Letter, c. 1035 CE, written by Abraham \u2018son of the Gaʾon\u2019, on behalf of the Gaʾon, who signs the letter Solomon \u2018the humble\u2019 b. Judah, in Jerusalem, to the sacred (i.e. Jewish) community in the city of Taṭay (lower Egypt), first the cantor, and the elders, and the rest of the community. Solomon states that the community should not associate with Abraham Ibn al-Baṣrī (i.e. from Basra), the cantor and lawyer, who was excommunicated on 9th Av, on account of his dispute with \u2018our master and teacher\u2019 Ephraim he-Ḥaver ha-Meʿulle (b. Šemarya), leader of the Jewish community in Fusṭāṭ, and his criticism of the Academy. <\/p>"
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