Kevarim and nesios across Europe and Asia — a section of White Glove Kosher Travel.
Kever · Meknes (Meknès) · Morocco
רבי רפאל בירדוגו
Rabbi Raphael Berdugo
HaMalach — the Angel
Who he was
Born in Meknes in 1747 into the Berdugo rabbinic family and dayan of the city, he was the figure Maghrebi Jewry turned to through the riots of 1790 to 1792. Known as HaMalach, the Angel. He was niftar in 1821, and the two-hundredth anniversary of his petirah was marked at this cemetery in 2021.
Visitor experience
Practical notes from visitors — access, directions, and the condition of the site.
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- Yahrzeit
- 1821
- Buried in
- Meknes — the old bais hachaim, kever of Rabbi Raphael BerdugoMeknes (Meknès) · Morocco