Letter, c. 1029 CE, written by Solomon \u2018the lesser, Head of the Yešiva\u2019 (i.e. the Gaʾon Solomon b. Judah), to Ephraim \u2018he-Ḥaver in the Great Sanhedrin\u2019 b. Šemarya, concerning the preference of an opponent of Ephraim (probably Sahlān b. Abraham) for the title Allūf, bestowed by the Babylonian academy (\u2018the step-mother\u2019), as opposed to Ḥaver, bestowed by the Jerusalem academy (\u2018the mother\u2019). Solomon agrees with Ephraim\u2019s opinion that this scholar had thus \u2018despised the waters of Siloam to drink the waters of the Euphrates\u2019, but has faith that the true seat of learning will recover its former status. Solomon also denies misappropriating a loan of 19.5 dinars between the Fusṭāṭ and Jerusalem communities, and mentions the payment of a debt by Aaron. <\/p>"
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