Fez Community’s Beis Din Records, with nearly 100 Signatures of Prominent Dayanim [1910-1931]
Volume contains a collection of nearly 50 monetary documents with the signatures of the Fez dayanim between 1910-1918.
The register is a historic record of the life of Jews in Fez, Morocco, over 100 years ago.
The documents are signed by the rabbinical leaders, judges of the city and surrounding area (in alphabetical order):
- Rabbi Aaron Abuhatzeira
- Rabbi Massoud Abiktzitz
- Rabbi Shimon Haim Ajini
- Rabbi Jacob Adahan
- Rabbi Shem Tov Albaz
- Rabbi Makhluf Almasali
- Rabbi Massoud Asbag
- Rabbi David Aturjman
- Rabbi Makhluf Aturjman
- Rabbi Meir Botbol
- Rabbi Joseph Ben Naim
- Rabbi Isaac Ben Naim
- Rabbi Abraham Ibn Sussan
- Rabbi Raphael Jacob Ibn Attar
- Rabbi Samuel Danan
- Rabbi Maimon Israel
- Rabbi Raphael Maman
- Rabbi Moses Maman
- Rabbi Raphael Monsonego
- Rabbi Haim David Serero
- Rabbi Yehuda Saadoun
- Rabbi Joseph HaCohen Sikali
- Rabbi Abba Attia
- Rabbi Joseph Attar
The ledger continues with over a hundred pages written in Judeo-Arabic (and some in Arabic) between the years 1925-1931, documenting a list of expenses and loans given by the owner to various individuals.
Fez 1910-1931. Over [170] written pages, with many blank pages. On the back of some of the documents appears documentation of the loan repayment times.
Size: Approximately 17 cm.
Good condition, intentional tears by the Bet Din on some of the documents, as a sign that the debt was paid in full and the document is void.
A few documents have missing tears. Stains. One page detached. Hole in the last pages (mostly blank). Some stains and wear. Antique leather binding, worn. Defect in the spine.
