By Dr. Gil Dekel [לעיברית, ראו למטה] The Surname Charlap is acronym (such as the example of Rambam, which stands for Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon). There are several suggestions to the meaning of the acronym of Charlap. There are also two roles the name served: at first the...
By Dr. Gil Dekel. Charlap family descend from the famous Portuguese Yahya family.[1] Many surnames were adopted over the years. We have ample information, researched by historian Arthur F. Menton who has “…taken on the massive task of being the family historian”.[2]...
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