בידספיריט | [MANUSCRIPT - MOROCCO] Autograph letter


[MANUSCRIPT - MOROCCO] Autograph letter of Rabbi Yaacov Abehsera Za l (1806-1880). Signed by his teacher Rabbi Yihia Illouz and by Rabbi Chlomo ben Mahlouf ben Aboukrat Za I. This letter, dated 1831, is about the resolution of a commercial dispute between two Jews. 14 x 19 cm Missing at the bottom of the document with loss of letters. Rabbi Yaakov Abehsera nicknamed Abir Yaakov (1806-1880) was a rabbi in the Tafilalet region of Morocco. He was renowned as a kabbalist, rabbinical judge, orator and poet. He was an ancestor of Baba Salé and is also known for his attachment to the land of Israel. He tried many times to return to his land but never succeeded. On his last journey to settle there, he died in Damanhur, Egypt. Since then, his tomb has become a place of pilgrimage.