Rabbi Abraham BERDUGO married Mazel Tov BENSIMON.
In 1919, there was an examination of Rabbis to become notary publics (sofer)
for the beit din. Abraham BERDUGO was one of 8 Meknes candidates to pass
the examination.
Synagogue slat Abraham BERDUGO was founded by Rabbi Mimoun
BERDUGO (son of Abraham BERDUGO) towards the end of the 1930s over his home on
rue Petahia BERDUGO in the new mellah. Familial synagogue
frequented by his direct family. Small with an elegant teba in
the middle of a square hall.
After the death of Rabbi Abraham, the congregation was healed by Rabbi Raphael BERDUGO.
Mazal Tov BENSIMON was reputed to be a healer.
The entire family consulted her for health problems and
she sometimes had better success than the doctors of the epoch.
She knew the plants well and made her own medicines, very appreciated in the mellah.
Rabbi Abraham BERDUGO and Mazel Tov BENSIMON had seven children:
- Mimoun BERDUGO (see photo to right).
- Haïm BERDUGO
- Simha (Semi) BERDUGOmarried her cousin Abner OHAYON
- Moïse BERDUGO married Perla ABECCASIS (b. Tangers,
lives in Ashdod)
- Abraham (Albert) BERDUGO lives in Israel. (Yitzhak, Nathalie)
- Aaron (Henry) BERDUGO, lives in Paris, kids
- Regine BERDUGO, lives in Paris, married Gabrielle
HASSINE
- Shalom (Charles) BERDUGO, lives in Paris
- Yosef (Jojo) BERDUGO, caterer in 16e arrondissement of Paris
(Rafael, Clair)
- Kotiel BERDUGO
- Rachel BERDUGO married Josiae SOUDRY (Moshe,
LEVY, Mattilde, a son, a son)
- Danielle BERDUGO
- Annita (Israel) BERDUGO
- Dorise BERDUGO
- Mattilde BERDUGO
- Margalite BERDUGO
(b. Meknes 1927) married Pinchas BERDUGO.
- Petahia [Mordecai] BERDUGO married Alice ELCOUBY.
- Myriam BERDUGO
- Kotiel BERDUGO
- Avraham BERDUGO
- Madeleine BERDUGO
- Rachel BERDUGO
- Moshe BERDUGO
- Rabbi Raphael BERDUGO (d.) married to his niece Rebecca BERDUGO
(d. 1 June 2000)
Haifa. Rabbi Raphael BERDUGO worked since the
age of 16 on the BERDUGO family tree. He drew 3 family trees
(aleph, beth, gimel)
corresponding to the different parts of the BERDUGO family
originating in Meknes, Morrocco.
Most of the information on
the BERDUGO family comes from these family trees.
- Goel Abraham BERDUGO married Hanna,
Hebrew literature teacher
- Penina (Penny) BERDUGO (high school English teacher) pennyek@zahav.net.il
married to
Kotiel AZOGUI kotiel@azogui.com
(high school math teacher) grandson of
Aïcha BERDUGO and Joseph NAMANI, Haifa.
Kotiel AZOGUI is the cousin of
Sarah NASH
sarahnash@gmail.com.
- Shelly AZOGUI (b. 1972), teacher, married
(6 January 1995, Kiryat Motzkin)
Gilad FITOUSSI
Software Engineer, TTI company
giladf at tti-telecom.com,
They live in Moreshet, Israel.
- Dvir FITOUSSI (b. 9 April 1996)
- Rony FITOUSSI (b. Jan. 1999)
- Eilon FITOUSSI (b. July 2000)
- Nivo FITOUSSI (b. 2 Jan. 2004)
- Anael Rivka FITOUSSI (b. 19 July 2006). Anael is
spelled with an Ayin not an Aleph and means "God has
answered".
- Ronene AZOGUI (b. 1975) married Sigal sigal_azv@bezeqint.net.il
- Ariel AZOGUI (b. 1978)
- Raphael AZOGUI (b. 1985) married Rivka
Daniel E. LOEB,
eMail: loeb17@gmail.com
