Seder Tefiloth Lehakafoth Simchat Torah, to be recited before the Hakafoth & after the Hakafoth. As compiled by the great Chacham Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Ayash (Ayish), rabbi of Ferrara.
Venice, 1794.
Very Rare! Has never appeared at public auction.
Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Ayash (1727 –1817) was Rishon L’Tzion (Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Eretz Yisrael) for the last decade of his long life. Before that, he traveled in North Africa and Europe, served as communal rabbi in two communities and established and ran a yeshivah.
Rabbi Yaakov Moshe was born into an Algerian family of rabbis and scholars. His grandfather, Rabbi Yitzchak Ayash (d. 1727), was a widely revered rabbi and his father, Rabbi Yehudah Ayash (d. 1760), was one of the most famous rabbis of Algiers and head of the city’s rabbinical court. Rabbi Yaakov Moshe was his third son. Rabbi Yehudah and his family moved to Palestine in 1756, where he devoted all his time to Torah study.
Rabbi Yaakov Moshe returned to North Africa in 1779 as a fundraising agent for the kolel (institute for the advanced study of Talmud) of Jerusalem. From 1783-1784 he lived in to Leghorn (Livorno, Italy) where he edited and published some of his father’s works, including Matteh Yehudah and Shevet Yehudah. He remained in Italy for 22 years, first serving as Rabbi of Siena for 12 years, then serving as Rabbi of Ferrara for 10 years. He had many famous disciples in Italy. During his time there, he authored the halachic work Derech Chaim, as well as several prayer services for Jewish festivals. In his works, his custom was to leave hints that he was yearning to return to Eretz Yisrael.
In 1803, Rabbi Yaakov Moshe returned to Eretz Yisrael and, with the support of a philanthropist from Ferrara, established a yeshivah which he named Chaim VaChesed (Life and Grace) in Jerusalem. In 1806, he was appointed Rishon L’Tzion and served in that capacity until his passing.
14, 25-34 Leaves. Without [8] pages Seder hakafot according the the far east rite. 16 Cm.
Overall Good condition, stains, original binding.
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