Document concerning resolution of dispute between two rabbinic emissaries, 1850-1870

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Place: Fès. A document concerning the rabbinic emissary, Aharon ha-Kohen Arazy, who came from Tiberias. The judge Masʻud Arruwas recommended him to the communities of Tlemcen and Oujda, Klaїa, Banisanous and Madroma (in northwestern Algeria and northeastern Morocco). Afterwards another emissary arrived, Makhluf Edre'i, who felt that any authorization to Aharon Ha-Kohen Arazy should apply to him as well. A big dispute developed between the two emissaries, which was mediated by Yédidia Monsonégo from Fès. The emissaries are asked to respect this decision. Note: two other communities are mentioned later in this document: Mascara in northwestern Algeria and Tafilalt in southeastern Morocco. Two additions are found at the end of the main document: one signed by Aharon Refael Monsonego, and another one signed by Hayim ben Danan. The last one tells us that the two emissaries reached a compromise on this dispute.

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