Victory Day in Tlemcen, Algeria

Joseph Messas

1945

On Thursday, the twentieth day of the month of Ziv, which is Iyyar, the government announced the capture of Berlin, the city of blood, the capital of the cruel German nation, may their name be blotted out and its memory be lost, and it fell into the hands of the following four kingdoms: Russia, America, England, and France, and we celebrated it as…

Please login or register for free access to Posen Library
Register
Already have an account?
Engage with this Source

Creator Bio

Joseph Messas

1892–1974

Born and raised in Morocco, Joseph (Yosef) Messas (Mashash) was a rabbi in Tlemcen, Algeria, and Meknes, Morocco. He later served as the Sephardic chief rabbi of Haifa. Messas was known for his innovative understandings of Jewish law, ruling in favor of liberal interpretations of kashrut, accepting the idea of women’s prayer groups, and challenging the custom that married women were required to cover their hair (or that women were even required to marry).

You may also like

The Teaching of Torah to Women

Gentlemen! This Shabbat, with God’s help, I decided to continue in the interpretation of the article by the blessed teacher Rabbi Meir, may his merit protect us, amen, who said that “whoever is…
View Source

At the Well

Her Yoysef was hanging on the shaft of the well. His beard lay humbly on his breast. His fallen shoulders and feebly dangling hands expressed the most profound hopelessness. What can I do? A stone has…
View Source

Attempt to Explain a Mellah

September 7, 1912. The French enter Marrakesh. Marching through the Djema el Fna Square, surrounded by his general staff, Colonel Mangin is surprised to hear, amid the discordant noises of the crowd…
View Source