Isaac Ben Walid

{{Short description|Moroccan rabbi (1777–1870)}}

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Isaac Ben Walid ({{Langx|he|יצחק בן וואליד}}, {{Langx|ar|إسحاق ابن الوليد}}; 1777–1870), also known by his epithet The Fair, was a Moroccan rabbi. He served as the rabbi of Tétouan for approximately 40 years. Ben Walid also authored a two-volume book on the history of Jews in Tétouan, entitled So Spoke Isaac (ויאמר יצחק). In 1860, he founded the first ever school of the Alliance Israélite Universelle, located in Tétouan.{{cite web|url=https://madinamedia.com/%d8%b1%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%b7%d8%a7%d8%ac-%d9%8a%d9%87%d9%88%d8%af-%d8%aa%d8%b7%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%87%d9%86%d8%a7-%d8%a2%d8%ab%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a3%d8%ac%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%87%d9%85/|title=ربورطاج : يهود "تطوان" هنا آثار أجدادهم و نعوش رفاتهم الباذخة و بيعهم 16 عشرة .|date=2015-03-25|website=مدينة ميديا|language=ar|accessdate=2019-11-01|last=سلامة|first=حفيظ أبو}}

Biography

Isaac Ben Walid was born in Tétouan in 1777 to Rabbi Shem Tov and into a family of rabbis. He was named after his grandfather, Rabbi Isaac. Ben Walid's father died when he was young, and his family became poor.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}

Ben Walid married a woman from a family of rabbis. She gave birth to his eldest son before passing away shortly thereafter. He later married Simcha, a daughter of Rabbi Widal Pipas ({{Lang|he|וידאל ביבאס}}), who gave birth to 10 children who became rabbis.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}

Ben Walid spent most of his life teaching students the Torah. His mausoleum is located in Hay Al-Quds, formerly Tétouan's Jewish quarter, and it hosts a memorial celebration, or hillula, annually.{{Cite web|url=https://www.maghrebvoices.com/a/379067.html|title=5 أولياء مغاربة يتبرك بهم اليهود!|website=www.maghrebvoices.com|language=ar|access-date=2019-11-07}}

See also

References

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Category:18th-century Moroccan rabbis

Category:Jews and Judaism in Tétouan

Category:People from Tétouan

Category:1870 deaths

Category:1777 births

Category:19th-century Moroccan rabbis

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