Rabbi Tzemah Halevy (in Hebrew רב צמח בן נתן הלוי) was born in 1868 in the city of Tunis into a French family. His father was Natan Halevy and his mother Najima. He studied at the "All Israel Friends" school in Tunis. He had a perfect command of Hebrew, Arabic, French and Italian. In 1887, he began writing in the magazine אלג'נאן Aljinan (The Gardens). In 1905, he founded a printing house. He is the author of twenty-seven literary works in Hebrew and Tunisian Judeo-Arabic, and has also translated works from French.
In his works, written in the form of parody and satire, he describes the negative effects of French culture on the Jewish community. His works include: "Tadgiz Alamori" (The Lottery of Love); 'Teatro Alamori' (Theater of Love); "Kinat Amori Altaflath fi Elbazarat" (Kinnot on the Love of Girls in the Market); "Kinat alkelb ala'aour" (189-? ) (Kinnot on the one-eyed dog); "Kinat Amory Altafela Elaachqa Ma'a Aazev Zoufri" (Kinnot on the girl who is in love with a young hoodlum). Rabbi Halevi died in Tunis in 1912.
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