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The Wife of Ḥalfon ben Manasseh
12th Century
Nothing is known about the life of the wife of Ḥalfon ben Manasseh ha-Levi, daughter of the court scribe, Hillel ben Eli. Ḥalfon was a scribe in Fustāt (Old Cairo), active in the first half of the twelfth century.
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Letter to Her Brother, ‘Eli ibn Hilāl
In your name, O merciful one.
If I were to begin to elaborate for you, my brother, my lord and favored one, and he who . . . those longings that I have [for you] due to the separation from your…