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Toviya ben Eli ibn Khalaf and Fā’iza
11th Century
Nothing is known about Toviya ben Eli ibn Khalaf and Fā’iza, although their prenuptial agreement, dated to 1047, was preserved in the Cairo Geniza.
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Prenuptial Agreement (Fustāt, Egypt)
A memorandum of testimony that was before us, we the witnesses who sign below on this document: Toviya b. Eli b. Khalaf said in our presence, “Be my witnesses and perform the binding symbolic act [qin…