Creator Bio
Solomon ben Tsemaḥ
11th Century
Solomon ben Tsemaḥ lived in Ramla, Palestine, where he worked as a copyist. Several of his letters survive. They are often requests sent to Fustāt (Old Cairo) for charitable assistance for needy Jews.
Content by Solomon ben Tsemaḥ
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Account of an Earthquake
They came out of the houses into the streets because they saw in the houses that the walls were buckling back and forth, and the beams were flexing in and out of position in the walls. The fortified…