Raphael Isaiah Azulai Explained

Raphael Isaiah Azulai
Birth Date:	1743
Death Date:	(possibly 1830; see article)
Death Place:	Ancona, Papal States
Father:	Chaim Joseph David Azulai

Raphael Isaiah Azulai (Hebrew: רפאל ישעיה אזולאי; born in Hebron 1743 – 9 Shvat,^[1] 1826 or possibly 1830^[2]) was a rabbi in Ancona until his death. He was the firstborn of Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai. One of his daughters married Abraham Pardo, son of the renowned rabbi David Pardo; and her grandson Moses Pardo 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.

See also

• History of the Jews in Ancona

References

• Book: Salah, Asher . La République des Lettres : rabbins, écrivains et médecins juifs en Italie au XVIIIe siècle . Leiden . Brill . 2007 . 978-90-04-15642-5 . 60–61 .

Its bibliography:

• Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, s.v.;
• Joseph Zedner, Cat. Hebr. Books British Museum;
• Ḥazan, Ha-Ma'alot li-Shelomoh, 1894;
• The Leisure Hour, London, Aug., 1886;
• Allg. Zeit. des Judenthums, 1839, p. 60; private sources

Notes and References

1. http://www.genazym.com/item/index/0000001947 - a handwritten letter by him, from 1824
2. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2232-azulay-azulay says 1830, as does the Italian Wiki article and also the Geni.com system