Obj. ID: 38801
Jewish printed books  Ktzida di Yerushalaim Toveva by Avraham Ben Alloun, Casablanca, 1931

This text was prepared by William Gross: This booklet was published with prayers and Piyyutim in memory of those mrudered in the riots in 1929 in Eretz Israel. The connection between the Jews of Morocco and those in the Yishuv were very close. The volume is recorded in the Marciano bibliography of Jewish printing in Morocco, page 60, No. 126.
This was written and published by Avraham Alloun. Alloun was a Rabbi, paitan and author of holy poetry and Ktzidot (stories). Alloun made his living by publishing amulets, Kasidot, calenders and other single pages. It is told that he would take the publications from the printer on his bycicle and sell them on street corners in the Jewish area of Casablanca. There are 39 items published by Alloun in the Gross Family Collection. He made Aliyah to Israel and died there in Jerusalem. According to the decorations, this was printed by Yehudah Razon in Casablanca.