A Contribution to the Biography of Josef ha-Mashbir ben Shemuel ha-Rodi

In this article the author presents a Karaim text from of Josef ha-Mashbir’s (died 1700) autograph. The discovery of the latter source proves that he was a North-Western Karaim native speaker, which, in turn, supports the claims of those researchers who contend that he originated from Lithuania. Importantly, the source in questionis one of the oldest known North-Western Karaim texts.