Journey to Italy 2025: Ancona - The Kever of Rav Refoel Yeshaya Azulai, Son of the Chida

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Man, for many years we endeavored to come to this holy location to find the Kev of Rafael Yeshaya Aulai, the oldest son of the we knew that he was buried in Anona, but to find the cemetery and then in the cemetery to find the grave where you see here in the cemetery everything is overgrown. This kev we've seen pictures of it from more than 10 years ago and it was pristine white and clear but today 12 years later to be able to read it it's almost impossible but we've definitively identified want to thank our dear friend Rabbi Natan Shunak for bringing us here today we have a distinguished member of the kahila Gabrielle Ben Abraham Ainu who opened up for us this is definitively the ke of Isai Azulai Kavur Hal Mar. Here you have it. Rafael alhammed. And you have the three dots on top. Rafael afra. And just to be sure, he went Le gimmel bishvat and then schnas hey tough pay hey tough kof pv that's the year 1926 so rebra fai was born in 1743 in 1780 to 1785 he went on aus to taria in 1785 the chief rabbi of anona passed away raim Abraham Israel And the community of Anona asked the who the thought should be the next rabbi in Anona. Now the had previously been asked to be the rabbi in anona and the did not take the job but the suggest made three suggestions who should be the rabbi in anona. One of them was a Azulai. And in fact, three years later oneshal signed the document of the city. He said as follows. In other words, in this year, he's prepared to be able to serve Hashem in joy as the leader of this community. He served from 1788 till 1826. He served

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2. 1:02top. Rafael afra. And just to be sure, he went Le gimmel bishvat and then schnas…
3. 2:07should be the rabbi in anona. One of them was a Azulai. And in fact, three…
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7. 6:16the from his son is the seven days of pes the gamma is the idea of…
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10. 9:21respectful, a more of a dignified position here in Ancona. Ultimately in Anona, they raise his…

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