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Coordinates: 31.430349, 34.585543
Bio
Birth date: September 12, 1889
Birth location: Rissani, Morocco
Passing date: January 8, 1984 (at 94)
Passing location: Netivot, Israel
Religion: Judaism
Commemorative festival: January 8
Memorable facts:
- Honored as a major Moroccan sephardic rabbi and kabbalist
- Known though officially as Rabbi Israel Abuhatzeira primarily as the Baba Sali (the “Praying Father”)
- Joined following his bar mitzvah his family’s yeshiva (religious school) where students performed spiritual practices from midnight until dawn
