2****Rabbi Yom Tov Algazi

Rabbi Yom Tov Algazi

Born: 1727

Died: Yerushalayim, Eretz Yisrael, 1802

In 1776 Rabbi Yom Tov Algazi was appointed as the head judge in the Jewish court of Jerusalem.

Rabbi Yom Tov Algazi was one of the main students of the famed kabbalist Rabbi Shalom Sharabi - the Rashash.

Rabbi Algazi wrote a few books on Jewish law. He was buried in Har HaZeitim (Mount Olives) close to the gravesite of the Rashash.

May the merit of the tzaddik Rabbi Yom Tov Algazi protect us all, Amen.

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