Mordecai Baruch Carvalho

Mordecai Baruch Carvalho was a wealthy Tunisian merchant, rabbi and author. He was a pupil of Isaac Lumbroso with whom served as “dayyan” of the community of Leghorn in Tunis. In 1752 Carvalho succeeded his teacher as rabbi of the Leghorn congregation of Tunis. He published two of his works, “To'afot Re'em” and “Mira Dakya”.