance, whether real estate or movables, and they performed a kinyan from him for this from now
with a valid vessel for acquiring, and an oath of the Torah by holding a sacred object, and the nullification of protests and delivery of protest.
Now the widow claims maintenance and housing from the estate, and the aforementioned son claims that his mother does not have
maintenance and housing from the share he inherited from his father because he already gave it to his wife as an absolute gift.
May our teacher instruct us, and his reward be doubled from Heaven.
With the help of God
A letter from Anisa Habib
To the one who takes this letter to our beloved and our dear ones, to Habib our beloved, and to those I have not served
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the paper would not contain them, and whoever must write a letter, it should be large regarding the matter in
that, he should write what is called your well-being, and from your words which we do not forget,
a strong sign in my heart always, by which we remember our beloved whom we do not forget in
in every time, one as it may be ⟦...⟧ our beloved, and from the letter
our beloved who became one with us in my heart in that, in your letter which
you wrote to me, in the letter which you wrote to me, in all that you mentioned
in them, your well-being, and I am always going to you, and after what was with us
that which remains with us in my heart from your great well-being, which the beloved
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He panicked and warned the people that this would be a year of plague for the people of Baghdad
And that was in the year 5583 of the Creation, and the plague began in Baghdad from the day of Purim
Gentiles, for it was in the time of the ruler Dawud Pasha who went to the north in that year
And the plague was very strong on the 10th of Iyar, and no one remained walking in the market
The rest of the people went out to Kadhimiya, as Dawud Pasha did when he returned to the city and entered
the Saraya (palace); and despite that, the plague increased with more evil day by day, and they began to die
without number, and they did not bury them but threw them in the street; and everyone who went to bury the dead
died himself as well; and the plague went away two days before Shavuot, and all those who fled
to Karkh, Hit, and Kifri were safe, and nothing happened to them until the day
they wanted to return to the city, the plague caught them on the road and many people died of them
And those who reached the city, the plague entered upon them and most of them died, and those who remained
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And it was a pestilent year and a strong plague like this had not happened since
ancient times, and Baghdad became a ruin from the scarcity of people, and there remained in it
no one, and no movement remained in the city, even the dog and the cat did not remain in it
From those who left them bread and they would not eat, and they died of hunger and of thirst, until
pity for the people of Baghdad, for no one remained in it because they all died, and none remained except
one in a thousand, and the people were not buried, rather the dogs ate them out of hunger and there
remained no living soul in the city, and after that the city was surrendered into the hands
of strangers, and they began to possess the wealth and the houses, and one would begin to take
the daughter of another and marry her, without knowing her religion or knowing her family, because
no one was left in the city, and after that the world became cheap
and gold had no value in that time because no one remained to buy
and no bread remained for sale in the city for people to eat, and they died of hunger
With G-d's help
A Tale of a Tailor's Handiwork
There was a tale of a tailor who was a wealthy man and pursued commandments and gave charity beyond
measure and loved Torah scholars. He had one son who would study
Torah constantly, and the son was handsome <del>no</del> God-fearing, and would go to
the scholars, and they would honor him greatly. This tailor was old
and in his days there was no poor person, and even a child knew a verse, and he was
all his days giving charity for Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes, may his merit protect us, Amen.
And it came to pass one day that he fell ill with a disease of ⟦the liver⟧ and was dying, and he called his son and said to him:
My son, know that now I am going to my eternal home, and know that there is no death with you,
and do not think that there is pleasure in this world, but if you do charity and walk
in the ways of the Name, blessed be He, then you will see good all the days of your life. And he commanded him
not to withhold charity from the poor. And he said to him, my son, know that I have a room
full of gold dinars, and this is the key; open it and take one dinar from it and close
it, and go to the house of study and give it to charity, and go to your house and do not go
after idleness, and see that I am going the way of all the earth; and now my son, listen
to my voice. And it was after these things that he expired and died, and they buried him with honor
very great. And it was after the death of his father, the son began to do as
his father commanded him, day by day going to the room and opening it and taking one dinar
and going to the house of study and giving it to charity and sitting and studying until evening.
