Title page of Shaarei Tefilla by Rabbi Jacob Rakkaḥ
Personal
Born
Yaakov Rakkaḥ
1800
Tripoli
Died
3 March 1891 (aged 90–91)
Tripoli
Religion
Judaism
Nationality
Libyan
Parent
Rabbi Shlomo Rakkaḥ
Position
Rosh yeshiva
Jacob Rakkaḥ (Hebrew: יעקב רקח, Yaakov Rakkaḥ) (1800 – 3 March 1891[1]), also spelled Raccah, was a Sephardi Hakham in the 19th-century Jewish community of Tripoli, Libya. He was a well-known posek (arbiter of Jewish law) for Sephardi Jews, a rosh yeshiva, and author of approximately 40 sefarim,[2] some of which were published during his lifetime.[1]
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JacobRakkaḥ (Hebrew: יעקב רקח, Yaakov Rakkaḥ) (1800 – 3 March 1891), also spelled Raccah, was a Sephardi Hakham in the 19th-century Jewish community...
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kabbalists". He was a contemporary of Hakham JacobRakkah (1800–1891), another great-great-grandson of Mas'ud Hai Rakkah and author of approximately 40 sefarim...
Mas'ud Hai Rakkaḥ's halakhic work, Ma'aseh Rokeaḥ. His cousin and contemporary, Hakham JacobRakkah, a great-great-grandson of Mas'ud Hai Rakkaḥ, published...
became a prominent student of Mas'ud Hai Rakkah, one of the leading rabbis of Libyan Jewry in the 18th century. Rakkaḥ chose Adadi as a son-in-law, and Adadi...
with emendations in nusach and laws according to the opinions of Rabbi JacobRakkaḥ] (in Hebrew). Machon Chai Chai for the Study of the Writings of the Rabbis...
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