Magen Avot, Shabbat

This generation has witnessed a renaissance of Sephardic Jews eager to discover the halachot and customs that their ancestors left behind.
While Morocco was blessed with many great Torah giants, the sefarim that contain their Torah rulings on day-to- day subjects are not well-known nor easily accessible, especially to the English readership.
The Magen Avot Daily Halachah series fills this void. It is presented as a daily infusion of halachah in the order of the Shulhan Aruch, focusing on Sephardic p’sak halachah, particularly through the lens of the Moroccan poskim.
Mosaica Press has partnered with Machon Magen Avot, which was founded in 2015 as a response to the growing need to have the writings and minhagim of the Moroccan community, both in Israel and abroad, accessible to all. Its focus is on publishing manuscripts of the great Hachamim in Morocco as well as disseminating the halachot and minhagim through various channels.

About the authors:
Rabbi Lebhar, currently Rosh Kollel at the LINK Kollel in Los Angeles and rav of the Magen Avot Congregation, hails from prestigious yeshivot in Eretz Yisrael and America. In 2015, Rabbi Lebhar founded Machon Magen Avot, an organization focused on publishing sefarim authored by the hachamim of Morocco, as well as contemporary sefarim that promote their Torah and minhagim. Rabbi Lebhar is well-known for publishing four volumes of Moroccan halachah called Magen Avot. These books have been instrumental in starting a renaissance in Israel and abroad in rejuvenating the knowledge of Moroccan halachah and minhag. His other works and online classes can be seen on moroccanhalacha.com and TorahAnytime. Please contact Rabbi Lebhar at magenrabbi@gmail.com to see how you can get involved in spreading this very special mesorah.

Dr. Emile Amzallag was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. After completing his Bachelor of Science at McGill University, he moved to New York City to pursue his dental degree and, after that, his residency. Dr. Amzallag lives in New Jersey with his wife and four kids and maintains a dental practice in New York. Dr. Amzallag enjoys being involved in maintaining the Moroccan traditions of his synagogue, learning and writing about Moroccan customs, and learning Torah in general. He is a direct descendant of our master, Rabbi Haim Yosef David Azoulay (the Hida).