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I loved you, said the Lord; but you said, How have You loved us?
Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: and I loved Jacob,
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains waste and his heritage for the jackals of the wilderness.
Whereas Edom says, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus says the Lord of hosts,
They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord has indignation for
ever. And your eyes shall see, and you shall say, The Lord will be magnified from beyond the border of Israel. A son honors
his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is My honor? and if I be a master, where is My fear?
says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, that despise My name. And you say, Wherein have we despised Your name?
You offer polluted bread upon My altar; and you say, Wherein have we polluted You? In your saying, The table
of the Lord is contemptible. And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil?
Offer it now to your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person? says the Lord of hosts. And now, pray, entreat
God that He may be gracious to us: this has been by your means: will He regard your persons? says the Lord of hosts.
Who is there even among you that would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on My altar for nothing? I have no pleasure in you,
says the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. For from the rising of the sun even to its going down
My name shall be great among the nations; and in every place incense shall be offered to My name, and a pure offering: for great
is My name among the nations, says the Lord of hosts. But you profane it, in your saying, The table of the Lord
is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even its food, is contemptible. You said also, Behold, what a weariness it is! and you have snuffed at it,
says the Lord of hosts; and you brought that which was robbed, and the lame, and the sick; thus you brought an offering:
should I accept this of your hand? says the Lord. But cursed be the deceiver, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices
to the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and My name is dreadful among the nations.
And now, O you priests, this commandment is for you. If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it
to heart, to give glory to My name, says the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you,
and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart. Behold, I will corrupt
the seed for you, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that My covenant might be with Levi,
says the Lord of hosts. My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear
wherewith he feared Me, and was afraid before My name. The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was
not found in his lips: he walked with Me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. For the lips of
the priest should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. But you
are departed out of the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says
the Lord of hosts. Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according
as you have not kept My ways, but have been partial in the law.
David Sultan had a great treasury <del>and did not</del> know God
And he was a tyrannical, oppressive man who knew very little of David
thus.
David's father had a son named David the second, and he was old in age
And David was afraid of death and did not want to die, and whenever
Azrael came to him to seize his soul, he would say to him: O my lord, I am an old and weak man
And I am afraid of death and cannot die, and thus years passed by him
And Azrael could not seize his soul because of his great fear and his refusal to die
Until one day Azrael entered upon David while he was in a strange form
David's father imagined David would be in a handsome form when he came
And from the sight of him he would die instantly without feeling himself, and this David
His soul trembled before him.
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He said to him: O David, what is the matter with you?
David's father would be sleeping at night and his leg would come and kick him and say
Rise, O David, I am Azrael, and David would say to him: O my lord, I cannot
Rise, my leg hurts me, my head hurts me, and my whole body hurts me, and I cannot rise
All of it, he said to him: Rise O David, and he would not let go of him neither night nor day, and David would weep
And say: O Lord, let me die and rest from this bitter life, O Lord
I want to die starting tonight, and whatever happens, happens
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Regarding the matter of the four balls of Elisha etc. regarding the letter of Mr. Eliezer -
and his household even if they were ⟦...⟧ they and not even the spoken word are you
worthy to speak of it to say it with my father <del>the Name</del> may God save you in the name
for the Name, may His name be blessed, knows the judgments of the sons of man in justice etc. and a judgment
of peace and truth and judge in your gates and love truth and peace Zechariah 8
by the way, it should not be hidden from you that for everything there is a season and a time for every purpose
Ecclesiastes 3 and now it is not the time for the cattle to be gathered; water the sheep and go feed
Genesis 29 and now now because the Lord has made room for us and we shall be fruitful in the land Genesis 26
And now, please let the power of the Lord be great, as You have spoken, saying: The Lord is slow to anger and great in kindness
Numbers 14 and now write for yourselves this song and teach it to the children of Israel
put it in their mouths so that this song may be a witness for Me among the children of Israel
Deuteronomy 31 and now Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you, but
to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul Deuteronomy 10
to listen to my voice for all that I command you and you shall be my people and I will be your
God Jeremiah 11
⟦...⟧ Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, amend your ways and your doings
and I will cause you to dwell in this place Jeremiah 7
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Praise be to God who gave us this hour and did not forget the mention of him who mentioned
His mention in all its mentions, just as the servant was satisfied with his guidance
