Moses ben Raphael Pardo (died 1888) was a rabbi and rabbinical emissary. He was born in Jerusalem. After serving as rabbi in Jerusalem for many years, he left the city in 1870 and traveled to North Africa on a mission on behalf of Jerusalem. On his return trip in 1871 he stopped in Alexandria and accepted an offer to serve as the rabbi of the Jewish community there, a position he held until his death. Pardo was the author of Hora'ah de-Veit Din, about the laws of divorce;[1] Shemo Moshe, responsa;[2] and Zedek u-Mishpat, novellae to Hoshen Mishpat.[3][4]
Rabbi Moses ben Raphael Pardo | |
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| Born | Unknown Jerusalem |
| Died | 1888 Alexandria, Egypt |
| Nationality |  Ottoman Empire |
| Notable work(s) | Hora'ah de-Veit Din, Shemo Moshe, Zedek u-Mishpat |
| Known for | Author of Hora'ah de-Veit Din, Shemo Moshe, Zedek u-Mishpat |
| Occupation | Rabbi, Rabbinical Emissary |
| Senior posting | |
| Post | Rabbi of Alexandria |
He was a descendant of Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai.[5]
References
edit- ^ הוראה דבית דין [Hora'ah de-Veit Din] (in Hebrew). Izmir. 1872. OCLC 233321821. Retrieved Nov 19, 2015.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ שמו משה [Shemo Moshe] (in Hebrew). Izmir. 1874. OCLC 233079951. Retrieved Nov 22, 2015.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ צדק ומשפט [Zedek u-Mishpat] (in Hebrew). Izmir. 1874. OCLC 233321818. Retrieved Nov 22, 2015.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "PARDO, MOSES BEN RAPHAEL". Jewish Virtual Library. American–Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. 2013. Retrieved Nov 19, 2015.
- ^ Gaon, M. D. (1937). יהודי המזרח בארץ ישראל [Yehudei ha-Mizraḥ be-Ereẓ Yisrael] (in Hebrew). Vol. 2. Jerusalem. p. 541. Retrieved Nov 19, 2015.
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