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Lot #    21215
Auction End Date    8/12/2008 10:56:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Joseph Hayyim Ha'Kohen
Title (Hebrew)    כתב מה'ר יוסף חיים הכהן ראב'ד
Author    [Ms. - Morocco]
City    Jerusalem
Publication Date    1919
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1] p., 225:141 mm., light age staining, ink on stationary, neat rabbinic script, signed, stamped, and dated.
          
Detailed
Description		    The Chief Rabbi of the Bet Din for Moroccan Jews inquires of the Assistance Board to help a recent oleh from Alexandria, Egypt.

R. Joseph Hayyim b. Judah ha-Kohen (1851-1921), Chief Judge of the Moroccan Community in Jerusalem. R Kohen was born in Mogador and emigrated to Jerusalem at the age of 15. He led the Tuvei Yisba'u Yeshiva and was a correspondent of responsa with the greatest of his generation. He wrote Minhat Kohen (Jerusalem 1902-10, 2 vol.) novellae on Talmud and halakha, the work carries the approbations of the entire Jerusalem rabbinate.
          
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20th Century:    Checked
  
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Language:    Hebrew
  
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Kind of Judaica