Ghez
GHEZ
GHEZ , Tunisian family, whose most eminent members were david (second half of 18th century), author of a number of works of which only one, Ner David, part 1 (Leghorn, 1868), has been published; the others include a commentary to the tractates Shabbat, Pesaḥim, and Sukkah, as well as novellae to various other tractates. moses (end of 18th century) wrote commentaries to the tractate Shevu'ot and Elijah *Mizrachi's supercommentary on Rashi to the Pentateuch under the titles Yeshu'at Ya'akov and Yedei Moshe. He also wrote Yismaḥ Moshe (Leghorn, 1863), a commentary to the Passover Haggadah, notes on the Pentateuch, and three poems. joseph (b. 1800), son of David, was a kabbalist. He left numerous works in manuscript, including a commentary to Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, sermons, glosses on the Talmud, on the Zohar, etc. In Pi ha-Medabber (Leghorn, 1854), his kabbalistic commentary to the Passover Haggadah, he cites explanations by his cousin Ḥayyim Ghez.
Another member of the family was mathilda ghez (1918–1990), a communal leader in Tunisia. In 1957 she moved to Israel and was elected to the Knesset (in 1965 representing Rafi, and in 1969, the Israel Labor Party).
bibliography:
D. Cazès, Notes Bibliographiques sur la Littérature Juive-Tunisienne (1893), 194–205 (= Mizraḥ u-Ma'arav, 2 (1928), 353–6).