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Category: Translation - Hebrew
Approval Date: 8/5/2026 4:15 PM
Family Surname: Palagi, Malul, Melloul
Country: Egypt
Town: Alexandria
Date of Image: 1923

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Handwritten letter in Hebrew sent from Egypt to the rabbis of Safed, 1923, with the embossed seal of LE GRAND RABBINAT D'ALEXANDRIE ET SES DEPENDANCES at the foot of the page. From the Safed Jewish Community collection at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People: CAHJP IL-Sa-459, shelfmark Sfat 7-6 (NLI record 997013405645205171). It is addressed to the dayanim of Safed, among them Rabbi Yeshua Palagi. A full transcription and translation would be very welcome. Especially: 1. Who wrote and signed it, and in what capacity within the Alexandria rabbinate? 2. What matter does it deal with? 3. Does the surname MALUL / MELLOUL / MALLOUL appear, or any reference to the rabbi of Tanta? I research Rabbi Moshe Haim Malul, who served as rabbi of Tanta in Egypt in exactly these years and later as a dayan in Cairo. Thank you very much.

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Submitted by Gal Malul

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Submitted by Gal Malul