Joseph Ben Ayyush Elmaleh(1750–1823)
Kabbalist and halakhist, my 3rd Great Grand Father R. Joseph Elmaleh was
considered one of the outstanding Moroccan scholars of
his time. He served as rabbi of Salé; and of Rabat in
1780. There he maintained a large yeshivah, which
continued to function after his death. In 1809 he was in
Gibraltar with the intention, according to one source, of
journeying on to Erez Israel, and was invited to serve as
rabbi there. In the same year, however, he returned to
Rabat.
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