Collection
Location of archival items, responsa and articles in the corpus that cite the lineage or its variants.
The Bendahan Family
Write the Great Bookבן אדהאן
بن الدهان
Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Bendahan lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
Surname of Arabic origin, indicative of a trade: addahan, the painter, the one who applies a varnish, borne by both Jews and Muslims of the Maghreb; or also the one who anoints, the masseur. — Source: J. Toledano, “A history of families: the Jewish surnames of North Africa.”
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A book yet to be written
The Great Book of the Bendahan lineage has not yet been written.
Claude Opus 4.8 will compose an original work from archival items in the corpus that mention this lineage, in-depth web research, and family contributions already submitted. The work will comprise approximately 30 to 40 pages — introduction, 5 to 7 chapters, conclusion — and will be automatically enriched with each new contribution.
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In the meantime
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Link
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<a href="https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/bendahan">Bendahan — Zakhor</a>Citation
Bendahan — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/bendahanVariants of the name (10)
One name, a hundred faces.
The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.
Latin8
BendahaneDahanBen AddahanBen EdahanAbendahanAbendahonBENDAHADARAN
עברית · Hebrew1
בן אדהאן
العربية · Arabic1
بن الدهان
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In memory
The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Bendahan.
Search “Bendahan” on Yad VashemThe search is performed directly in the Yad Vashem archives; Zakhor neither copies nor retains any personal data. The presence or absence of a name in the database is not exhaustive. Learn more
Works & texts (3)
Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.
1re moitié XVIIIe s.
Piyyoutim de Moses Bendahan
Moses Bendahan
Poèmes liturgiques (dans les mahzorim d'Afrique du Nord) de Moses Bendahan. (1re moitié XVIIIe s.)
1897 (impr. Alexandrie)
Shufreih di-Yosef
Joseph Bendahan
Recueil (commentaires, homélies, responsa, piyyoutim) de Joseph Bendahan. (1897 (impr. Alexandrie))
1925 (impr. Djerba)
Divrei Yosef ; Ma'aseh Bereshit
Joseph Nissim Bendahan
Livres de Joseph Nissim Bendahan. (1925 (impr. Djerba))
Notable figures of the lineage
The days of this book
This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Bendahan give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.
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Bibliography
- Abraham I. Laredo, Les noms des Juifs du Maroc, CSIC, Instituto B. Arias Montano, Madrid (1978)