(CHYD”A). Leket HaKemach [Halachic indices].

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00

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AZULAI, CHAIM JOSEPH DAVID

(CHYD”A). Leket HaKemach [Halachic indices].

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in semi-cursive Sephardic script on paper. <<*>> Accompanied by description of manuscript contents prepared by Dr. Shlomo Zucker, Jerusalem. ff. 17 (written on recto only, few lines per page only). Wormed affecting text in places, taped repairs along inner margin. Modern vellum-backed boards. 12mo.

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

PRICE REALIZED $5,000

<<UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT BY THE CHID”A.>> A notebook containing Halachic sources, divided into sections and alphabetically arranged. One of the greatest Rabbinic authorities of his day, R. Chaim Joseph David Azulai (1724-1806), known by the acronym Chid”a, spent most of his life as a shada”r (shelucha derabbanan), emissary and fundraiser on behalf of the Jewish community of Eretz Israel. His travels took him throughout Europe and North Africa. Born in Jerusalem, he spent his final years in Livorno, Italy, where he was buried. In 1960, his remains were disinterred and reburied in the Har HaMenuchoth cemetery in the Givath Shaul section of Jerusale