Grave

Rabbi Shlomo Ben Tamtzut

Marrakesh

Yahrzeit (Hillula)

29 Adar — Rabbi Shlomo of Radomsk - the "Tiferet Shlomo"

Rabbi Shlomo Ben Tamtzut

He lived at the time of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and was a contemporary of Rabbi Yitzchak Delvia. He is mentioned in "The Chronicler of the Generations of Marrakesh" as one of the ancient rabbis of Marrakesh.

According to legend, Maran Rabbi Yosef Karo gave him semicha as a Rav while he was living in the city of Marrakesh.

Yahrzeit - Burial place - Marrakesh, Morocco - Cimetière Juif de Marrakech The Rambam's Commentaries The sages of Marrakesh pass down a story connected with Rabbi Yosef Karo in Morocco. Before he moved to the Land of Israel, he spent some time in Morocco. Rabbi Yosef Ben Naim tells of a meeting between Rabbi Shlomo Tamtzut and Rabbi Yosef Karo - when Rabbi Shlomo was a young boy, Maran Rabbi Yosef Karo came to their city of Marrakesh, and he was the equal of their teacher, Moreinu Rabbeinu Yitzchak Delvia. Together with the other rabbis of Morocco, they studied the Rambam's commentaries, discussing and pondering verse after verse. And one time there was an interpretation that no one could understand, and Maran pressed them to think it through. Little Shlomo went to the Beit Midrash, opened a book containing the Rambam's commentary on the passage the rabbis had been pondering, and because he could not understand it, he began to cry. At that moment the Beit Midrash filled with light, and the Rambam himself suddenly appeared before him and said: "I am the Rambam, and the meaning of this teaching is such-and-such." Little Shlomo went to the sages who were still sitting over this commentary and revealed its meaning to them. Maran Yosef Karo was pleased and said that this young boy deserved to become a rabbi. Moreinu ve-Rabbeinu Yitzchak Delvia took this to heart, while Maran did not notice anything - he did not see that his colleague had been offended. When Rabbi Shlomo went to the kollel and told Maran his opinion - that Rabbi Yitzchak Delvia had been hurt - Maran Yosef Karo said he would go to Moreinu and ask his forgiveness. When Maran entered the courtyard of Rabbi Yitzchak Delvia, he first approached the well to wash his hands, and as he was about to draw water from the well, the water suddenly rose up to him on its own. Seeing this holiness and greatness in Maran, Rabbi Yitzchak Delvia hurried out to meet him and receive him, and Rabbi Yitzchak said to Maran: "Just now the Rambam appeared to me and said: 'Why are you so sad, over the interpretation given by the boy Shlomo Tamtzut? It was I who appeared to him and revealed my commentary to him.'" A Tragic Passing Rabbi Yosef ben Naim tells the story of Rabbi Shlomo's murder, and among other things mentions words that Rabbi Shlomo spoke to his wife in a dream, that he was "a spark from ten slain kings." Rabbi Shlomo used to do business with a certain gentile, and one day he brought a bag of money with him to the gentile's house. The gentile saw this and killed the Rav, cut him into four pieces, and buried him in the four corners of the house, sealing the floor of the house so that no one would find out. Rabbi Shlomo's wife waited for him to come home, and when he still had not appeared by nightfall, she went to the gentile's house to ask about her husband. She was told that he had come there in the morning but had left long ago. She searched for him everywhere, rousing the whole town that night, but he was not found. That night he came to her in a dream and said to her: "Do not search for me any longer, for I have been destroyed by the gentile, and behold, I am buried in the four corners of his house. This is what Heaven decreed for me - my soul is a spark from the deaths of ten kings, and this is the rectification for my soul." Morning came, and his wife went to meet with the head of the town and told him everything. They sent for the gentile, and he denied it. They went to the gentile's house, and a miracle occurred: when the wife cried out, Rabbi Shlomo moved his hand and showed where he was, and at once the place of his burial became known. Rabbi Shlomo ben Tamtzut was buried with great honor in the Jewish cemetery of Marrakesh. Later, a small structure was built over the grave.

To this day, the sick and all who are in need of salvation come to visit his grave.

Segula at the Tzadik's Resting Place - make a wish and toss a small stone onto the ledge of the roof above the entrance - if the stone does not roll off (see photo), your wish will come true. Segula for Fever - for those suffering from a prolonged fever - lie stretched out over the grave; it has proven to work, and the sick person is fully healed.

May the merit of the Tzadik protect Am Yisrael!