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R. Elijah Bekor b. Abraham Hazzan (d. 1908), grandson of R. Hayyim David, was born in Smyrna. In 1872–74 he went to North Africa as an emissary of the Jerusalem community. In 1874 he was appointed rabbi of Tripoli and from there went to Alexandria, where he died. He was the author of Ta'alumot Lev (Leghorn-Alexandria, 1879–1907), responsa in four parts; Neveh Shalom (Alexandria, 1894), on the customs of Alexandria; Zikhron Yerushalayim (Leghorn, 1874), on love of the Holy Land; and other works.