Elmaleh, Judah ben Mordecai. She’eloth u-Teshuvoth [responsa]

AUCTION 33 |
Tuesday, June 20th,
2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Including Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Autograph Letters
Lot 214
(MOROCCO)
Elmaleh, Judah ben Mordecai. She’eloth u-Teshuvoth [responsa]
Sefrou, Morocco: Early 19th-century
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $850
R. Judah ben Mordecai Elmaleh served at various times as rabbi of Sefrou, Fez, Meknes, Tetuan and Rabat, Morocco. See Y. Ben-Na’im, Malkhei Rabbanan (1931), 52b-53a; David Ovadia, The Community of Sefrou, I (1974).
The responsa in this collection mostly concern financial disputes, such as inheritance, etc. On pp. 33-35, novellae on Talmud Bavli, Megillah 10a. On pp. 40-41, a kabbalistic incantation (lachash)