1. R. Ya’acov ibn Zur (signs Yavetz), (1673–1752), rabbi, scholar, and holy man was born in Fez. Among his teachers were R. Menahem Serero and R. Vidal Zarfati. Oppressive taxation induced the Yavetz to move to MeknIs, where he became a member of the bet din of R. Judah ibn Attar (the uncle and teacher of the Ohr Ha’Chaim Ha’Kodesh).

2. R. Raphael Ha’Malach Berdugo (signs Ravitz), (1747–1821), dayyan and scholar, was the author of the following works: Mishpatim Yesharim, responsa (2 vols., 1891), Torot Emet, commentary on the Shulhan Arukh (1939); bound with the latter are Kizzur ha-Takkanot and Minhagei Terefot; and Mei Menuhot, a commentary on the Pentateuch (2 vols., 1900–42). Other works are still in manuscript, including translations of the Bible from Genesis to the end of Isaiah into Arabic, under the title Leshon Limmudim.

3. R. Maimon Berdugo (signs MeivinMAIMON "the Mevin" (1767–1824), son of R. Raphael, was a dayyan and the author of responsa and other works, including Lev Mevin and Penei Mevin (issued together 1951). His novellae to the Talmud are in manuscript.

4. R. Joseph Berdugo (signs Yavin), (1802–1854), dayyan in MeknIs, was a scholar whose works include a lexicon of Hebrew grammatical roots and their derivatives, Ketonet Yosef (3 vols. 1922–43). Other works are unpublished