Creator Bio
Moses ben Ḥalfon and Turfa bat Yeshu‘a ha-Kohen
11th Century–12th Century
Nothing is known about the lives of Moses ben Ḥalfon and Turfa bat Yeshu‘a ha-Kohen ben Tuviah, other than that they were a couple from Fustāt (Old Cairo) whose betrothal document from 1093 survives in the Cairo Geniza.
Content by Moses ben Ḥalfon and Turfa bat Yeshu‘a ha-Kohen
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Betrothal Agreement (Fustāt, Egypt)
The following testimony was given before us, the undersigned witnesses of the document:
On the first day of the week—which is the 19th of the month Kislev, in the year 1405 [1093 CE] according to our…