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Moses ben Mevorakh ha-Nagid
ca. 1080–after 1127
Moses ben Mevorakh was a member of a prominent family of doctors and courtiers in Egypt. Around 1112, he succeeded his father as Nagid, an official position recognized by the Fātimid governors conferring authority over the Jewish communities of Egypt. He left the office in 1127 under circumstances that are unclear, possibly due to his death or to upheavals at the Fātimid court.
Content by Moses ben Mevorakh ha-Nagid
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What folly my homeland has committed
Lament on the death of his mother.
[Son:] What folly my homeland has committed, for it has put away the glory of my lady!
It did not know that it was taking all its lovely things, when it took what…