Israel Sarug Ashkenazi (also Saruk or Srugo, fl.
1590–1610) was a pupil of Isaac Luria and devoted himself at the death of his master to the propagation of Lurianic Kabbalah, for which he gained many adherents in various parts of Italy.
Among these the most prominent were Menahem Azariah da Fano, whom he persuaded to spend large sums of money in the acquisition of Luria's manuscripts, and Aaron Berechiah of Modena, author of the Ma'abar Yabboq (Ma'abar Yabboq, Qorban Ta'anit, i.).
In the latter city one of his disciples was Abraham Cohen de Herrera.
You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This biographical article about a rabbi is a stub.