Chaim Yosef David Azulai
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Haim Yosef David Azulai ben Yitzhak Zerachia, commonly known as the Hida, was a Jerusalem born rabbinical scholar, a noted bibliophile, and a pioneer in the publication of Jewish religious writings. H
Chaim Yosef David Azulai
Mausoleum in Jerusalem
Abraham Azulai
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Abraham ben Mordecai Azulai was a Kabbalistic author and commentator born in Fez, Morocco. In 1599 he moved to Ottoman Palestine and settled in Hebron.
Chaim Yosef David Azulai
…received his education from some local prominent scholars. He was the scion of a prominent rabbinic family, the great-great-grandson of Moroccan Rabbi Abraham Azulai. The Yosef part of his name came from his mother's father, Rabbi Yosef Bialer, a German scholar. His main teachers were the Yishuv haYashan rabbis Isaac…
Title page of Chesed Le'Avraham by Abraham Azulai, published in Vilna, 1877
Grave of Rabbi Abraham Azulai in the Old Jewish cemetery, Hebron.