Masʽud Hai Rakkaḥ (Hebrew: מסעוד חי רקח, 1690 – July 24, 1768),[1] also spelled Raccah, was a Sephardi Hakham and shadar (rabbinical emissary) who led the 18th-century Jewish community of Tripoli, Libya, for 20 years.

He was considered one of Libya's leading rabbis and is credited with laying the foundation for that community's development into one of "sages, scribes, and kabbalists".

[4] When the Jerusalem community experienced difficult economic times, it dispatched shadarim (rabbinical emissaries) to collect funds from the Jewish diaspora.

Rakkaḥ agreed and was appointed Av Beit Din (head of the rabbinical court)[1] and Chief Rabbi of Tripoli.

[3] Rakkaḥ saw the publication of the first volume of the Ma'aseh Rokeaḥ (Hebrew: מעשה רקח),[10] his novellae and commentary on Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, in Venice in 1742-1743.