Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Responsum on the Subject of Agunot by Rabbi Yeshayah Azulai the Son of the Chida, with Approbation by Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Refael Sagri
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Responsa and testimonies regarding Agunot from Ancona, by Rabbi Yeshayah Azulai (Son of the Chida), Oriental Italian writing, with a few handwritten corrections by Rabbi Yeshayah (who wrote in Jerusalem Sephardic writing). Ancona, 1810.
On margins of the responsum are 4 lines of approbation by Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Refael Sagri, emissary from Eretz Israel who writes, "G-d has led me to this city of Ancona, on my travels as emissary of the holy rabbis of the city of Tiberias... I have gone to visit the great rabbi…Yeshaya Azulai. See the two witnesses who signed before me and testified to all the above…My name is Yisrael Chaim Refael Sagri" [curly signature].
Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Refael Sagri (died 1833, Otzar HaRabbanim 12200) Torah scholar and Kabbalist, one of the greatest sages of Jerusalem, emissary of the sages of Tiberias to Europe from 1808-1811. Author of Ateret Yisrael, Tiferet Yisrael. See enclosed material.
Rabbi Refael Yeshayah Azulai (1743-1826, Otzar HaRabbanim 17891). Eldest son of the Chida, disciple of his father and one of the leading Torah scholars in Jerusalem. During the 1780s, traveled to Europe as emissary of the Rabbis of Tiberias and while in Amsterdam married the daughter of Rabbi Shlomo Shalem, Rabbi of the Amsterdam Sefaradi community. In 1788, was appointed Av Beit Din of Ancona, where he served for 40 years.
The Chida sent many missives and letters to his son Rabbi Yeshaya, of which 50 were published. Three can be found in Igrot Chida, Livorno, and 47 were printed by Rabbi Chaim Rosenberg in Budapest in 1827 on the 100 year anniversary of the death of Rabbi Refael Yeshaya.
6 pages. 27 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition, minor moth damage, tiny holes from ink burn. Wear (restored) on leaf margins.
On margins of the responsum are 4 lines of approbation by Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Refael Sagri, emissary from Eretz Israel who writes, "G-d has led me to this city of Ancona, on my travels as emissary of the holy rabbis of the city of Tiberias... I have gone to visit the great rabbi…Yeshaya Azulai. See the two witnesses who signed before me and testified to all the above…My name is Yisrael Chaim Refael Sagri" [curly signature].
Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Refael Sagri (died 1833, Otzar HaRabbanim 12200) Torah scholar and Kabbalist, one of the greatest sages of Jerusalem, emissary of the sages of Tiberias to Europe from 1808-1811. Author of Ateret Yisrael, Tiferet Yisrael. See enclosed material.
Rabbi Refael Yeshayah Azulai (1743-1826, Otzar HaRabbanim 17891). Eldest son of the Chida, disciple of his father and one of the leading Torah scholars in Jerusalem. During the 1780s, traveled to Europe as emissary of the Rabbis of Tiberias and while in Amsterdam married the daughter of Rabbi Shlomo Shalem, Rabbi of the Amsterdam Sefaradi community. In 1788, was appointed Av Beit Din of Ancona, where he served for 40 years.
The Chida sent many missives and letters to his son Rabbi Yeshaya, of which 50 were published. Three can be found in Igrot Chida, Livorno, and 47 were printed by Rabbi Chaim Rosenberg in Budapest in 1827 on the 100 year anniversary of the death of Rabbi Refael Yeshaya.
6 pages. 27 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition, minor moth damage, tiny holes from ink burn. Wear (restored) on leaf margins.
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