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(Xt) Achel, Israel : RABBI EPHRAIM ELNCAOUA (LE RAB DR TLEMCEN) 1360-1442 [INCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR]

Tlemcen, 1939

1st Edition. Original Red Paper Wrappers with silhouette of Lion on the front. 8vo. 16 pages ; 22cm. In French. Title translates into English as, “Rabbi Ephraim Elncaoua (The Rabbi of Tlemcen) 1360-1442.” Scarce Holocaust-era publication about Rabbi Ephraim ben Israel Alnaqua (1360-1442) here published in Tlemcen itself. Alnaqua was “a physician, rabbi, theological writer, and founder of the Jewish community at Tlemçen, North Africa… According to a legend, Alnaqua escaped from the Spanish Inquisition, which had martyred his father and mother at the stake, and came to Maghreb mounted on a lion, using a serpent as a halter. Azulai (refered) to him as a miracle-worker. Alnaqua succeeded, after all other physicians had failed, in curing the only daughter of a king of the Zayyanid dynasty. Refusing the reward of gold and silver offered him by the king, he begged only that the Jews living near Tlemçen might be united in it. In this way the community was formed. Alnaqua's first care was to establish a large synagogue: this is still in existence (as of 1906) , and bears his name. Above the rabbi's chair, on which the verse Jer. Xvii.12 is engraved, a lamp burns perpetually. Alnaqua's grave, surrounded by those of his family, is in the old cemetery: it is sacred to North African Jews, and (as of 1906) is frequently visited by pilgrims from all Algeria…” (Wikipedia, 2016) No holdings worldwide on OCLC. Inscribed by the author on inside page. Ex-library with usual markings. Creased in center. Rare, important, and even inscribed. Good+ condition. (HOLO2-130-29)

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