Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.15

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

One leaf document

Paper

Black (carbon based)

Calamus

No ruling can be seen

38+marginalia

1234

13th Century CE

20th day of the Omer (5 Iyyar) 1545 Sel. (1234)

Minyat Ghamr, Minyat Ziftā

Sepharad

Letter

Autograph letter by Avraham Maimonides to the muqaddam of Minyat Ghamr and Minyat Zifta. Dated: 20th day of the Omer (5 Iyyar) 1545 Sel. (1234). A cousin of the muqaddam, al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab, was per earlier agreement allowed to substitute the muqaddam in leading communal prayers and butchering. However, the muqaddam was worried that this arrangement would weaken his own position and tried to prevent al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab from acting as his substitute. Avraham Maimonides admonished the muqaddam for his jealousy and urged him to keep the agreement. (Information from Goitein notes and index card.) Possibly related to T-S 24.38, a letter from Minyat Zifta reporting on a squabble between al-Shaykh al-Sadīd and al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab over the duties of the muqaddam. Goitein did not transcribe the address on verso.

Sporadic

From the Genizah, 1896.

990053386280205171

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Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6325/ (accessed January 14, 2026).