Azoulay
Azoulay, sometimes spelled Azoulai, Azulai or Azulay (Hebrew: אזולאי),[1] etc. is a Sephardi Jewish surname, common among Jews of Moroccan descent. It is assumed that the family name Azulai is an acronym of the biblical restriction on whom a Kohen may marry: אשה זנה וחללה לא יקחו (Leviticus, 21:7) and, thus, indicating priestly descent. The Hebrew phrase ishah zonah ve'challelah lo yikachu means "a prostitute or divorced [Israelite woman] shall they [the Kohen] not take".[citation needed]. Prostitute, while a literal translation, may refer to general immoral behavior such as adultery.[citation needed]
According to Mohamed Chafik, "Azoulay" (Arabic: أزولاي, Berber languages: ⴰⵣⵓⵍⴰⵢ) is a common Moroccan Jewish family name, and has the straightforward meaning "hairy", "whose body is full of hair" in Berber languages.[2]
People
[edit | edit source]Azoulay family of Fes
[edit | edit source]Azoulay, is the name of a notable Jewish family descended from Spanish exiles who, after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492[citation needed] 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.[3]
- Raphael Isaiah Azulai (died 1830) – rabbi and writer.
Others
[edit | edit source]- André Azoulay – Senior adviser to King Mohammed VI of Morocco
- Ariella Azoulay – Israeli scholar and documentarian, see Herzliya Biennial
- Aryeh Azulai – Israeli politician
- Audrey Azoulay – French Minister of Culture
- Blanche Azoulay – Algerian lawyer
- Daniel Azulay – Brazilian visual artist, comic book artist, and educator
- Hanna Azoulay Hasfari – Israeli actress and filmmaker
- Jean-Luc Azoulay – French filmmaker, see AB Disques
- Jom Tob Azulay – Brazilian film producer and director
- Shay K. Azoulay – Israeli writer
- Simon Azoulay Pedersen – Danish football player
- Yinon Azulai – Israeli politician
See also
[edit | edit source]- Azoulay v. The Queen, landmark 1952 Canadian Supreme Court case, wherein Dr. Leon Azoulay was accused of murder after the death of a patient receiving an abortion
- The Policeman, Hashoter Azoulay was the original title of the Israeli film The Policeman
References
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