Just as he found it as an inner spirit, he found it all, and there is not much in it
Devoted, and there is no trace in it; he found all the hour to be an abundance, for in it is the state
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You have no way out to the relief that comes to you, and all your hopes have been disappointed, so do not return
to plead with him, as the proverb says: He who returns to a homeland -
So do not be, my brother, lower than the dog who, in his service, sees the ⟦...⟧
He wanted to reach his desire, for if the dog sees the club on his head
he does not leave his master's door, and if he knew otherwise he would not be
the dog but a guide, so this is your disappointment the first time you came to it -
So how many times, you see, will you return to it and be beaten and humiliated and expelled as
happened to you in the past time without doubt, so do not return to it
for in the time of distress the friend is known from the enemy, and you saw in the hardship
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And likewise he who knows his companion to be a liar does not believe him in any
of the things, and if he believes him, he is a bigger liar than him, because the wise man says
do not put your hand in a hole twice, so if you are not a liar then you are
more foolish than the dog because you came to him once and he expelled you with the worst expulsion
so how can you return to him? Does he love you more than himself? God forbid
and far from it, my brother, listen to me, and all people are liars, so do not believe
any of them even if he swears to you by God the Great, for lying to them is
sweeter than honey and more desirable than sugar, so beware of them with the utmost caution
and know that God is with you, and whoever relies on God, He is sufficient for him, the best Protector
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Prevented from this world - and in connection with the matters of the felt body
and all its ways change according to the change of the temperaments
and proof of this matter for you is to see the person on a day
when he is happy and good-hearted, he sees the whole world as level
and straight, and on a day when he is sad and aching in heart, he sees the whole world
as the opposite, while the world is the same world and the change is on the part
of the recipient. And the second matter is that it has no existence, standing, or permanence
except for a brief hour and a small moment, for there is no advantage to a male while he is
alive, for it is like a passing shadow and like a flying bird and like a dream that flies away
thirty years or seventy years like yesterday when it passes and like a watch
in the night, and therefore Solomon, peace be upon him, compared it
and the way of a man with a young woman, meaning like the way a man passes
with a young woman who is a virgin girl, that has no impression
or recognition. And the third aspect is that its end is death and destruction
for it is like a broken clay vessel and like a fading flower and like a passing shadow
and like a vanishing cloud and like a blowing wind and like flying dust and like a dream that flies away
and therefore Solomon, peace be upon him, compared this world to the great sea
which is a place of danger, for whoever wants to set sail in the great sea
needs three things: one, a strong and good ship that is able
to stand before the waves and the winds; and the second, the captain, who must be
wise and expert in leading the ship to save it from the rocks and from
the sandbars; and the third, provisions and food that will suffice for him until he reaches
his desired destination. So a person in this world also needs three
things: one, the body, that it should be clean of iniquities and sins;
and the second, the intellect, which should lead the body in a straight and good way;
and the third, the Torah and the commandments, which are the provisions for a long journey,
and as the verse says: For the commandment is a lamp, and the Torah is light; and the way of life
are reproofs of instruction. And whoever has these three things in his hand
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With the help of God
Bill of Sale Form
Paragraph 24, Thursday night, 14th of Shevat, year 5620 of the creation, we met here
in this city of Baghdad, may God protect it, in our quarter of Suq al-Ghazal, in the house owned by
the distinguished Ezekiel Joseph Daniel, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him, which consists of an upper and lower floor,
a room, a dome, a cellar, a courtyard, a gallery, a kitchen, wells, facilities, and utilities,
and rights and everything attributed to it legally and customarily, and its boundaries which are included in the
sale and purchase: the first boundary ends at the house of the heirs of Aaron Joseph Gabbai, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him;
the second boundary ends at the house of the heirs of Aaron Joseph Gabbai, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him, as well; and the third boundary
ends at the house of the heirs of Aaron Joseph Gabbai, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him, as well; and the fourth boundary ends at
the thoroughfare leading from it to the aforementioned house and to the house of the heirs of Aaron Joseph Gabbai, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him,
mentioned above, and from there to the public road. And the contract was executed between the aforementioned
seller and the buyer, the distinguished Menashe Joseph Daniel, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him, for a price in the amount
of five hundred Shami, free from defect and deficiency and from all legal claims,
and the aforementioned seller received from the hand of the aforementioned buyer the entire aforementioned
price in its entirety and completion, and the aforementioned house became the property of the aforementioned buyer
to dispose of as he chooses and wishes like the rest of his properties. Likewise, the aforementioned seller
acknowledged that he cleared the aforementioned buyer's liability from all claims
and demands related to this sale with a general, comprehensive, and final release,
with no recourse or second thought. This took place in the presence of the signed witnesses
below, and we wrote this document to be in the hand of the aforementioned buyer for proof
and evidence. And this was on the day of the 14th of Shevat, the year 5620 of the creation, and everything is valid and established.
