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Stella, widow of Farachio De Bulfarachio: Caltabellotta, 1491
Stella is the widow of Farachio De Bulfarachio, also known as Nissim ben Shabbetai Abu-l Faraj, a Arab-Spanish rabbi.
In her will, the widow Stella names her son Jeremiah as her universal heir. She leaves to her daughter Channa, wife David de…
In her will, the widow Stella names her son Jeremiah as her universal heir. She leaves to her daughter Channa, wife David de…
Wuhsha the Broker: Fustat, c. 1100
This is the will of the famed Jewish businesswoman known as "Wuhsha the Broker" (Wuhsha al-Dallala), whose given name was Karima. Although it is not dated, the informal document was written in the hand of the cantor and court clerk Hillel ben Eli,…
Baladre, widow of Yaakov ben Haninai: Girona, 1325
This will is part of the so-called "Girona Geniza," which is a collection of Hebrew documents which were preserved because they were reused as book bindings. Baladre's will was part of the binding of a notarial register belonging to the notary…
Blanca, widow of Bernat Falcó: Girona, 1437
Blanca was a conversa who had perhaps been baptized in the aftermath of the Disputation of Tortosa (1413-1414). She and her husband had been married as Jews, and then converted, as evinced in the husband's will. (See Planas Marcé, 656 for more on…
Sterella, wife of Boniaqui: Marseille, 1399
TRANSCRIPTION: FF. In nomine domini amen. Notum sit et cetera annodomini Millesimo CCClxxxxviiii die vii mensis
Novembris circa terciam. Notum sit et cetera quod
cum nil sit certius morte quamvis eius
hora sit dubia et inserta idcirco
ego Sterella…
Oro, wife of Samuel Rimok: Monzón, 1463
Oro, the wife of a scion of a well-known family, dictates a long Hebrew will in early summer of 1463 when is she healthy, as she says, in both body and mind. The introductory materials have Oro insisting that, in the bad times in which she lives, no…