Djerba (Jerba), island off the coast of Tunisia. In ancient times it was an important Phoenician trading center. According to the local tradition, the Jewish settlement there is very old. It maintains that the Jews came there during the reign of Solomon and founded the present al-Hara al-Kab Exchange of goods with Malta and Italy was in the hands of the Jews, who grew the products and processed the commodities for export themselves. Maimonides, in a letter to his son, expressed a low opinion of their superstitions and spiritual capacity, but praised them for their faith. In the 19th and 20th centuries the Yeshivot of Djerba produced many rabbis and writers and they provided rabbis for the communities of North Africa. David Idan established a Hebrew printing press in Djerba in 1904, and many books, mainly Passover Hagaddot and other liturgical items, were printed there until 1960. In 1946 there were some 4,900 Jews in Djerba, settled in al-Hara al-Saghra, al-Hra al-Kabra, and Houmt-Souk, the principal town of the island. Their number dwindled to about 1,500 by the late 1960s, the majority emigrating to Israel and settling on moshavim (many of them on moshav Eitan). Those left on the island continue to be engaged in commerce.

(חלק ב): ספר קול יעקב ובני יעקב ח"ב. הראשון [קול יעקב] שירי קודש ופיוטים לברית מילה, לפדיון הבן, לחנוך הבית, ועוד. עם סדרי מילה ופדיון הבן וברכותיהם ושבעה ברכות, כמנהג עירנו ג'רבה ... והשני [בני יעקב חלק ב] לבושים לאיזה מסכתות, למוז"ק [למורי זקיני] ... רבי יעקב חורי ... המשתדל ... (אברהם .. ביתן ... בנתיבות עזתה). דפוס עידאן כהן צבאן חדאד, תשי"ח. [2], כח; י דף. #16. "לבושים" הם דרשות לסיומי מסכתות. דף כ,ב-כג: סדר חתונה ... כמנהג ג'רבה וכפריה. החלק הראשון של "בני יעקב" יצא לאור בג'רבה תרצ"ד.