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Category: Translation - Hebrew
Approval Date: 8/5/2026 4:15 PM
Family Surname: Palagi, Malul, Melloul
Country: Israel
Town: Safed
Date of Image: 1925

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Handwritten letter in Hebrew (Sephardi semi-cursive), sent from Egypt to the rabbinical court of Safed. From the Safed Jewish Community collection at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People: CAHJP IL-Sa-563, shelfmark Sfat 7-112. Catalogued as 1925. It opens by naming the three dayanim of Safed: Ishmael Cohen, Yeshua Waish and Yeshua Palagi, and is catalogued as concerning a widow. As far as I can read, it pleads repeatedly that they act "lifnim mishurat hadin" in a matter of a sheluhut (emissary mission), and asks mercy for the man's righteous wife. A full transcription and translation would be very welcome. Especially: 1. Who wrote and signed the letter? 2. Who is the man whose case is pleaded, and who is the widow? 3. Does the surname MALUL / MELLOUL / MALLOUL appear anywhere? I research Rabbi Moshe Haim Malul, rabbi of Tanta in Egypt, who died in either 1925 or 1928, and whose wife came from the Palagi family of Safed. Thank you very much.

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Submitted by Gal Malul

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Submitted by Gal Malul