Bidspirit auction | Aderet Eliyahu, by the Kabbalist

Aderet Eliyahu, by the Kabbalist Rabbi Emanuel Chai Riki. Livorno, 1742 (תק”ב) - Sefer Aderet Eliyahu by the renowned Kabbalist Rabbi Emanuel Chai Riki, author of Mishnat Chassidim, in whose Jerusalem home the Or HaChaim HaKadosh established his yeshiva. Livorno, printed by Milidola Press, 1742 (תק”ב). With ownership inscriptions. The book is divided into two parts, each with a separate title page: Part I: Profound halachic analyses on difficult passages and unusual expressions in the Talmud. Part II (Mei Niddah): Responsa, insightful novellae, and “pearls of wisdom.” This is the last book written by Rabbi Emanuel Chai Riki, published only a few months before his tragic death at the hands of highway robbers near Bologna on Sunday, 1 Adar 1743 (תק”ג). Numerous early Eastern-style owner inscriptions, especially on the final leaf. Pagination: 129; 57, [1] leaves Includes the final leaf bearing the Riki family emblem Condition: Good. Unbound. Age stains present About the Author: Rabbi Raphael Emanuel Chai Riki (c. 1687–1743) was a renowned Italian Kabbalist and poet, best known for his Mishnat Chassidim, a foundational text for the study of the Kabbalah of the Arizal. He studied under Rabbi Natan Pinkerle of Alexandria della Paglia, whom he calls his teacher. At age 30, he immigrated to Tzfat, where he delved into Kabbalah and the writings of the Arizal. Following a plague, he moved to Livorno, where he composed Mishnat Chassidim, and later served as Rabbi of Florence. Toward the end of his life, he returned to Jerusalem. His home in Jerusalem was later used by the Or HaChaim HaKadosh to establish the famous Knesset Yisrael Yeshiva, which operated at least until 1886 and educated many prominent rabbis of the period. On one of his travels abroad to print his books, he was tragically murdered by robbers. He was buried a week later in Cento, near Bologna. Rare and significant. With early ownership inscriptions.