The young Ezra Ezekiel Joseph Daniel, may his end be good.
The young Joseph Ezra Ezekiel Joseph Daniel, may his end be good.
The young Aaron Joseph Gabbai, may his end be good.
The young Moses Joseph Daniel, may his end be good.
The young Ezekiel Joseph Daniel, may his end be good.
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And I will tell a little of what passed over us from the day we descended from the airplane
We hired a car and traveled to Tel Aviv and we stayed with our relatives one night
And they did not want to take money and they did not give us rest until they took us
To the immigrants' camp Sha'ar HaAliya
Ramla and Kfar Saba
On the day of the 23rd of the month of Shevat we traveled to visit my aunt Regina and her husband
Who live in Kfar Saba and we enjoyed our visit there very much
They also have a beautiful land and a garden of fruit trees and vegetables
And they also have a beautiful and large house and they live comfortably
And from there we traveled to visit my aunt Simcha who lives in Ramla
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Story 9, Great Village
Once a case came before Rabbi Joseph, saying that a merchant came to a certain city
to sell his goods, and he entered an inn and found a Jew there and gave
him all his money to keep for him, and the merchant sold his goods and put in the hand of that
Jew a bag full of gold and left it with him and relied on him as is the way
among men. And the merchant went to another city ⟦...⟧ and sold there
the rest of his goods and stayed there for some time, and that merchant returned to that
city and took from the Jew the money he had given him and found it missing a great deal.
And the Jew, the master of the house, said to him: I did not touch it, not even by a hair's breadth.
And the merchant began to cry and scream and said to him: Return my money to me, why do you rob
me so? And Rabbi Joseph was there and heard the sound of the shouting and sent for them
and said to them: What is this sound that I hear?
They said to him: Rabbi Jose, I beg of you ⟦...⟧
And Rabbi Joseph sent for the Jew and said to him: My son, give him his money, why do you rob him?
And he answered and said: As my soul lives and as my head lives, I have not touched it and have not lacked from it
anything. And Rabbi Joseph saw that he was swearing truthfully and knew there was trickery there.
And he commanded to bring the bag and took out the coins and counted them and found in them a great deficit.
Then Rabbi Joseph looked at the bag and found that it was repaired on one side, and the
Jew had sewn it with professional sewing and took from the bag from below and sewed it with great
wisdom so that no man would recognize it.
And Rabbi Joseph said to that merchant: Go and bring me the coins that this
Jew gave you. And he gave him the coins, and he saw that the coins were old and worn.
And Rabbi Joseph sent for all the tailors in the city and said to them:
Who sewed this bag? And they all looked at it and said: We do not know.
