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David Elkaïm (Elkaim)

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Region: Essaouira / Mogador (Maroc)

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Rabbi, community leader, liturgical poet (paytan) and linguist of Essaouira (Mogador). One of the great architects of the canon of baqashot (supplication chants) in Morocco. He was one of the creators of the anthology "Shir Yedidot," assembled with David Iflah (great connoisseur of Andalusian music) and the hazzan Haïm Afriat.

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