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Category: Translation - Hebrew
Approval Date: 10/1/2026 8:29 AM
Family Surname: Vazan Ouazan Uzan
Country: Tunisia
Town: Tunis
Date of Image: 1820

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Folio 17b of a manuscript siddur copied in Tunis in 1820 (National Library of Israel 990000585500205171). It continues the memorial list of deceased rabbis from folio 17a (VM115415), one name per line. Could you please transcribe the names on this page? Thank you very much.

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10/4/2026 3:00 PM

I can see the names Elfasi, Gatrifs(?), Kayat, Borgel, Hanjar(?), Gabison, Hadjadj, Elhaik, Shalom, Taieb, Franco, Boccara. There's a few more I can't decipher.

10/5/2026 6:16 AM

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### 1. Line-by-Line Transcription & Name Extraction

The formulaic intro on almost every line is **ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם** (*"And the honorable resting place of the soul of the complete sage..."*), standard in North African / Sephardic memorial rolls (*Hashkabot*). Below, this formula is bracketed `{...}` to highlight the personal names, titles, and surnames.

* **Row 1**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כה' עזרא שלמה אלישר
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "The honorable [Rabbi] Ezra Shelomoh Elyashar" (k'h = Kebod Haham / Kvod HaRab)
* **Confidence:** 4/5

* **Row 2**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כ' שמואל כהן
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Shemuel Kohen"
* **Confidence:** 5/5

* **Row 3**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כ' שמואל כהן
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Shemuel Kohen"
* **Confidence:** 4/5

* **Row 4**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כ' עזריה בוארון
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Azariah Boaron"
* **Confidence:** 4/5

* **Row 5**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כ' שלמה אלפסי
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Shelomoh Alfasi"
* **Confidence:** 4/5

* **Row 6**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} ר' אברהם גאטיניו
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Avraham Gattegno (Gatinho)"
* **Confidence:** 4/5

* **Row 7**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} ר' יוסף נחום
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Yosef Nahum"
* **Confidence:** 4/5

* **Row 8**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} ר' דוד בראזא
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi David Barraza (or Braza)"
* **Confidence:** 3/5

* **Row 9**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כ' אלעד נג'אר
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi El'ad (or El'azar) Nadjar"
* **Confidence:** 3/5

* **Row 10**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כ' שלמה גבאי
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Shelomoh Gabbai"
* **Confidence:** 4/5

* **Row 11**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} ר' דוד וזאן
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi David Wazan"
* **Confidence:** 4/5

* **Row 12**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כ' גאסטון [מטוק]
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Gaston [Mattok]"
* **Confidence:** 3/5

* **Row 13**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כ' יצחק משיח
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Yitzhak Mashiach"
* **Confidence:** 3/5

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10/5/2026 6:17 AM

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* **Row 14**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כ' עמנואל מירנדא
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Immanuel Miranda"
* **Confidence:** 4/5

* **Row 15**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} ר' יעקב אלפנדרי
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Yaakov Alfandari"
* **Confidence:** 4/5

* **Row 16**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כ' מרדכי עטייה
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Mordechai Attiah"
* **Confidence:** 3/5

* **Row 17**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כ' דוד בוארון
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi David Boaron"
* **Confidence:** 4/5

* **Row 18**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כ' דוד [עטאל]
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi David [Attal]"
* **Confidence:** 3/5

* **Row 19**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כ' עמנואל [סרור]
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Immanuel [Seror / Sarur]"
* **Confidence:** 3/5

* **Row 20**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כ' יוסף פראנסיס
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Yosef Francis"
* **Confidence:** 3/5

* **Row 21**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כ' שלמה כהן
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Shelomoh Kohen"
* **Confidence:** 4/5

* **Row 22**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כ' דניאל בוארון
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Daniel Boaron"
* **Confidence:** 3/5

* **Row 23**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת החכם השלם} כ' אברהם בוארון
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Avraham Boaron"
* **Confidence:** 4/5

* **Row 24**
* **Transcribed Hebrew:** {ומנוחת כבוד נשמת ...} כ' יצחק [...]
* **English Translation / Transliteration:** "Rabbi Yitzhak [...]" (Faint/severely bled text at bottom margin)
* **Confidence:** 1/5

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### 2. Analysis of Ambiguous / Faded Surnames (starting with ע / ו / ז)

* **Row 4**
* **Transcribed Text:** עזריה בוארון
* **Reason for Ambiguity:** The surname **בוארון** begins with an elongated **ב** that loops near the preceding **ע** in *Azariah*, creating visual overlap between the initial **ע** and the title abbreviation.

* **Row 11**
* **Transcribed Text:** וזאן
* **Reason for Ambiguity:** Starts with **ו** followed by **ז** in Solitreo cursive; both character strokes consist of vertical down-strokes with slight top hooks, making them look like parallel ticks or **וו**. Contextual Sephardic surname knowledge (Wazan/Ouazzan) confirms **וזאן**.

* **Row 16**
* **Transcribed Text:** עטייה
* **Reason for Ambiguity:** Starts with initial **ע** where the left arm extends downward into the **ט**, causing the letter **ט** to merge into a single cursive loop that resembles **עא** or **עי**.

* **Row 18**
* **Transcribed Text:** [עטאל / עטייה / עזריה]
* **Reason for Ambiguity:** Ink fade along the left manuscript edge. The surname starts with an initial **ע** or **ו**, but trailing letterforms are compressed into a single flourish, rendering the exact surname ambiguous between *Attal* and *Attiah*.

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