Rabbi Mas’ud Hai Rakkah

ר' מסעוד חי רקח

Rabbi and emissary · 1690–1768

Sephardi · EstablishedOttoman, North African & Western CentersHilula: 10 Av

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.

Title page of Ma'aseh Rokeah
Title page of Ma'aseh Rokeah. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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