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Tefillah Zakah Siddur – Livorno, 1789-1792 – Customs of Livorno Community – the first siddur to print halachic rulings by the Chida – Rare Edition – Original Leather Binding
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Tefillah Zakah – Sephardic-rite siddur for weekdays, Shabbat, festivals and holidays, with commentaries, halachot and customs of the Livorno community, edited by R. Avraham Yitzchak Castilo. Livorno: R. Avraham Yitzchak Castilo and R. Eliezer Saadon, [1789-1792].
Original leather binding, with gilt decorations to spine.
Approbations of the rabbis of Livorno and chart of days to begin adding Barech Aleinu (1790-1839) at beginning of siddur.
Printed during the lifetime of the Chida. This is the first siddur to print halachic rulings by the Chida.
Edited by R. Avraham Yitzchak Castilo, who added a commentary and customs of Livorno, until his death, when the printing continued posthumously. This siddur is an abridgment of a longer work by the author, Siach Avraham, which he was unable to print in full.
R. Avraham Yitzchak Castilo (1726-1789), a rabbi and printer of Livorno, preacher and poet. The Chida, asked to give a Shabbat Shuvah sermon in place of R. Avraham Yitzchak Castilo about a year after his passing, praised him profusely on that occasion.
The present siddur is an important and rare source of customs of the Livorno community.
R. Avraham Yitzchak Castilo's press, established in 1780 along with R. Eliezer Saadon, printed many important books, including most of the books of the Chida.
Handwritten corrections and additions to several leaves.
[6], 115, 115-228 leaves. 16.5 cm. Partially dark paper. Fair-good condition. Stains. Worming, affecting text (most to margins). Tears, including open tears to last leaves, affecting text. Original leather binding, with wear and defects.
Books Printed in Livorno – 18th-19th Centuries
Books Printed in Livorno – 18th-19th Centuries