The Shabtai Family

שבתאי

Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Shabtai lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.

Patronyme porté par plusieurs figures juives documentées (Syrie (Alep), Israël). Cette fiche regroupe 3 figures du corpus partageant ce nom ; leurs liens généalogiques précis restent à documenter.

Geographic origin: Syrie (Alep), Israël

A book yet to be written

The Great Book of the Shabtai 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.

Collection

Location of archival items, responsa and articles in the corpus that cite the lineage or its variants.

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Lineage Map

Place of Origin Diaspora Memory (transmitted)Regions reconstructed from documented origins and diaspora.

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Variants of the name (2)

One name, a hundred faces.

The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.

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Notable figures

1.
Hizkiya Shabtai
Grand rabbin (Hakham Bachi) d'Alep de 1908 à 1926, puis membre du conseil du Grand Rabbina
2.
Aharon Shabtai
Poète israélien et traducteur du grec classique, vers politique.
3.
Yaakov Shabtai
Romancier et dramaturge israélien, prose moderniste de Tel-Aviv.

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 Shabtai.

Search “Shabtai” on Yad Vashem

The 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

Notable figures of the lineage

Hizkiya Shabtai

חזקיהו שבתי

1862-1955

Aharon Shabtai

אהרן שבתאי

1939-

Yaakov Shabtai

יעקב שבתאי

1934-1981

Diaspora regions

Syrie (Alep)Israël

The days of this book

This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Shabtai give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

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Recorded burials

Шабтай (Шебетей) сын Мататии (Мететйо)

Cimetière juif de Djeirakh · Djeirakh

Шабтай (Шебетей) сын Нисана (Нисона)

Cimetière juif de Kartchag · Kartchag

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