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The Provenzal Family
Write the Great Bookפרובנצל
Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Provenzal lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
Italian rabbinic family of Provençal origin, settled in Mantua and Ferrara. David Provenzal founded a famous yeshiva there in the 16th century.
Geographic origin: Mantoue / Ferrare
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Provenzal — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/provenzalVariants of the name (4)
One name, a hundred faces.
The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.
Latin3
LeviprovencalProvençalProventzal
עברית · Hebrew1
פרובנצל
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Notable figures
- 1.
David Provenzal
Rosh yeshiva à Mantoue
- 2.
Moshe Provençal
Grand rabbin de Mantoue, grammairien hébreu et décisionnaire du XVIe siècle.
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 Provenzal.
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Works & texts (3)
Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.
XVIe s.
Dor Haflagah (perdu)
David ben Abraham Provençal
Traité (perdu) de David ben Abraham Provençal. (XVIe s.)
XVIe s.
'Ir David (commentaire sur le Pentateuque)
David ben Abraham Provençal
Commentaire de David ben Abraham Provençal. (XVIe s.)
Piotrków, 1930
Migdal David (recueil des enseignements et récits sur R. David de Lelov)
R. David Biderman de Lelov (enseignements transmis/collectés)
Recueil (transmis, non autographe) de R. David Biderman de Lelov (enseignements transmis/collectés). (Piotrków, 1930)
Notable figures of the lineage
Places along the journey
Communities crossed
Diaspora regions
Italie
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#auto-figure-lignee#italie#lieu-geo-auto#mantoue#provence#yeshiva