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Responsum: On a Dispute over a Shipment of Wax
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Question: The following incident occurred in Rhodes: Reuben purchased 530 okes of wax from Simeon via a third party. Reuben did not take this wax into his possession; rather, as soon as he bought it…

Contributor:

David Ibn Abi Zimra

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

Mid–16th Century

Subjects:

Economic life, Finance, Justice system, Rabbis, Diaspora

Categories:

Law, Responsa
Jar with Governor of the City Inscription
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To/of the governor of the city. Translated by Shmuel Aḥituv, Ze’ev Meshel, and Esther Eshel.

Places:

Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel (Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)

Date:

Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Economic life, Food and drink, Cities, Leadership

Categories:

Household Objects, Visual & Material Culture
Jar with two handles and Hebrew inscription.
Responsum: On a Dispute over a Vineyard
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Question: From Rhodes. When the Lord expanded the borders [see Deuteronomy 19:8] of the dispersion of the diaspora and granted us a remnant and remainder in the kingdom of Turkey, He treated us with…

Contributor:

David Ibn Abi Zimra

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

Mid–16th Century

Subjects:

Economic life, Finance, Food and drink, Kashrut, Diaspora

Categories:

Law, Responsa