Azoulay, sometimes spelled Azoulai, Azulai or Azulay (Hebrew: אזולאי), 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 foreign or divorced shall not he take".
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.
- Raphael Isaiah Azulai (died 1830) – rabbi and writer.
Others
- André Azoulay – Senior adviser to King Mohammed VI of Morocco
- Audrey Azoulay – French Minister of Culture
- Blanche Azoulay – Algerian lawyer
- Daniel Azulay – Brazilian visual artist, comic book artist, and educator
- Shay K. Azoulay – Israeli writer
- Jean-Luc Azoulay – French filmmaker, see AB Disques
- Ariella Azoulay – Israeli scholar and documentarian, see Herzliya Biennial
- Jom Tob Azulay – Brazilian film producer and director
- Simon Azoulay Pedersen – Danish football player
- Yinon Azulai – Israeli politician
See also
- 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
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References
- minus the Aleph before the Yud, which is how Chaim Yosef David Azulai spelled it
- Mindel, Nissan (1 July 2004). "Rabbi Chaim Joseph David Azulai — The Chida (circa 5484-5567; 1724-1807)". Chabad.org. Retrieved 26 September 2023.