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Ottolenghi, Abraham Azariah

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Italian rabbi, born in Acqui in 1776, died in 1851, brother of Israël Emanuel Ottolenghi. Upon the entry of the French army in 1796, after the battle of Montenotte, he delivered a speech on the tree of liberty; but following French setbacks in 1799 and the battle of Novi, the population rose up against the Jews of the city, and the Ottolenghi brothers had to flee to the Alps while their father was taken hostage by French troops. Returned after the battle of Marengo, he assumed the rabbinical functions of Acqui without compensation and published the "Shir le-Kabod ha-Torah" (Livorno, 1808).

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OTTOLENGHI, ABRAHAM AZARIAH (BONAJUT)

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Rabbin italien ; né à Acqui en 1776 ; mort en 1851 ; frère d'Israel Emanuel Ottolenghi. À l'occasion de l'entrée de l'armée française en 1796, après la bataille de Montanotte près des murs d'Acqui, il prononça une allocution sur la signification de l'arbre de la liberté. Après les revers français de 1799 et la bataille de Novi, la populace se souleva contre les Juifs de la ville. Les Ottolenghi furent persécutés, Abraham Azariah étant attaqué par le parti réactionnaire. Les frères Ottolenghi s'échappèrent et s'enfuirent dans les Alpes ; mais leur père fut saisi comme otage par les troupes françaises et conduit à Gênes. Après le rétablissement de l'ordre suivant la bataille de Marengo, Azariah revint et reprit ses études théologiques. Il assuma, sans réclamer aucuns honoraires, les fonctions rabbinales à Acqui, et continua à les exercer jusqu'à peu de temps avant sa mort. Il fut l'auteur de « Shir le-Kabod ha-Torah » (Livourne, 1808).

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