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Collection of [7] Letters from Leading Rabbis of Tunisia - A diverse and historically significant collection of rabbinic correspondence from some of the foremost Torah authorities of Tunisian Jewry, reflecting the religious leadership, rabbinical courts, and communal life of North African Jewish communities. 1. An important and lengthy letter (3 pages) concerning the selection and appointment of a rabbinical judge to adjudicate a legal dispute. Signed by three prominent Tunisian rabbis: Rabbi Shlomo Mazuz, Rabbi Makiketz Saadon, and Rabbi Maimon HaKohen. A significant rabbinic document illustrating the operation and authority of rabbinical courts in Tunisia. Slightly defective condition. 2. A two-page letter by Rabbi Eliyahu Majuz, dealing with various communal and rabbinic matters. 3. A letter by Rabbi Hwati Houri zt”l. 4. A letter by Rabbi Chaim HaKohen zt”l. 5. A letter by Rabbi Shoshan HaKohen zt”l. 6. A letter by Rabbi Yissachar Trabelsi zt”l. 7. An additional letter by a Tunisian rabbinic authority of the same period. This collection constitutes a valuable historical and scholarly archive, bringing together correspondence from the leading rabbinic figures of Tunisian Jewry—one of the most distinguished and influential Sephardic communities of the modern era. The letters offer a fascinating glimpse into the halachic, judicial, and communal affairs that shaped Jewish life in Tunisia during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. [7] Letters. Overall good condition. The first letter is in slightly defective condition.