Chalom Messas

Shalom Messas
Born	February 13, 1909(1909-02-13) Meknes
Died	April 12, 2003(2003-04-12) (aged 94) in his house in jerusalem
Resting place	Har HaMenuchot, Jerusalem, Israel 31°47′49″N 35°10′51″E / 31.796856°N 35.180755°E / 31.796856; 35.180755Coordinates: 31°47′49″N 35°10′51″E / 31.796856°N 35.180755°E / 31.796856; 35.180755
Nationality	Israeli, Moroccan
Known for	Religious teacher
Home town	Jerusalem
Title	Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem
Religion	Judaism
Spouse	Jamila Elkrief
Children	David Messas
Parents	Maimon Messas, Rahel Soudri

Shalom Messas, (13 February 1909 - 12 April 2003), was the Chief Rabbi of Morocco from 1961 until 1978, when he made aliyah to become the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, in which position he served until his death. He wrote many works: Mizrah Chemech, Tevouot Chemech, Chemech Oumaguen, Beit Chemech and Veham Hachemech.

Books

• Divre Moche by Chief Rabbi Moses ben Abraham Berdugo, called "Mashbir"
• Divre Mordekhai by Rabbi Mordekhai Berdugo, Hamarbitz
• Torot Emet, Me Menouhot, Rav Peninim and Messamehe Lev by his great-great-great-grandfather Ha Malakh Rabbi Raphael Berdugo
• Lev Mevin and Penei Mevin by Rabbi Mimoun Berdugo
• Edout Beyaakov by his great-grandfather Rabbi Yaacov Berdugo.
• Divre Chalom by his grandfather also named Rabbi Chalom Messas.
• Guevoul Binyamine
• Divre Yossef

See also

• David Messas (his son).

External links

• Family Tree.

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Name	Messas, Shalom
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Date of birth	13 February 1909
Place of birth	Meknes
Date of death	12 April 2003
Place of death	in his house in jerusalem