Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Letter of Halachic Responsum by Rabbi Avraham Abuchatzira

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Long letter of halachic responsum handwritten and signed by Rabbi Avraham Abuchatzira, to Rabbi David Tzabach Rabbi and posek in the city of Mazagan (El Jadida, Algeria). Dar El-Beida (Casablanca), 1930.
Rabbi Avraham Abuchatzira (died in 1948) was born in Meknès and on his way to Eretz Israel, the community of Dar El-Beida asked him to serve in their city as rabbi and dayan. In 1945, he retired and after his death in 1948, the community built a room on his grave and the grave of his friend Rabbi Mesamach Elyakim. He wrote many halachic rulings and most of his writings remained in manuscript form. This responsum and other responsa on this matter by Rabbi Tzabach and Rabbi Mesamach Elyakim were printed in the Shoshanim L'David responsa, Part 2, Choshen Mishpat, Simanim 16-24.
6 pages, 31 cm. Good-fair condition, minor tears to leaf folds.
Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters
Moroccan Jewry – Manuscripts and Letters