Autographed psak din by Rabbanim of Fez, most notably among them Rabbi Yehuda ben Attar.
Rabbi Yehuda ben Attar (1655-1733), Av Beis Din of Fez, was a close relative of the Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh and gave an approbation to his sefer Chefetz Hashem.
Rabbi Yehuda was renowned as a holy, pious Jew and miracle-worker who merited seeing Eliyahu Hanavi.
Rabbi Yehuda was renowned as a holy, pious Jew and miracle-worker who merited seeing Eliyahu Hanavi.
The Chid”a described: “He was accustomed to miracles, and I heard many wonders [about him]… I heard from holy, pious Rabbanim, scholars of the Maghreb region, that he was a holy G-dly man… He was once thrown into a lion’s den and miraculously survived although he remained there for a full day and night, and it was a great kiddush Hashem. Men would swear by his name, and those who swore falsely, perished.” (Shem Hagedolim)
Other prominent Rabbanim whose name appears on this ruling include:
Rabbi Yaakov Ibn Tzur (Yaabetz) (1673-1753), author of Shu”t Mishpat Tzedakah B’Yaakov, was one of the leading Rabbanim of Morocco and surrounding countries. He served as Rav of Fez alongside his spiritual master Rabbi Yehuda ben Attar and later became the leading halachic authority of Morocco.
Rabbi Shmuel Hatzarfati (1660-1713), author of Nimukei Shmuel (Amsterdam, 1718) and Divrei Shmuel (Amsterdam, 1699) was the grandson of Rabbi Vidal Tzarfati. One of the scholars on the Beis Din in Fez, his autograph appears on halachic rulings in Shu”t Mishpat Tzedakah B’Yaakov alongside the above Rabbanim.
Rabbi Avraham ben Rabbi Shaul Ibn Denan (d. prior to 1726) served as a dayan alongside the above Rabbanim, and his autograph appears repeatedly on halachic rulings dated between 1705-1822 in Shu”t Mishpat Tzedakah B’Yaakov
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This Psak is apparently not printed.
