Bidspirit auction | Classic: Shu”t Hageonim Shaarei Tzedek.

Classic: Shu”t Hageonim Shaarei Tzedek. First Edition. 1792. Halachic responsa by Babylonian Geonim. This anthology of responsa contains approximately 500 halachic responsas from the Geonim of Babylon. On verso of the title page is a list of the Geonim whose responsa appear in this work, among them Rav Shrira Gaon, Rav Hai Gaon, Rav Sadya Gaon, Rav Amram Gaon, Rav Natronai Gaon, and Rav Tzemach Gaon. This work was edited and published by Rabbi Chaim Modai, Av Beis Din of Izmir. In the present copy Rabbi Chaim Modai added a hand-written comment on the errata leaf. Rabbi Chaim Modai (1720-1794) was born in Istanbul and immigrated to Eretz Yisrael when he was about nine years old. He lived in Safed for twenty-five years and was one of its foremost sages. In 1775, he returned to Istanbul and served as a dayan. He later served in the Izmir rabbinate. During his last years, he returned to Safed where he was buried. He authored the Shu”t Chaim L'Olam, Tiv Gittin, and more. Rabbi Yosef Chaim Ardit (1835-1926) was a dayan and then a rabbi in Salonica. Stefansky Sifrei Yesod #258 Size: 21.5 cm Pages : [5] 117 Condition : Fine condition, stains, antique binding worn.