In the name of God we shall do and succeed Today is Tuesday, 28th of Elul, year 5659
May it not come upon you, from the harmful plague that was in Baghdad this year
On the day of 8th of Tammuz year 5659, the plague broke out in Baghdad in the Jewish quarter
And there would die per day from 50 to 60 souls and in the middle ten days of Tammuz
Death increased and there began to die per day from 100 to 120 souls
And the death was stronger among the Jews more than the Gentiles and at the end of Tammuz
Death lightened and there began to die per day from 70 to 80 souls and at the beginning of Av
Death increased and there began to die per day from 100 to 120 souls and at the end of Av
Death lightened and there began to die per day from 40 to 50 souls and at the beginning of Elul
Death lightened and there began to die per day from 20 to 30 souls and at the end of Elul
The death was sealed and on the day of 28th of Elul year 5659 the plague ended from Baghdad
Praise be to God who saved us from this harmful plague Amen and Amen Selah
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Short Commentary on Daniel
And Daniel said to them: Know and understand, O my brothers, that our Lord, Exalted and High,
He reveals the hidden and the covered, and reveals to them all that will be in time,
and I want to reveal to you secrets and tell you about the end of this kingdom,
this one in whose lands we are residing, which is the great kingdom of Babylon, and from it
will be the beginning of the undertaking until Cyrus comes and takes the kingdom and disperses the people
and destroys these cities until great Baghdad is built and called the Abode of Peace.
Then after the Persians, there will come a kingdom in the ultimate glory, and God will raise its mention
and elevate its status, and its name will be the Nation of the Prophet, the Beloved of God, peace of God be upon him
and his family, and he is called by the name Muhammad ibn Abdullah, the Prophet of Mercy and the Messenger
of the Lord of the Worlds, the Seal of the Prophets, the Master of the Messengers, the Beloved of the Lord of the Worlds, and the best
of all people. In his time, the world will flourish, scholars will multiply, and worship will manifest,
as well as asceticism from the scholars and the righteous. Their religion will be the Quran, which is the word of the Mighty God,
and the Glorious Criterion. Their truth is the testimony that there is no god but God and Muhammad is the Messenger
of God. O my brothers, know that this nation is the last of nations, and their religion
is the last of religions. God has chosen for them a noble Prophet and a great Messenger,
who has great merit and immense status with his Lord, as the Exalted said in His Mighty Book:
"Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of God and the Seal of the Prophets,"
and God is All-Knowing of everything. God Exalted described him with beautiful descriptions
and numerous miracles whose number cannot be counted and whose limit cannot be contained.
The first place he appears is in the land of the Arabs, in Mecca, which is the home of his fathers and grandfathers.
Then he moves to Medina, which is Yathrib, and in it will be his noble grave, and from it
his cause will manifest, his status will rise, and his religion will be proclaimed in all regions and in
One comes into the world from the time of birth until death [at] five
and counts the nations, and he who says from the day of birth until death remains
in the world hoping for God's mercies and does good for Him, and an hour before
death he repents
and saw according to the measure of that goodness of God and does good in the world
for you so that he may have a state in the hereafter
the world is nothing but a bridge to the world of the hereafter
as the Sages said: Repent one day before your death, and it was said
in Job: perform [good deeds] during your life
and Job said
and later it repeats: during your life <del>perform</del> and he said: O my son, do not delay
in the world doing good because death comes suddenly
and the Prophet said: do not trust in life because death repeats
and Job said: O my son, do not delay in doing good because death
is like a blink in his eye; the world is narrow, so do good that there may be
a state for him in the hereafter because the world is nothing but a bridge
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Portion
And the days of Israel drew near to die, and he called his son Joseph and said to him
If now I have found favor in your eyes etc. ⟦...⟧
Rashi, of blessed memory, explained: Why is this portion closed? Because once Jacob passed away -
the eyes and hearts of Israel were closed from the distress of the enslavement that they began
to enslave them; and furthermore, that he sought to reveal the end of days to his sons and it was closed off from him.
The Rabbi Kli Yakar, of blessed memory, questioned that this first reason is not relevant
except after death, but now that he has not yet passed away, why is it closed?
And he answered that this is the explanation: Behold it is written, "And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt
seventeen years," and Rashi explained: Why was this portion joined to what is above it?
Because it returned and counted the number of years of Jacob's life to equate them to the years
of Ishmael etc., see there. And it is difficult, for the scripture did not count here all the days of
Jacob's life, but only the days of his life in Egypt, which are 17 years; and if so, what
matter is it to equate them to the years of Ishmael? And furthermore it is difficult, for our Sages said
everywhere it says "And it was" (Vayehi) it is a language of sorrow, and here it is written "And Jacob lived"
(Vayichi) which is a language of life and joy, and this is the opposite of what the Sages said
that the eyes and hearts of Israel were closed from the distress of the enslavement.
