Azoulay

Azoulay, sometimes spelled Azoulai, Azulay, Azulai, Azoolai (Hebrew: אזולאי[1]), etc. is a Sephardi Jewish surname, common among Jews of Moroccan descent.

People

Azoulay family of Fes

Azoulay, is the name of a notable Jewish family descended from Spanish exiles who, after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 and following decades, settled in the city of Fez, Morocco. The family includes:

  • Abraham Azulai (c. 1570 – 1643) – Kabbalistic author and commentator best known for his Chessed le-Avraham
  • Chaim Yosef David Azulai (1724–1807) – a rabbinical scholar and a noted bibliophile, who pioneered the history of Jewish religious writings.[2]
  • Raphael Isaiah Azulai (died 1830) – rabbi and writer.

Others

See also

References

  1. minus the Aleph before the Yud, which is the actual acronym from the biblical phrase, and is how Chaim Yosef David Azulai spelled it
  2. http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/111929/jewish/Rabbi-Chaim-Joseph-David-Azulai.htm
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