Manuscript - Halachic Responsum from Rabbi Kalfon Moshe Hacohen, with Handwritten Glosses / Letter from Rabbi ...

Manuscript - Halachic Responsum from Rabbi Kalfon Moshe Hacohen, with Handwritten Glosses / Letter from Rabbi Rachamim Chadad to Rabbis in Tunis / Approbations Signed by the Rabbis of Djerba, Tunis and Jerusalem - Djerba and Tunis, 1900-1903
Manuscript, halachic responsum sent by R. Kalfon Moshe Hacohen, with additions in his handwriting and with signed approbations from the rabbis of Djerba, Tunis and Jerusalem. Djerba and Tunis, 1900-1903.
Most of the manuscript is a long responsum regarding blemishes on the lungs of slaughtered animals, written by the scribe of R. Kalfon Moshe Hacohen, with glosses and additions in R. Kalfon's handwriting in the margins and between the lines. The manuscript opens with a letter signed and stamped by R. Rachamim Chadad, rabbi of Djerba, to the rabbis of Tunis, in which he requests that they join his approbation to this responsum. He instructs them to write their approbations in the booklet itself and return it to him, so that he can send it to Jerusalem's rabbis for their approbation.
Indeed, the end of the manuscript (p. 31) contains the approbations of the rabbis of Tunis with their signatures: R. Moshe Berrebi, R. Yeshua Chai Sitruk, R. Shlomo Dana, and R. Moshe Sitruk. Following is an approbation in the name of Jerusalem's rabbis, R. Yaakov Shaul Elyashar (author of "Yisa Bracha") and R. Menachem Danon. The approbation is written and signed by R. Nissim Yehuda Danon, son of R. Menachem, emissary as well as ritual slaughterer (shochet) for the Sephardic community in Jerusalem.
The manuscript contains many handwritten additions and corrections by R. Kalfon Moshe Hacohen. He also added comments to the approbations, possibly in preparation for printing. Several of the glosses are signed with his initials.
The responsum and its approbations are printed with many changes in Responsa Shoel VeNish'al by R. Kalfon Moshe Hacohen, VI, section 105; and in Responsa Yashiv Moshe by R. Moshe Sitruk, I, section 281.
R. Kalfon Moshe Hacohen (1874-1950, Otzar Harabbanim 12439) was the chief rabbi of Djerba and the author of many works. He passed away in 1950 while planning to move to the Holy Land, and in 2006 his remains were reburied in Eretz Israel in a funeral attended by thousands.
[3], 31, [1] leaves. 15 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Small tear to the last leaf. Several detached leaves. Old binding. The front binding contains a Tunisian postal stamp.