Alfandari was a family of eastern rabbis prominent in the 17th and 18th centuries, found in Smyrna, Constantinople, and Jerusalem. The name may be derived from a Spanish locality, perhaps from Alfambra. The following is a list of the chief members of the family: * Aaron ben Moses Alfandari * Elijah Alfandari * Ḥayyim ben Isaac Raphael Alfandari the Younger * Ḥayyim ben Jacob Alfandari the Elder * Isaac Raphael Alfandari * Jacob ben Ḥayyim Alfandari * Solomon Eliezer Alfandari For a possible explanation of the name, see Steinschneider.