| Aboab family Família Aboab | |
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| Place of origin | Aragon |
| Founded | 1263 |
| Founder | Abraham Aboab |
| Traditions | Judaism (Western Sephardic) |
The Aboab family[1] (Hebrew: אבוהב, Abuhav; Arabic: ابوآب, Abuwab; Turkish: Abuaf; Slavic: Abuyav) is an old and distinguished Western Sephardic family, originally from Aragon, Spain. The family has produced several notable rabbis, scholars, physicians, and merchants - especially achieving prominence in Amsterdam, Venice and Hamburg. The progenitor of the family is Rav Abraham Aboab, who, in 1263 was given a tower in Altea, Aragon with the surrounding dairy farms along with a heraldic achievement by James I of Aragon. Some have suggested that Aboab is a spelling of the Arabic "Abdelwahab", which means "the benefactor’s servant", while others have stated that it derives from the town of Umm al-Abohav in Tunisia.[2][3]
- ^ Aboab is also spelt Abohab, Abuab, Aboaf, Abof, Aboav and Abohaf
- ^ "Aboab Family". Beit Hatfutsot Database.
- ^ "ABOAB - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-07-20.