Letter from a Maghrebi silversmith named Ephraim b. Isḥāq of Ceuta, Morocco, who had fled Almohad persecution in his native country about 35 years earlier. He describes himself as a \u2018foreigner\u2019, despite having lived in Egypt for about 15 years. He asks the addressee, also of Maghrebi origin, for charity. Ca. 1181 CE. The letter opens in Hebrew, and includes a poem (lines 3-8), before switching to Judaeo-Arabic. The name of the recipient, who is referred to as \u2018the outstanding sage\u2019 and \u2018crown of the sages\u2019 among many other flattering epithets, is not preserved. <\/p>"
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