Al-Tarās family

al-Tarās family
عائلة تاراس
CountryIsrael, Turkey and Italy
Etymologyal-Tarās which means "embroider" in Arabic.
Place of originCastile
Foundedc. 1000
FounderHasdai al-Tarās
TraditionsJudaism (Sephardic)

The al-Tarās family (Arabic: التاراس) (Hebrew: אלתראס) also called ibn al-Tarās and Altaras is a distinguished Sephardic Jewish family originally from Castile, Spain. Members of the family spread to Italy, Turkey, and the Land of Israel, where they produced several rabbis, scholars, printers and businessmen.