Masa'ud Raphael Alfasi

Tunisian rabbi (died 1776)

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Rabbi Masa'ud Raphael Alfasi
מסעוד רפאל אלפאסי
Title page of "Mishḥa deRabuta"
Personal
Died	1776
Religion	Judaism
Children	Solomon Ḥayyim
Occupation	rabbi
Signature

Main work	Mishḥa deRabuta
Residence	Tunisia

Masa'ud Raphael Alfasi (died 1776) was a Tunisian rabbi.

Mishḥa deRabuta

He is the author of "Mishḥa deRabuta" (Oil of Anointing), a work containing notes on all four sections of Rabbi Joseph Karo's "Shulchan Aruch"^[1] (Leghorn, 1805). He was assisted by his two learned sons, Solomon (died 1801) and Ḥayyim (died 1783), the former being the author of a similar work, "Kerub Mimshaḥ" (The Anointed Cherub), Leghorn, 1859.^[2]

References

^ Isaac ben Jacob Benjacob. "Mishḥa deRabuta" משחא דרבותא. אוצר הספרים (in Hebrew). Vilnius. p. 375. Retrieved Oct 23, 2023.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Michael Friedländer (1901–1906). "ALFASI, MASA'UD RAPHAEL". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.