Raphael Isaiah Azulai ( he, רפאל ישעיה אזולאי; born in Hebron 1743 – 9 Shvat, 1826 or possibly 1830 http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2232-azulay-azulay says 1830, as does the Italian Wiki article and also the Geni.com system) was a

rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...

Ancona Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic ...

until his death. He was the firstborn of Rabbi

Chaim Yosef David Azulai Haim Yosef David Azulai ben Yitzhak Zerachia (1724 – 1 March 1806) (), commonly known as the Hida (the acronym of his name, ), was a Jerusalem born rabbinical scholar, a noted bibliophile, and a pioneer in the publication of Jewish religious ...

. One of his daughters married

Abraham Pardo Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the ...

, son of the renowned rabbi David Pardo; and her grandson

Moses Pardo Moses ben Raphael Pardo (died 1888) was a rabbi and rabbinical emissary. He was born in Jerusalem. After serving as rabbi in Jerusalem for many years, he left the city in 1870 and traveled to North Africa on a mission on behalf of Jerusalem. On his ...

was rabbi of Alexandria from 1871 to 1888. He was the author of a number of '' responsa'' and decisions, which appeared partly under the title ''Tiferet Mosheh'' (The Splendor of Moses), and partly in the ''Zikron Mosheh'' of his son Moses (No. 10). Descendants currently live across the middle east and north Africa.

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* Its bibliography: * Azulai, ''Shem ha-Gedolim'', s.v.; *

Joseph Zedner Joseph Zedner (10 February 1804 – 10 October 1871) was a German Jewish bibliographer and librarian. After completing his education, he acted as teacher in the Jewish school in Strelitz ( Mecklenburg), where the lexicographer Daniel Sanders wa ...

, ''Cat. Hebr. Books British Museum''; *

Ḥazan A ''hazzan'' (; , lit. Hazan) or ''chazzan'' ( he, חַזָּן , plural ; Yiddish ''khazn''; Ladino ''Hasan'') is a Jewish musician or precentor trained in the vocal arts who helps lead the congregation in songful prayer. In English, this pr ...

, ''Ha-Ma'alot li-Shelomoh'', 1894; *''

The Leisure Hour ''The Leisure Hour'' was a British general-interest periodical of the Victorian era which ran weekly from 1852 to 1905. It was the most successful of several popular magazines published by the Religious Tract Society, which produced Christian lite ...

'', London, Aug., 1886; *''Allg. Zeit. des Judenthums'', 1839, p. 60; private sources Year of birth unknown 1740s births 1826 deaths 18th-century Italian rabbis 18th-century Moroccan Jews Italian people of Moroccan descent Rabbis from Ancona 19th-century Italian rabbis {{rabbi-stub

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