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Ohale Ya‘akov (The Tents of Jacob): On a Betrothal
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Question: The following incident occurred: The gentlemen, R. Abraham Vidal, may he rest in peace, was married to the modest lady, Estrella, sister of the fine young man, R. David Pinto, may God…

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Jacob Castro

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

End of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Marriage, Justice system, Betrothal, Family, Writing

Categories:

Law, Responsa
Print engraving of crowd of people outside of building gathered around couple under wedding canopy.
Marriage Contract
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In the month of Tishri, that is Epeiph, year four of Darius the king, then in Elephantine the fortress, Ananiah son of Haggai, an Aramean of Elephantine the fortress of the detachment of Iddinnabu…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

420 BCE|449 BCE

Subjects:

Marriage, Ketubot, Economic life, Inheritance, Dress

Categories:

Law, Legal documents
Papyrus page of Hebrew writing with some fragmentary sections.