Jerusalem emissary who stopped in Tripoli on his way through North Africa and stayed for twenty years. He laid the foundations of Libyan Jewish scholarship and wrote Ma'aseh Rokeah on the Mishneh Torah.

ר' מסעוד חי רקח
Rabbi and emissary · 1690–1768
Jerusalem emissary who stopped in Tripoli on his way through North Africa and stayed for twenty years. He laid the foundations of Libyan Jewish scholarship and wrote Ma'aseh Rokeah on the Mishneh Torah.

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