Three interesting paper items from the estate of the last rabbi of Egypt, Rabbi Chaim Musa Devik.
* Birth certificate of the girl Rachel, daughter of Yosef Meir Israel son of Esther Vita Saad Cohen, Cairo, April 11, 1961, signed by Rabbi Chaim Devik, and stamped by the Chief Rabbinate of Egypt.
* Official memorandum of the Organization of Victims of Anti-Jewish Persecution in Egypt dated 4/6/1971, with interesting data regarding the number of immigrants from Arab countries, and the treatment of Egyptian immigrants who came to Israel and were severely injured by the persecution there during and after the Six Day War.
* A handwritten with the laws of slaughter. [4] p.
Rabbi Chaim Musa Dewick [1905–1974] was the last chief rabbi of Egypt. In his youth he studied at the Great Yeshiva Keter Torah in Cairo under Rabbi Yosef Pinto and Rabbi Chaim Nahum who was the Chief Rabbi of Egypt at the time. He was ordained a rabbi in 1933. Among his great disciples were the chief rabbi of Lille, France; Rabbi Yosef Hiyun, Chief Rabbi of Colombia; Rabbi Massoud Elbaz, the Chief Rabbi of Sudan, and more. After his name spread throughout the Jewish world in Egypt and its environs, in November 1952 Rabbi Devik was added to the Chief Rabbinate of Cairo by the Chief Rabbi of Egypt, Rabbi Chaim Nahum, and in 1954 was appointed head of the Rabbinical Court. In addition, the Egyptian government also recognized his greatness, and he was appointed by the Egyptian Ministry of Justice as a judge in the Main Jewish Court. After the death of Rabbi Nahum in November 1960, Rabbi Devik took his place as the last Chief Rabbi of Egypt for 12 years. Several months after the death of his wife. Before leaving, he took care of the religious needs of the Jews who remained in the country, such as a cantor in the synagogue, a slaughter and responsible for the burial ceremonies. He made sure that all active synagogues remained open and maintained and that community institutions continued to function. In October 1972 he emigrated with his children to New York, where he became an active member of the Egyptian community and part of the "Love and Brotherhood" community. In addition, he began working for the Jews of Syria and Iraq who were persecuted in their countries, and spent his time raising awareness of their situation and trying to help them leave their countries. Rabbi Dewick died in Brooklyn, New York, on August 20, 1974, and was buried on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.
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