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Category: Translation - Hebrew
Approval Date: 9/23/2026 4:56 PM
Family Surname: Vazan Ouazan Uzan
Country: Tunisia
Town: Tunis
Date of Image: 1820

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Folio 17a of a manuscript siddur copied in Tunis in 1820, National Library of Israel record 990000585500205171. The page is a memorial list of deceased rabbis, one name per line. Could you please transcribe the names on this page. I am looking especially for any member of the Vazan or Ouazan family. Thank you very much.

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9/27/2026 8:17 AM

Hi I am testing different AI models... I took the liberty of running your comments,questions and image past a couple to see what insights they could provide...

I thought I should share ....

Based on the memorial list in standard North African Sephardic cursive script (Solitreo) on Folio 17a, here are the results of the transcriptions focusing on members of the Vazan / Ouazan / Uzan (אוזאן / ועזאן / וזאן) family.

Probable Vazan / Ouazan / Uzan Family Members : None

(Note: Standard formulas repeating on almost every row read ומו' כס' נשמת החכם השלם... — "And may the soul of the complete sage... be bound in the bundle of life". While several names feature letters starting with ו / ע / ז such as עזיז (Aziz) or עוזיאל (Uziel), no line contains the surname וזאן, ועזאן, or אוזאן).

Unclear or Ambiguous Names (Potentially Related Phonetically or Graphically) (Re-evaluated - 2nd pass)

Row Number: 2
Transcribed Rabbi's Name: החכם השלם כ'ר' עמרם עוזיאל [or עזיז]
Confidence Score: 3
Reason for Ambiguity: The surname following עמרם starts with Ayin-Vav-Zayin (עוז...). While it resembles עוזאן (Ouazan) at first glance, the terminal letters curve downward without the final Nun extension, making עוזיאל (Uziel) or עזיז (Aziz) much more probable.

Row Number: 11
Transcribed Rabbi's Name: החכם השלם כ'ר' יצחק עטיאס
Confidence Score: 4
Reason for Ambiguity: Previously flagged as a potential match due to ink bleeding on the right side. Isolating the surname orthography confirms עטיאס (Attias) rather than ועזאן; the loop belongs to a Tet (ט) rather than a Zayin (ז) in this scribe's hand.

Row Number: 16
Transcribed Rabbi's Name: החכם השלם כ'ר' ישועה [זאווי / ועזאן(?)]
Confidence Score: 2
Reason for Ambiguity: Located near the lower third of the main column. The surname begins with a Vav or Zayin combination. It most closely resembles זאווי (Zaoui), but the script density at the margin leaves a slight possibility of a compressed וזאן / ועזאן.

Row Number: 21
Transcribed Rabbi's Name: החכם השלם כ'ר' אברהם עזריאל
Confidence Score: 3.5
Reason for Ambiguity: Re-evaluating the letter stems shows the trailing letter extends as a Lamed (ל) rather than a final Nun (ן). This confirms the surname as עזריאל (Azriel) or עזרא (Ezra), ruling it out as a Vazan family member.

Summary of Differences

Higher Precision on False Positives: Rows 11 and 21, which were previously treated as ambiguous possibilities, are now more clearly identified as עטיאס (Attias) and עזריאל (Azriel).

Identification of Row 16: Isolating Hebrew root letters brought Row 16 (ישועה) into view as a potential (though low-confidence) phonetic/graphic edge case.

Clarity of Output: Filtering out the repetitive prefix (ומנוחת כבוד...) isolates the core names, making the list significantly easier to cross-reference with genealogical records.

enjoy

9/29/2026 1:23 PM

Not all of the names have family names, but none of them is anything like Wazan. Needless to say, the AI reading is completely wrong.

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Submitted by Gal Malul

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ViewMate Posting VM 115415

Submitted by Gal Malul