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Lot #		25470
Auction End Date		1/12/2010 10:06:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)

Title Information

Title (English)

Pnei David

Title (Hebrew)

פני דוד

Author

[First Ed. - Ms. Notes - Haggadah] Hida

City

Livorno (Leghorn)

Publisher

Eliezer Sa'adon

Publication Date

1792

Collection Information

Independent Item

This listing is an independent item not part of any collection

Description Information

Physical
Description

First edition. [1], 144, [2 manuscript] ff., folio, 295:200 mm., light age staining, old hands in margins of many ff., wide margins, scattered worming expertly repaired. A good copy bound in modern full leather over boards.

Paragraph 1

The copy of several Moroccan rabbis with their notes in margins throughout the book. Of note, R. Jacob b. Joseph Khalfon (1808-1855), rabbi of Tetuan and author of many scholarly works, several of which were printed by his grandchildren in Jerusalem in the early 20th century.

Detailed
Description

Commentary on Torah, Haggadah and several other subjects by R. Hayyim Yoseph David Azulai (known by his Hebrew acronym HIDA, 1724–1806), halakhist, kabbalist, emissary, and bibliographer. The Hida was born in Jerusalem; he was descended on his father's side from a prominent family of rabbis and kabbalists from Spain while his mother was a daughter of Joseph Bialer who had gone to Erez Israel with R. Judah Hasid in 1770. He studied under some of the outstanding Jewish scholars of his age including R. Jonah Navon, R. Isaac ha-Kohen Rapoport, and R. Hayyim ibn Attar. R. Azulai attained early eminence in Jewish studies and was regarded by the Jewry of the Ottoman Empire and of Italy as the leading scholar of his generation. He was highly esteemed, too, by the Jews of Germany, especially after the publication of his works.

Possessed of great intellectual powers and many-faceted talents, he combined a religious and mystical ardor with an insatiable intellectual curiosity. Added to these were critical ability, a facile pen, and a boundless capacity for work. He spent most of his active years traveling abroad as an emissary of the communities of Erez Israel for the collection of funds for the upkeep of the academies and scholars. He ended his mission in 1778 in Leghorn, where he spent the rest of his life. Many stories are related of the wonders and miracles he performed. Pilgrimages were made to his tomb at Leghorn until 1960, thereafter in Jerusalem where his remains were reinterred.

Paragraph 2

... רמזים, פירושים, הערות על התורה בסדר הפרשיות ... ב"ו יבא ברנה נמוקי רבינו ישעיה הראשון מטראני ז"ל וקצת מפירושי רמזי רבינו אפרים ורבינו מהר"א גרמיזא בעל הרקח וחברוהי קדישין זי"ע והמה בכתובי"ם, וקצת מפירושי גדולי ישראל אשר שמעתי או ראיתי בכ"י [בכתבי-יד] ...

דף מג, ב-נג, ב: "קצת פירוש ההגדה ... אשר כתבתי ... בקונטריס זרוע ימין אחר שנדפס שמחת הרגל". דף קי-קמב: "צוארי שלל ... על הפטרות ... פור"ש לעשות לו דר"ך כל שהוא באיזה פסוק מההפטרה מידי שבת בשבתו". דף קמג-קמד: סבר פנים. תיקונים והשמטות ל"פני דוד" ול"צוארי שלל".

Reference
Description

CD-EPI 0108676; Yaari, Shluhei Erez Israel, pp. 645-646; Mispatim Zadikim, Jer. 1935, intro.

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Listing Classification

Period

18th Century:

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Location

Italy:		Checked
Other:		Morocco

Subject

Bible:

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Characteristic

First Editions:		Checked
Language:		Hebrew

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