Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Manuscript, Lengthy Halachic Responsum, Signed by Rabbi Yitzchak Ben Walid and Tétouan Rabbis
Manuscript, lengthy halachic ruling (6 pages) issued in response to a request by "the community leaders of Gibraltar", regarding the marriage of a convert, signed by the rabbi of Tétouan – R. Yitzchak ben Walid, and the dayanim of his Beit Din: R. Yom Tov HaLevy and R. Yitzchak Nahon. Tétouan, [1846].
The responsum was published in Responsa VaYomer Yitzchak (Even HaEzer, section 155) by R. Yitzchak Ben Walid, without the names of the signatories.
R. Yitzchak Ben Walid (1777-1870), chief rabbi of Tétouan and leading kabbalist in Morocco. A prominent halachic authority, many halachic questions were sent to him from throughout Morocco and even other countries. His responsa were published in the two volumes of his book Responsa VaYomer Yitzchak (Livorno, 1876). R. Yitzchak Ben Walid was renowned amongst Moroccan Jews as a holy man and wonder-worker.
[4] leaves (6 written pages). 35 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains, dark dampstains. Tears, damage and worming, affecting text. Some text erased as a result of dampness.
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