Avodath Hakodesh
AUCTION 17 |
Tuesday, November 12th,
2002 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic and Ceremonial Art From Various Owners
Lot 59
AZULAI, CHAIM JOSEPH DAVID (CHYD”A).
Avodath Hakodesh
Jerusalem: Israel Bak 1841
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $3,500
The First Book Printed in Jerusalem.
A collection of seven small treatises on Halachah, Minhag and Nusscha’oth of Prayer
NOT USED IN CAT . HOLD FOR LATER USE....
Chaim Joseph David Azulai (1724-1806) was without exaggeration the greatest Sephardic sage of the modern era. His literary output was extremely prodigious, encompassing both Halachah and Kabbalah. His bibliographic work Shem ha-Gedoim is still a valuable reference. it is perhaps ironic that this enormous intellect was never ensconced in a formal rabbinic capacity. Most of Chida’s days were spent wandering as a Shada”r or rabbinic emmisary on behalf of the Holy Land. Some years ago, his earthly remains were disinterred from the Jewish cemetery of Livorno, Italy, where he last resided, and transfered to Har ha-Menuchoth cemetery in the Givath Sha’ul section of Jerusalem. See EJ, Vol. III, cols. 1019-1020