And to this he answered that certainly the main reason is because he sought to reveal
the end of days and it was closed off from him. And this is what the scripture hinted: "And Jacob lived
in the land of Egypt seventeen years," meaning that Jacob our father, peace be upon him, lived in the Egyptian
exile in goodness and in tranquility for 17 years, like the numerical value of "Good" (Tov), and he thought
that the iniquity had already been purged in this exile and he sought to reveal the end of days
to his sons that they should be redeemed immediately, and it was closed off from him, meaning that from Heaven
they informed him that the time of redemption had not yet arrived. And this is what is written
"And the days of Israel drew near to die" etc., it did not say the days of
Jacob, but rather Israel, which is a language of mastery and importance,
and that is, even though he had not yet died, nevertheless his importance departed from him.
Explanation regarding the commentary on the second article, likewise,
and its meaning is that God Almighty is with the patient and those who trust [in Him].
And similarly, much has been written on this subject in the rest of
evidence that God Almighty was helping the oppressed from
and similar speech whose explanation would be lengthy,
from the words of the scholars, may God be pleased with them all.
Amen, so may it be His will speedily in our days.
Indeed, there is also a witness to that and what is attributed to the Sheikh
Mansour al-Damari, may God Almighty have mercy on him, in saying:
If I had in time, O my masters, even a foothold,
If I had known, even if a foothold ⟦...⟧ the matter in it,
my wall would have been closer to his people to wear disgrace and shame.
And I am for him the poor servant who was in times
past traveling in the lands of Baghdad with a group of the family,
the children of Sheikh Jacob son of Joseph Al-Ma'arah, may God Almighty have mercy on him.
And we had entered the house of one of the notables for leisure,
and in that house was a very deep well containing water,
and at the head of the well were benches made of plaster and lime.
One of the children of the aforementioned Sheikh Jacob stood on a bench
of those benches, then his foot slipped and he fell into the well.
And we were terrified for him with a severe terror and we shouted out to the people,
⟦...⟧ they should take him out from inside the well but they were not able to.
With the help of God
I write to you from Baghdad on the day of ⟦...⟧
Regarding ⟦...⟧, your dear letter arrived and reached
us, and we rejoiced in your letter with the utmost joy, and we hoped for nothing from God
Blessed and Exalted be He, except for your safety, your peace of mind, and the permanence
of your glory. Regarding ⟦...⟧ which ⟦...⟧
we had no news until we wrote to you, but now indeed
a letter has reached us from ⟦...⟧ informing us of your safety and confirming
your well-being, and we rejoiced greatly in that, and we ask God to reunite us
with you in goodness, health, and joy.
Likewise, we inform you, O my brother, that a letter reached us from Aleppo informing
that the goods you sent reached them and they are selling them.
Regarding the prices in Aleppo, they are very high, and wheat
is for gold, and barley likewise, and butter is very expensive.
Likewise, we inform you that a letter reached us from Damascus informing
that the road is safe and the caravans go and come without fear.
And we hope from God that He will facilitate the matter and that you arrive here
as soon as possible because the longing for you is very great.
Likewise, we inform you that ⟦...⟧ arrived to us and we paid him
the amount mentioned in your letter and we received the document from him,
and he sends his regards to you very much and asks about your well-being.
Likewise, we inform you that ⟦...⟧ traveled to India
on an English ship, and we ask God that he arrives in safety
and achieves his purpose and returns to us with goodness and health.
Likewise, we inform you that your uncle ⟦...⟧ sends his regards to you
and asks about your well-being, and he is in health and goodness.
Likewise, we all send our regards to you and ask about your well-being,
from our eldest to our youngest, and whoever belongs to us sends their regards to you.
May you remain in the protection and care of God.
Likewise, ⟦...⟧ and ⟦...⟧ send their regards to you,
and everyone who asks about us, we are in goodness and health.