Ḥalfon ben Nethanel Ha-Levi Abu Saīʿd

Ḥalfon ben Nethanel Ha-Levi Abu Saīʿd was a wealthy Jewish businessman in Egypt known from the documents preserved in Cairo Genizah. His affairs extended from India and Yemen to Spain. Letters from the Genizah addressed to him bear evidence of his generosity and wealth. He was a close friend of Judah Halevi, one of the greatest Hebrew poets, who also appears to have been his relative. Halevi wrote poems and letters in the Halfron’s honor, and lived at his home in Cairo from 1140 to 1141.