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Rayyisa bint Se‘adya and Yehya ibn Abraham
12th Century
Nothing is known about the lives of Rayyisa bint Se‘adya and Yeḥya ibn Abraham beyond what is contained in their marriage document from 1117 in Fustāt (Old Cairo). A widow from her first marriage, Rayyisa came from a Karaite family, while Yeḥya was a Rabbanite.
Content by Rayyisa bint Se‘adya and Yehya ibn Abraham
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Karaite-Rabbanite Ketubah (Fustāt, Egypt)
. . . and our dear Yeḥya will [not] owe anything from the delayed mohar. And our elder, dear Yeḥya stipulated according to his will and resolve that he shall come into the covenant of the Lord…