- Part of a ketubah (marriage contract) in Hebrew, Aramaic and Judaeo-Arabic, between a
Karaite woman and a Rabbanite man, written in 1082 ce, probably in Cairo. Special clauses
state that the groom will not force the bride to compromise her Karaite principles and that the
bride will observe Rabbanite festivals with her husband. - Maimonides’ autograph draft, written in cursive Hebrew script in c. 1180, of a section of
his Mishneh Torah, the fi rst systematic code of Jewish law, found in the Cairo Genizah.
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