Shul, wife of R. Shelomo Ibn Sornach: Egypt, 1527

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Title

Shul, wife of R. Shelomo Ibn Sornach: Egypt, 1527

Subject

Shul, wife of R. Shelomo Ibn Sornach

Description

Shul makes a deathbed will, which is recorded in Hebrew. There seems to be a tension expressed in the will over who receives her estate. 

DESCRIPTION FROM THE PRINCETON GENIZA PROJECT:

Legal document. Will from 1527 drawn up by Shul (Sul, Shol), the wife of R. Shelomo ibn Sornaḥ סורנח. The wife disagrees to let her brother claim her estate from Shemuʾel Brodo, whom in his home she were living at the time she was writing the will (l. 3-4). She also declared that she has no other possessions whatsoever. Signed by Yeḥiel Mar Ḥayyim (data from FGP by Abraham David). Hebrew. AA

(https://geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents/11382/)

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Creator

Egypt

Date

1527

Source

Jewish Theological Seminary Library, Elkan Nathan Adler Collection
ENA NS 53.21

Language

Hebrew

Coverage

Cairo Geniza
Egypt

Contributor

Princeton Geniza Project