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Autograph responsa by R. Moshe ibn Habib, along with other great Sephardic scholars, bound here in six volumes. Comprising: <<* >> Vol. 1. [5 ff]. Responsa of R. Moshe ibn Habib. Autograph manuscript (not signed). <<* WITH:>> R. Abraham ben Mordechai Halevi. Responsa (found in Ginath Veradim). Autograph, signed. <<*>> Vol. 2. [12 ff]. A long responsa of R. Moshe ibn Habib regarding Nezirath Shimshon. Autograph, signed. <<* WITH:>> Responsa of R. Abraham ben Mordechai Halevi on the same question. Manuscript, signed. <<*>> Vol. 3. [14 ff]. Responsa of R. Moshe ibn Habib. Autograph (lacking beginning and end). <<* WITH:>> Responsas from R. Abraham Amigo Autograph. <<*>> Vol. 4. [10 ff]. Responsa of R. Moshe ibn Habib. Autograph, signed. <<*>> Vol. 5. [11 ff]. Responsa of R. Moshe ibn Habib. Autograph. <<* WITH:>> Responsa of R. Abraham ben Mordechai Halevi. Manuscript, signed. <<*>> Vol. 6. [16 ff.] Responsa of R. Moshe ibn Habib. Manuscript, with autograph annotations. <<* WITH:>> R. Yisrael Yaakov Algazi. Autograph, signed. Born in Salonika, R. Moshe ibn Habib (1654-96) stemmed from an illustrious rabbinic family (R. Yoseph ibn Habib – author of Nemukei Yoseph on Alfasi; R. Ya’akov ibn Habib – author of Ein Ya’akov). R. Moshe came to Jerusalem at the age of 15 and studied under R. Ya’akov Hagiz, eventually became his son-in-law. He was recognized as a Torah scholar of the first rank by such luminaries as R. Hizkiyah di Silva and R. Ephraim Navon. Subsequently R. Moshe succeeded R. Moshe Galante as Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem.