Raphael Berdugo

Raphael Berdugo (; 1747 in Meknes – 1821), son of Rabbi Mordecai Berdugo, was a Dayan, a scholar, and an influential Moroccan rabbi.

Berdugo was respected by his contemporaries; his decisions continue to be a source of inspiration to Moroccan rabbis.

Berdugo had several adversaries. One of them was Baruch Toledano. Their controversies were quite heated and have remained famous.

Berdugo is listed as a saint in Culte des Saints et Pélerinages Judéo-Musulmans au Maroc. He married a daughter of the Mashbir and had four sons.

Publications List of publications by Raphael Berdugo, some unpublished, and some published by Chalom Messas:

Torot Emet - on the four sections of the Shulhan Aruch (Meknes 1939) - HebrewBooks.org Me Menuhot - homiletics on the Torah in two volumes (Jerusalem 1905) - HebrewBooks.org (I), HebrewBooks.org (II) Rav Peninim Messamehe Lev Mishpatim Yesharim - responsa, in two volumes (Kraków 1891) - HebrewBooks.org Sharvit HaZahav - hiddushim on various Talmudic tractates in two volumes (Jerusalem 1975) - HebrewBooks.org (II)