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* [[Samuel Sarfati]] (died c. 1519), Italian physician to [[Pope]]s [[Alexander VI]] and [[Julius II]]
* [[Samuel Sarfati]] (died c. 1519), Italian physician to [[Pope]]s [[Alexander VI]] and [[Julius II]]
* [[Sonia Sarfati]] (born 1960), French author and journalist
* [[Sonia Sarfati]] (born 1960), French author and journalist
*[Https://wikipedia.org/arisefarti Ari Sarfati] (born 1991), American writer, entrepreneur, and former college football player
*[Https://wikipedia.org/arisefarti [[Ari Sarfati]] (born 1991), American writer, entrepreneur, and former college football player


=== Sarfatti ===
=== Sarfatti ===

Revision as of 13:11, 16 September 2019

Sarfati (Template:Lang-he; Template:IPA-he, variously transliterated and spelled Sarfatti, Sarphati, Serfaty, Sarfaty, Sarfity, Zarfati, Tsarfati, Tzarfati, Serfati) is a Sephardic Jewish surname. The surname literally means "French" in the Hebrew language,[1] and is derived from the Biblical placename Tzarfat which in later times was identified in Jewish tradition as France.

Origin

One account places the origin of the surname as being linked to Rashi by way of his grandson Rabbeinu Tam,[2] but the connection, although anchored in the Ketubot traditions has never been fully proven due to a seven generations gap in the genealogy after Jews were expelled from France by Philippe le Bel in 1306.[3]

At any case, numerous bearers of this name (whose ancestors came from France) lived in various parts of the Iberian Peninsula during the 14th-15th centuries: they appear in Spanish and Portuguese documents under the spellings Sarfati and Çarfati. During the 15th century and especially after the expulsion of Jews from these countries (1490s) some branches migrated from the Iberian Peninsula to North Africa,[4] while others to the city of Rome and the Ottoman Empire.

List

Notable people with the surname include:

Sarfati

Sarfatti

Sarfaty

Sarphati

Serfaty

See also

  • Olry Terquem (1782–1862), who wrote under the pseudonym "Tsarphati"

References