Shaul Kohen
# Shaul Kohen

Shaul HaKohen Kohen (born in Djerba, Tunisia – died 1848, also in Djerba) was a Mizrahi Jewish rabbi, and writer of multiple rabbinic literary works.

## Lineage

In the introduction to his work, the Rabbi provided a detailed lineage going back over a dozen generations of kohanim born at Djerba,

* Son of Mussa Kohen בן מוסא כהן,
* Son of Bachtuth Kohen בן בכתות כהן,
* Son of Michael Kohen בן מיכאל כהן,
* Son of Pinchas Kohen בן פינחס כהן,
* Son of Bagdidi Kohen בן בגדידי כהן,
* Son of Burathi Kohen בן בוראתי כהן,
* Son of Tamam Kohen בן תמאם כהן,
* Son of Amram Kohen בן עמרם כהן,
* Son of Mevurach Kohen בן מבורך כהן,
* Son of Shlomo Kohen בן שלמה כהן,
* Son of Bagdid Kohen בן בגדיד כהן,
* Son of Kalfa Kohen בן כלפא כהן,
* Son of Sayeed Kohen בן סעייד כהן,
* Son of Pinchas Kohen בן פינחס כהן,
* Son of Avraham Kohen בן אברהם כהן,
* Son of Moshe Kohen בן משה כהן,
* Son of Shlomo Kohen בן שלמה כהן,
* Son of Peretz Kohen בן פרץ כהן,
* Son of Mussa Kohen בן מוסא כהן,
* Son of Shaul Kohen בן שאול כהן,
* Son of Yisrael Kohen בן ישראל כהן,
* Son of Bagdid Kohen בן בגדיד כהן,
* Son of Chizkiya Kohen בן חזקיה כהן,
* Son of Matathya Kohen בן מתתיה כהן,
* Son of Yitzchak HaKohen "the elder, the exilee".

From this point onward, the manuscript traces back to Ezra HaSofer, yet the handwriting was found to be illegible.

## Burial in Israel

Some 150 years after his passing, the Rabbi was exhumed from his burial place in Djerba, and buried in Israel.

