Abraham Azulai

Abraham ben Mordecai Azulai
אברהם בן מרדכי אזולאי
Title page of Chesed Le'Avraham by Abraham Azulai
Title page of Chesed Le'Avraham by Abraham Azulai, published in Vilna, 1877
Personal
Bornc. 1570
Fez, Morocco
Died6 November 1643(1643-11-06) (aged 72–73)
Hebron,  Ottoman Empire
NationalityMoroccan, Ottoman Palestinian Jew
Notable work(s)
  • Kiryat Arba
  • Chesed le-Abraham
  • Ba'ale Berit Abraham
Known forCommentary on the Zohar, Chesed le-Abraham
OccupationKabbalistic author and commentator

Abraham ben Mordecai Azulai (c. 1570–1643) (Hebrew: אברהם בן מרדכי אזולאי) was a Kabbalistic author and commentator born in Fez, Morocco. In 1599 he moved to Ottoman Palestine and settled in Hebron.[1]

  1. ^ Dov Zlotnick, "The Commentary of Rabbi Abraham Azulai to the Mishnah", in: Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, Vol. 40, 1972, pp. 147-168