Raphael Berdugo (; Meknes in 1747 – 1821), a son of Rabbi Mordecai Berdugo, was a dayan, a scholar, and an influential Moroccan rabbi. Berdugo was respected by his contemporaries, and his decisions continue to be a source of inspiration to Moroccan rabbis. His peers saw him as an excellent speaker with a great natural authority, who did not shirk from conflict with the notables, pointing out for example their inconsideration for yeshiva students. He did not limit himself to his role as a dayan (judge), but was a community activist. Berdugo made the shohatim abandon their old customs and follow the Castilian customs. He also introduced reforms in the laws of inheritance, for example the inheritance of a husband and children in case of the death of a wife. Berdugo had a number of adversaries. One of them was Rabbi Baruch Toledano. Their controversies were quite heated and have remained famous. Berdugo is listed as a saint in Culte des Saints et Pélerinages Judéo-Musulmans au Maroc, and Rabbi Raphael married a daughter of the Mashbir and had four sons. Publications List of publications by Raphael Berdugo, some unpublished, and some published by Rabbi Chalom Messas: Torot Emet - on the four sections of Shulhan Aruch (Meknes 1939) - HebrewBooks.org Me Menouhot - homiletics on the Pentateuch, in two volumes (Jerusalem 1905) - HebrewBooks.org (I), HebrewBooks.org (II) Rav Peninim Messamehe Lev Mishpatim Yesharim - responsa, in two volumes (Kraków 1891) - HebrewBooks.org Sharvit Ha'Zahav - novellae on various Talmudic tractates, in two volumes (Jerusalem 1975) - HebrewBooks.org (II) See also Salomon Berdugo References External links Family tree for ancestors and descendants 1747 births 1821 deaths 18th-century Moroccan rabbis Moroccan writers People from Meknes 19th-century Moroccan rabbis