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Cairo Genizah : Letter; poetry

Meʾir Naʿim

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>A letter from Meʾir Naʿim that contains a long poetic praise for Jacob, possibly the writer’s father. Between the last and the last but one verses of the poem, the author sends regards to various members of the family. All verses in the poem end with חיים. The letter refers to Mar ha-Levi, Esther, and the writer’s unmarried sister bat Jacob. It also mentions the birth of the writer’s son. Meʾir Naʿim is known from other letters (e.g. T-S 10J13.26, which is in the same or a similar hand, from the late 18th and early 19th centuries).</p>

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