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Tzfat · 1620
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Avraham Azulai
Avraham Azulai
1570 CE–1643 CE · Acharonim · Fez
Rabbi Abraham Azulai was a leading kabbalist and halakhic authority of the 16th–17th centuries, active primarily in Hebron. He was a student of the Safed school of Kabbalah and became known for his deep learning in both Kabbalah and Talmud. Azulai authored several important works, including Ḥesed le-Avraham, a philosophical and kabbalistic commentary. He lived during a period of intense Lurianic kabbalistic study and helped transmit these teachings to the next generation. He was respected as both a spiritual guide and a rigorous halakhic decisor.
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FezפאסMorocco
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Born in Fez, Morocco, around 1570.
About Fez
Fez (Fas), in north-central Morocco, was founded by Idris I in 789 and expanded by Idris II in 809. The Qarawiyyin mosque, founded in 857-859 by Fatima al-Fihri, grew into one of the Islamic world's great centres of learning. Under the Marinids (13th-15th centuries) Fez was again the capital and gained many madrasas. Scholars and Sufis such as Ibn Khaldun and al-Wansharisi worked there, and the Tijani order has been centred in the city since 1789. Fez also had one of Morocco's oldest and largest Jewish communities. The poet Dunash ben Labrat was born there, Maimonides lived there around 1159-1165, and Jews later lived in the Mellah beside the Marinid royal district.
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Chesed LeAvrahamחסד לאברהם
Hebron · 1618
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