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Biography
At age 5, Haim Moussa Douek's family moved to Cairo in 1910. He attended the Alliance Israélite Universelle School during the day, and a Jewish studies program (Keter Torah) after school.

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Rabbi Haim Moussa Douek (Hebrew: xxxxxx / Arabic xxxxxxx) (1905–1974)

Rabbinical Life
Rabbi Douek studied for his rabbinical degree from 1918 to 1933 at the Great Yeshivah Keter Torah in Cairo, studying under Rabbi Yossef Pinto and Rabbi Haim Nahoum, the Chief Rabbi at that time. He was ordained as Rabbi in 1933. He was one of the founders of the well known Ahaba Ve Ahva Synagogue, located at 4 Midan El Daher in Cairo. The government considered the synagogue a Zionist stronghold and closed it in 1957. His rabbinical position at the synagogue included the teaching of Torah to students including: Moshe Dayan Z”tl, Chief Rabbi of L’Lile, France; Joseph Hayon, Chief Rabbi of Colombia; Massoud El-Baz z”l, Chief Rabbi of Sudan; Jacob Nefoussi, Grand Rabbi of Alexandria z”l; and Joseph Hamoui z”l, a well-known rabbi in Brooklyn, NY; and Halfon Savdia z”l, rabbi of Ahaba Ve Ahva in Brooklyn.

In November 1952, Rabbi Douek was appointed by the chief rabbi of Egypt to join the rabbinical body of Cairo’s chief rabbinate. In 1954, he was appointed Chairman of the Beit Din (Jewish Rabbinical Court). He was also appointed by the Egyptian Ministry of Justice as a Judge in the Jewish Primary and Appellate courts, which were a division of the Jewish domestic relations court. ... In November 1952, Rabbi Douek was appointed by the chief rabbi of Egypt to join the rabbinical body of Cairo’s chief rabbinate. In 1954, he was appointed Chairman of the Beit Din (Jewish Rabbinical Court). He was also appointed by the Egyptian Ministry of Justice as a Judge in the Jewish Primary and Appellate courts, which were a division of the Jewish domestic relations court. King Farouk was removed from power in 1952 during a revolution that placed Gamal Abdel Nasser in power. In January 1956, he abolished the domestic relations court and required all decisions be made in civil court, instead of the religious court. The Egyptian Ministry of Justice of Justice appointed Rabbi Douek as Notary Delegate in charge of all matters affecting the personal relations of Jews. This included authority on issues involving marriage, divorce, wills, children and disposition of assets. He was also the rabbinic authority designated to issue all official documents from the chief rabbinate. In September 1956, Rabbi Douek was appointed as deputy to Chief Rabbi Haim Nahoum, who recommended that Rabbi Haim Douek succeed him as Chief Rabbi of Egypt. When Rabbi Haim Nahoum’s died in November 1960, Rabbi Haim Douek assumed responsibility for leading the Jewish community as the nation’s last Chief Rabbi.

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