Lot 70
Bound Letters of Recommendation – Handwritten and Signed by Dozens of Moroccan Sages and Rabbis, Including a Recommendation Handwritten and Signed by the Baba Sali
Letters of recommendation for hachnasat kalla (supplying a dowry for a bride), handwritten and signed by dozens of Moroccan sages and rabbis, including a letter of recommendation (three lines) handwritten and signed by R. Yisrael Abuchatzira (the Baba Sali). Bound together.
7 leaves, glued and bound together, containing handwritten and signed recommendations by Moroccan sages and rabbis from 1922-1936. Written in Moroccan cities: Fez, Meknes, Rabat, Tlemcen, Sefrou, Safi, Essaouira and El-Jadida. All the recommendations were written for "Moshe Ochana", some mentioning his wish to settle in Eretz Israel.
Below is a list of the letters of recommendation and some of the names of the rabbis who signed them:
· Page [1] – Recommendation of "…R. Ya'akov Abuchatzira…". Fez, 1935. Handwritten additions and signatures of members of the society appear on the margins.
· Page [2] – Letter of recommendation by the Rashbi society. Fez, 1932. Many signatures of members of the society, including the signature "Yitzchak Abuchatzira".
· Page [3] – Recommendation signed by the Beit Din in Rabat. 1923. Signatures of R. Refael Ankawa (Encouau) [HaMalach Refael], R. Yekutiel Birdugo, R. Yosef Chaim ibn Attar.
This recommendation is accompanied by another handwritten recommendation signed by R. Chaim Refael Attie, a Rabbi in Rabat and by another handwritten recommendation.
· Page [4] – Recommendation of the Fez Beit Din – Signatures of R. "Shlomo ---", R. "Matitya Siriro" and R. "Aharon Butbul". Fez, Tishrei 1922.
Three handwritten lines of recommendation signed by R. "Yisrael Abuchatzira", the Baba Sali, appear alongside this recommendation.
Recommendation handwritten and signed by R. Abba Elbaz, "Posek in the city of Sefrou".
Recommendation handwritten and signed by R. Yehoshua Birdugo – Meknes.
Recommendation handwritten and signed R. Shlomo ibn Shitrit – "Dayan and posek in Meknes".
Recommendation handwritten and signed by R. David Tzabach – Rabat.
Recommendation signed by Rabbis of Essaouira (Mogador) – Ra'avad R. Avraham ibn Sussan, R. David Knafo and R. Moshe ibn Simhon.
· Page [5] – Recommendation of the society "Called after… Rabbi Ish HaTzorfati…". Fez, 1923. With many signatures.
· Page [6] – Recommendation by Rabbis of the Fez Beit Din, 1933. Signed by R. Matitya Siroro, R. Aharon Butbul and R. Moshe ibn Denan.
Under these signatures are two more recommendations, one handwritten and signed by R. David Tzabach "Posek in El-Jadida" and the other handwritten and signed by R. Avner Tzorfati "Posek in Safi".
· Page [7] – Recommendation from societies in Fez, 1923: Recommendation from a society named after R. Shimon Bar Yochai, with signatures of its members, including the following: R. Shmuel ibn Denan, R. Sa'adia ibn Denan. Recommendation from Chevrat Eliyahu HaNavi, with signatures of its members.
Recommendation handwritten and signed by R. Refael Tzorfati, Oujda.
Recommendation handwritten and signed by R. Masud Aviktzitz.
Recommendation handwritten and signed by R. Yosef Mashash [author of Otzar HaMichtavim] – Tlemcen, 1936.
[7] leaves, glued and bound together. 36 cm. Fair condition. Dark stains, wear and tears, worming in several places. Traces of dampness. Repairs with paper. Folk fabric binding.
