Tzadikim

Rabbi David Laskar

Tha saintRabbi David Laskar came from Israel on a fundraising mission for religious academies in the Holy Land

Born: Unknown
Died: Morocco, 1717
 

 One of the most Arguably among the top ten most popular Jewish saints in Morocco, little factual evidence exists about Moulay Ighi. He is believed to be Rabbi David Laskar, who by legend came from Israel on a fundraising mission for religious academies in the Holy Land. A plaque inside the shrine claims Laskar died on August 22, 1717. Laskar was supposedly visiting the village of Zekarten, about 5 miles away, on his fundraising journey. He suddenly sensed his own death looming, and asked the local burial society members to follow him several kilometers to the hill. As the locals dug a grave at his request, he ritually cleansed himself in the river at the foot of the hill. He then ascended to the gravesite and commanded the earth to close around him. For people in the north who do not have the means or time to travel all the way to Ighi, there is a grave marker in the old Casablanca Jewish cemetery commemorating Rabbi Laskar.

(Presented by Diarna (www.diarna.org): A walk through the hilltop shrine of "Moulay Ighi," Rabbi David Lasker, in Morocco's Atlas Mountains. The shrine, located 10km off the road from Marrakesh to Ouarzazate, is one of the major pilgrimage sites for Moroccan Jews.)

May the merit of the tzadik Rabbi David Laskar protect us all. Amen

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