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Rabbi Shalom Messas | |
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Chief Rabbi of Casablanca | |
In office 1960–1978 | |
Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Jerusalem | |
In office 1978–2003 | |
Title | Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Jerusalem |
Personal | |
Born | Meknes, Morocco | February 13, 1909
Died | April 12, 2003 Jerusalem, Israel | (aged 94)
Nationality | Israeli, Moroccan |
Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
Occupation | Rabbi |
Shalom Messas (Hebrew: שלום משאש) was a Moroccan rabbi and scholar who served as Chief Rabbi of Morocco, and later as Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem.