Yaakov Rokach

Jacob Rakkaḥ (, Yaakov Rakkaḥ) (1800 – 3 March 1891 of Rabbi Mas'ud Hai Rakkah, author of Ma'aseh Rokeaḥ, who had come to Libya as a shadar (rabbinical emissary) from Palestine and stayed to lead the Jewish community in Tripoli for 20 years. Jacob's brother, Zion, was also a Torah scholar.

He was known as a great Torah scholar and posek (arbiter of Jewish law). the Siddur Od Avinu Hai , published by Machon Hai Hai, is based on his emendations to the nusach and laws of prayer for Sephardi Jews.

Rakkaḥ founded at his own expense Yeshiva Rabbi Yaakov Tripoli, which housed an estimated 1,000 seforim and valuable manuscripts. The yeshiva convened nightly and craftsmen gathered to learn the weekly Torah portion on Shabbat. The yeshiva was destroyed by a bomber during World War II.

In 1863 Rakkaḥ published the third volume of his great-great-grandfather's halakhic work, Ma'aseh Rokeaḥ. His cousin and contemporary, Hakham Abraham Hayyim Adadi, who was a great-grandson of Mas'ud Hai Rakkaḥ, published the second volume of Ma'aseh Rokeaḥ in 1862. Vayaged Yaakov (1869), on the Hebrew month of Nisan, the Passover Haggadah, the Counting of the Omer, Birkat HaIlanot, and Birkat Hachama Derech Chaim (1860) Pirsumei Nisa (1860), on the Hebrew month of Nisan and the Passover Haggadah Shulchan Lechem HaPanim (7 volumes), notes and original insights on the Shulchan Aruch Kol Yaakov (1852), commentary on the Torah Pri Etz Hadar, on the laws of Tu BiShvat Tov Lehodot, commentary on the Book of Psalms Kolo Shel Yaakov, commentary on the Torah Bikkurim LaShem Michtav LeYaakov Minei Merkachat HaOrach Mishor Yeshuot Yaakov Derech Yashar

Rakkah-Adadi family tree