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The Widow of Ben Naḥman
12th Century
Almost nothing is known about the life of the wife of Ben Naḥman, a cantor in Fustāt (Old Cairo), other than that after her husband died, she and her young son were forced out of the house by her stepson.
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Letter to Matsliaḥ ben Solomon ha-Kohen
Your slave, the wife [=widow] of [the] cantor Ben Naḥman
I[n the name of the] M[erciful]
Your slave informs your excellency the Gaon, may your r[ul]e be established forever, [about the situati]on of…