Baba Sali

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Baba Sali

Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira , known as Baba Sali ???? ???? ( "praying yisrael-sali is a short nickname for israel in morrocan arabic like in a lot of noames in arabic") (1890-1984), was a Moroccan

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
rabbi

Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
and kabbalist

Kabbalah

Kabbalah is a discipline and school of thought discussing the mysticism aspect of Judaism. It is a set of esoteric teachings that are meant to explain the relationship between an infinite, eternal and essentially unknowable Creator deity with the finite and mortal universe of His creation....
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Family history
Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira was the scion of a family of Talmud

Talmud

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Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
rabbi

Rabbi

Kabbalah

Family history

Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira was the scion of a family of Talmud

Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
ical scholars and Ba’alei Mofet (individuals who have the alleged ability through prayer of performing miracles). The name Abuchatzeira comes to the fore in the person of Rabbi Shmuel Abuhatzeira, who was described by Rabbi Chaim Joseph David Azulai

Chaim Joseph David Azulai

Rabbi Chaim Joseph David ben Isaac Zerachia Azulai , commonly known as the Chida , was a rabbinical scholar and a noted bibliophile, who pioneered the history of Jewish religious writings....
(the Chida) as an Ish Elokim Kadosh - "a holy man of God". Shmuel’s son, Masud (Moshe in Hebrew), became the rabbi in the Moroccan city of Tafilalt

Tafilalt

Tafilalt or Tafilet is a region and the most important oasis of the Morocco Sahara; it is also considered one of the largest oasis in the world, the oasis is entirely located along the Ziz River....
, and was followed in this position by his son, Yaakov, known as the Abir Yaakov, ("Knight Yaakov"). His eldest son, named Masud after his grandfather, was the father of Rabbi Yisrael, the Baba Sali, who followed in the precedent of his ancestors by his study of the Torah

Torah study

Torah study is the study by Jewish people of the Torah, Tanakh, Talmud, responsa, rabbinic literature and similar works, all of which are Judaism's religious texts....
and observance of Torahnic instruction/law. His father was supportive of him in his studies.

Based in NYC, Rabbi Yishayahu Yosef Pinto

Rabbi Yishayahu Yosef Pinto

Rabbi Yishayahu Yosef Pinto is widely regarded as one of the most influential Rabbis in the world. He is the scion of a distinguished, centuries-old rabbinic family from Morocco....
, his grandson today attracts thousands of visitors a month.

Marriage

Following the instruction of Pirkei Avot (5:22), which advocates marriage by the age of eighteen (and not to be delayed by more than two years), Rabbi Yisrael was married at the age of sixteen to Precha Amsalem, who served as a Ezer K’negdo, (a soul-mate and "helpmate" Genesis 2:18) throughout their marriage.

Rabbi Yisrael was one of the leaders of the Aliyah of Moroccan Jewry

Jewish exodus from Arab lands

The Jewish exodus from Arab lands refers to the 20th century expulsion or mass departure of Jews, primarily of Sephardi Jews and Mizrahi Jews background, from Arab and Islamic countries....
to Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
, which saw the transfer of nearly the entire population of that community to the Holy Land.

Baba Sali settled in Netivot

Netivot

Netivot is a city in the Southern District of Israel in Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 25,600....
, adjacent to the Yeshivat HaNegev.

Funeral and tomb

He died in 1984 (4 Shevat 5744). His funeral was attended by an estimated 100,000 people. His grave-site in Netivot has become a popular pilgrimage site in Israel. Two other people are buried nearby. His second wife, Miriam Abuhatzeira, is buried in an adjoining wing of the Baba Sali Tomb as well as David Bouskila, the builder and founder of the tomb complex. In 2009, his Hillula
Bereavement in Judaism

Bereavement in Judaism is a combination of minhag and mitzvah derived from Judaism's classical Torah and Rabbinical literature texts. The details of observance and practice vary according to each Jewish community....
(the anniversary of his passing, is on Thursday January 29th, with celebrations starting on Wednesday evening which starts the 4th of the month of Shevat.

Third wife

Baba Sali's third wife, Rabanit Simi Abuhatzeira, who married Baba Sali when she was 15, is living in Netivot.

Colleagues

When Rabbeinu Abuhatzeira lived in France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, he would spend the Hebrew month of Elul

Elul

Elul is the twelfth month of the Jewish civil year and the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a summer month of 29 days....
as R' Nissan Neminov

Nissan Neminov

Rabbi Nissan Neminov, known familiarly as Reb Nissan, was an Orthodox Judaism Rabbi. Specifically, he served as a Mashpia, Hasidism mentor, in the Yeshiva of Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, near Paris, France....
’s guest.

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at the Internet Archive
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