Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Letter of Blessing by Rabbi Yosef Abuchatzira – The Baba Su

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Letter of blessings for Pesach, to the "Lofty g'vir… Chaim ben Chamu", handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yosef Abuchatzira, Colomb-Bechar (Algeria), [ca. 1940s]. Handwritten in Judeo-Arabic on a printed card. The holy Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Abuchatzira – Baba Su (died ca. 1974), youngest son of Rabbi Aharon Abuchatzira (second son of Rabbi Ya'akov Abuchatzira), grandson of the Abir Ya'akov. Many turned to him for blessings, counsel and salvation. Rabbi Yosef lived in Colomb-Bechar (Béchar – a city on the Moroccan-Algerian border, near Tafilalt, Morocco), with his elder brothers, Rabbi Yisrael Abuchatzira, the "Great Baba Sali" and Rabbi Shalom Abuchatzira (cousins of the renowned Baba Sali, Rabbi Yisrael Abuchatzira son of Rabbi Masud and his brother Rabbi Yitzchak Baba Chaki). Later, he moved to France. See enclosed material. Approximately 9.5X14 cm. Fair condition, wear to margins.
Moroccan and North African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
Moroccan and North African Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters