Yoseph Ometz [responsa]

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $550

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author

AZULAI, CHAIM JOSEPH DAVID

printer

E. Saadon

Place

Livorno

Publication

1798

Description

FIRST EDITION

references

Vinograd, Livorno 445; Benayahu, Chida, p. 218, no. 31

summary

The title forms the gematria (numerical equivalent): "Chaim Yoseph David Azulai." After much travel on behalf of the Yishuv of Eretz Israel, the Chid”a finally settled down in Livorno, Italy, where, though holding no official rabbinical office, he was revered on account of his incomparable erudition. Azulai's responsa reflect his total familiarity with the customs of the many lands he visited. Rarely do we encounter in the responsa literature such a broad approach

ff. 74. Browned, some worming and marginal wear, taped in places. Modern morocco. Folio

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