Cairo Genizah : Letter

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Recto: letter of introduction for [...] b. Aaron, addressing a community and urging them to show charity to the poor. The text appears to have been erased where the name of the subject appears, and [...] b. Aaron is added in a different hand; possibly the letter was for someone else originally. He is described as [מבני ט[ובים, a common designation for someone deserving of charity or favour. Verso: drawings of eight-pointed stars and other jottings.</p>