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The Dana Family
Write the Great Bookדאנה
دانة
Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Dana lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
North African Jewish family attested in Tunisia and Libya (Tripoli), present in the communities of the eastern Maghreb with alliances with Tunisian and Tripolitan families. The Dana appear in communal registers from the eighteenth century, with a modern diaspora toward France and Israel. Patronymic name of Aramaic origin, « the great vessel », by extension the man full of knowledge, the great scholar. Another…
Geographic origin: Tunisie, Libye (Tripoli)
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A book yet to be written
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History
North African Jewish family attested in Tunisia and Libya (Tripoli), present in the communities of the eastern Maghreb with alliances with Tunisian and Tripolitan families. The Dana appear in communal registers from the eighteenth century, with a modern diaspora toward France and Israel.
Patronymic name of Aramaic origin, « the great vessel », by extension the man full of knowledge, the great scholar. Another explanation (Rabbi Eisenbeth): Arabic origin, ethnic name of the Dana tribe near Béja, in northern Tunisia. It could also be an abbreviation of the name Danan, known in Fez. — Source: J. Toledano, « Une histoire de familles : les noms de famille juifs d'Afrique du Nord ».
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Dana — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/danaVariants of the name (6)
One name, a hundred faces.
The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.
Latin4
DannahDanahDannaDANDA
עברית · Hebrew1
דאנה
العربية · Arabic1
دانة
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In memory
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Works & texts (2)
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publié à titre posthume en 1918 par son élève R. Eliyahou Salomon
Shalmei Toda (שלמי תודה)
Rabbi Shlomo Dana
Novellae (ḥiddushim sur le Talmud, le Choulḥan Aroukh et la Torah) de Rabbi Shlomo Dana. (publié à titre posthume en 1918 par son élève R. Eliyahou Salomon)
Shabbat Aḥim (שבת אחים)
Rabbi Shlomo Dana (co-auteur)
Ouvrage sur les lois de l'abattage rituel (co-écrit avec R. Moshe et R. Yeshoua Shtroug) de Rabbi Shlomo Dana (co-auteur).
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Bibliography
- Abraham I. Laredo, Les Noms des Juifs du Maroc, CSIC, Madrid (1978)
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