קכו

And he led me through streets and marketplaces until he came to a courtyard and up several steps to some house. And there was only the woman there. And she showed me with her hands that she would receive me there. But I needed to speak with the master of the house. And I did not wish to stay there. And I went from there. In the meantime he met some people and spoke with them — and I did not understand — and he went on his way and told a certain poor woman to show me the road. And she hinted to me. And I walked with her. But there women were not commonly outside and it was not the way to walk with a woman in the marketplace. And I was compelled to walk at a distance behind the place she was going — passing through several Ishmaelites and Arabs in a place where many were crowded — until she brought me to the courtyard where the master of the lodgings himself sat. For the master of the house was a goldsmith — his name was Rabbi Moshe Gabbai Chazzan of the synagogue there. And there all the craftsmen did their work in shops — not in their homes. And I came to the courtyard where the shop was — where Rabbi Moshe sat. And he received me and said: shalom and welcome. And I began to speak with him about how to bring the belongings and Rabbi Yehuda Eliezer from the ship here. And immediately great anguish arose in my mind — for I understood immediately that I would not be able to return to the ship and would not know its location. And in particular since I did not understand their language at all — and even with Israelites it was very difficult to speak. And this anguish immediately greatly confused my mind. But even so — I spoke with the master of the house as if I knew a little. But the master of the house understood that I myself was confused and did not know the location of the ship. And even so he sent with me his son — a young boy — to go with me to the sea.