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The documents contain the following signatories:
1. R. Hayyim David b. Zimra, (early 19th century), rabbinical scholar and court judge in Sefrou, decree dated 1833, Sefrou, Morocco;
2. R. Jedidiah b. Raphael Aaron Monsonego (d. 1867), rabbi and kabbalist, authored over 40 works in Halacha, kabbalah, and liturgy all still in manuscript, decree dated 1833, Sefrou, Morocco;
3. R. Abba Serero, (early 19th century), court judge, kosher slaughterer, and holy person who perished in the 1835 cholera epidemic, decree dated 1833, Sefrou, Morocco;
4. R. Juda b. Yavon, (early 19th century), rabbinical scholar and court judge in Sale, decree dated 1842, Sale, Morocco;
5. R. Abraham b. Mordecai Ankawa (b. 1810), rabbi and kabbalist was born in Sale. After serving as dayyan in his native town, Ankawa traveled to Leghorn about 1838 to arrange the printing of his first works. On his return he journeyed to many towns in Morocco and the Oran district, seeking material for his halakhic works. He was particularly interested in the unpublished researches and rulings of old Castilian and North African rabbis, making extensive use of these and the works of authoritative European writers. His visits were usually short, but he stayed three years in Tlemcen and founded a talmudic academy there. decree dated 1842, Sale, Morocco;
6. R. Moshe Attia, (early 19th century), rabbinical scholar and scribe in Rabat, decree dated 1842, Radat, Morocco;
7. R. Shalom Almasule (early 19th century), rabbinical scholar and court judge in Rabat, published Chukat Ha’Pesah (Leghorn 1839) on behalf of R. Abraham Ankawa, decree dated 1842, Rabat, Morocco;
8. R. Vidal Israel b. Moshe (early 19th century) rabbinical scholar and judge in Tetuan, his approbations appear in Tokpho Shel Joseph (Leghorn 1855) and Mishmeret Ha’Kodesh (Leghorn 1825), decree dated 1842, Tetuan, Morocco;
9. R. Isaac b. Shem Tov ibn Valid (c.1777-1870), rabbi, kabbalist and holy sage, senior Judge in Tetuan, author of Va’Yomer Yitzhok (Leghorn 1876) a responsa work of over 900 pages! Additional unpublished manuscript works apparently exist in various libraries, decree dated 1842, Tetuan, Morocco;
10. R. Yom Tov Halevi (early 19th century), rabbinical scholar and judge in Tetuan, his name frequently appears in the works of R. Berdugo and R. Elmaleh, decree dated 1842, Tetuan, Morocco;
11. R. Judah Elmaleh (early 19th century), rabbinical scholar and scribe of the Bet Din in Tetuan, decree dated 1842, Tetuan, Morocco.
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