Sha'ar Yosef. The Chid"a's First Sefer. First Edition

Sha'ar Yosef. The Chid"a's First Sefer. First Edition

Novellae and in-depth discussions on Tractate Horiyot, as well as responsa, from Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azoulay (the Chid"a). Livorno, 1756. First edition.

The first work printed from among the many works by the Chid"a, known to have been written when he was only 17 years old. The Chid"a printed the sefer when he was in Livorno towards the end of the period of his first mission in Italy.

The Chid"a received approbations for the sefer from his teacher, Rabbi Yonah Navon, who encouraged him to commit his novellae to paper already in his youth, along with those by his father, Rabbi Yitzchak Zerachiah Azoulay, and by his father-in-law, Rabbi Nissim Berachah. Many additional approbations from sages of Jerusalem and Hebron; Rabbi Yehudah Ayash and others.

Sought-after sefer. With respect to its rarity, one can grasp it from Rabbi Betzalel Rangshburg's introduction to his sefer, Horah Gaver on Tractate Horiyot (Prague, 1802), in which he discusses Sefer Sha'ar Yosef and writes that he expended a huge amount of effort to obtain it, but he was unsuccessful. Refer to M. Benayahu as well, in his work HaChid"a p. 186, where he writes that the sefer became scarce already in the author's lifetime.

Complete copy with the author's dedication to Michael Pereira di Lion, in Spanish, and with the printing permit from the parnassim of the Livorno community.

Benayahu, Sifrei HaChid"a 1.

Inscription on the title page.

16 pp. 120: 40 leaf. Approximately 30 cm. Printed on white paper.

Fine condition. Minimal worming perforations. New binding.