Elijah ben Raphael Solomon Halevi. Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew written to Chaim Joseph David Azulai (the Chid”a)

AUCTION 53 | Thursday, December 08th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 285

(ITALY).

Elijah ben Raphael Solomon Halevi. Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew written to Chaim Joseph David Azulai (the Chid”a)

A defense of the the Italian custom of blowing the shofar at dawn on Rosh Hashanah. Three pages. In a very neat minute hand

Alessandria: 1790

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $1,100

Elijah ben Raphael Solomon Halevi, a native of Finale Ligure, served as Rabbi of Alessandria (in the Piedmont region of northern Italy) from 1738 until his death in 1792. He exchanged halachic letters with the preeminent sage of the day, R. Chaim Joseph David Azulai (Chida) of Livorno (1724-1806). This particular letter is alluded to by Chida in his collected Responsa Chaim Sha'al (Livorno, 1792) no. 10 (par. 3). A more detailed examination of this letter is available upon request. See also Ch.J.D. Azulai, Shem HaGedolim, I, A-170; II, C-62; M. Benayahu, Chida (1959) pp. 226-27, 247; JE, Vol. I p. 340.