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Masa'ud Raphael Alfasi

Rabbi
Masa'ud Raphael Alfasi
מסעוד רפאל אלפאסי
Title page of "Mishḥa deRabuta"
Personal life
Died1776
ChildrenSolomon
Ḥayyim
Occupationrabbi
Signature
Religious life
ReligionJudaism

Masa'ud Raphael Alfasi (died 1776) was a Tunisian rabbi.

Mishḥa deRabuta

He is the author of "Mishḥa deRabuta" (Oil of Anointing), a work containing notes on all four sections of Rabbi Joseph Karo's "Shulchan Aruch"[1] (Leghorn, 1805). He was assisted by his two learned sons, Solomon (died 1801) and Ḥayyim (died 1783), the former being the author of a similar work, "Kerub Mimshaḥ" (The Anointed Cherub), Leghorn, 1859.[2]

References

  1. ^ Isaac ben Jacob Benjacob. "Mishḥa deRabuta" משחא דרבותא. אוצר הספרים (in Hebrew). Vilnius. p. 375. Retrieved Oct 23, 2023.
  2. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainMichael Friedländer (1901–1906). "ALFASI, MASA'UD RAPHAEL". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.