About Moses Pardo
Lived 1810 – 1888 (aged 77–78). Moses Pardo was a Turkish writer.
Moses ben Raphael Pardo (died 1888) was a rabbi and rabbinical emissary. He was born in Jerusalem. After serving as rabbi in Jerusalem for many years, he left the city in 1870 and traveled to North Africa on a mission on behalf of Jerusalem. On his return trip in 1871 he stopped in Alexandria and accepted an offer to serve as the rabbi of the Jewish community there, a position he held until his death. Pardo was the author of Hora'ah de-Veit Din, about the laws of divorce; Shemo Moshe, responsa; and Zedek u-Mishpat, novellae to Hoshen Mishpat.
He was a descendant of Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai.
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Who was Moses Pardo?
rabbi and rabbinical emissary
When was Moses Pardo born?
Moses Pardo was born in 1810 in Jerusalem.
When did Moses Pardo die?
Moses Pardo died in 1888 in Alexandria.
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Moses Pardo was a writer.
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Moses Pardo was Turkish.
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