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Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Recto: court record concerning Jacob b. ʿAyyāš, a minor reaching maturity who wishes to marry his widowed sister-in-law (in a levirate marriage), but she refuses to do so. Mentions Elhanan b. Šemarya (now deceased), who was previously involved in the case in Sahrajt. Verso: two court records in the hand of and witnessed by Yefet b. David. The first, probably a continuation of the record on recto, is witnessed by Manasseh ha-Kohen b. Abraham. The second concerns alimony payments of half a dirham each day to be made by Joseph b. Jacob to his divorced wife, Rayyisa bat Moses. Dated Thursday, 26th Elul 1338 (= 1027 CE), and witnessed by Solomon b. Yefet.</p>

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