Mordecai ben Abraham Crémieux (; 1749 – May 22, 1825) was a rabbi at

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. He was the author of ''Ma'amar Mordekhai'' ('Treatise of Mordecai'), a commentary on the '' Shulḥan Arukh'', '' Oraḥ Ḥayyim'', in two parts (Leghorn, 1784). He also financed the first ''

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'' according to the Provençal rite.

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