as appears from the letter sent by bedersi to don vidal solomon ("ḥotam toknit," p. 4), he went early (perhaps in 1273) to perpignan, where he attended the lectures of joseph ezubi. he returned often to perpignan and took an active part in its communal affairs. a number of his letters, contained in ms. cviii (72) of the vienna hofbibliothek, are written to prominent jews in barcelona, asking them to aid their less fortunate coreligionists.