Creator Bio
Solomon ben Ḥayim
11th Century
Little is known of the life of Solomon ben Ḥayim, other than that he was a leading member of the Palestinian Jewish community and that he raised money for impoverished Jews living in Jerusalem.
Content by Solomon ben Ḥayim
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Deed of Receipt (Fustāt, Egypt)
Solomon ben Ḥayim
In Thy Name, oh Merciful! Solomon, the son of His Honorable and Great Sanctity, our Master and Leader, Ḥayīm, “the seventh of the ḥavūrā,” of holy and blessed memory, declares: I have collected from…