Chaim Joseph David Azulai
Chaim Joseph David Azulai ( acronym Chida ; born 1724 in Jerusalem ; died March 1, 1806 , according to other information: March 21, 1807 in Livorno ), great-grandson of Abraham Azulai, was a Jewish scholar, decisor , Kabbalist and bibliographer .
He had extensive knowledge of the entire rabbinical literature and enjoyed a very high reputation in the Palestinian Jewish communities, so that as their envoy ("Meschullach") he performed diplomatic missions in Europe several times.
As a result, he stayed frequently in Italy, France, Germany and Holland and was in contact with the leading rabbinical authorities of his time. Everywhere he went, he used the opportunity to sift through and collect Hebrew printed works and manuscripts and subsequently wrote the literary-historical lexicon Schem hagedolim ("Name of the Great", 1774–1786, bio-bibliographical lexicon, covers over 1,300 Jewish ones Scholars), which has become a widely used reference work. In addition, numerous exegetical and homiletic works were created.
He kept diaries of his travels and experiences, some of which were later published.
literature
- Article ASULAJ, Chaim Joseph David . In: Jüdisches Lexikon , Vol. I. Berlin 1927, Sp. 550.
- Benjamin Cymerman: The Diaries of Rabbi Ha'im Yosef David Azulai . Jerusalem 1997.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Mattis Kantor: Codex Judaica. Zichron Press, 2005, ISBN 0-9670378-3-2 , p. 259 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- ↑ John F. Oppenheimer (Red.) And a .: Lexicon of Judaism. 2nd Edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh u. a. 1971, ISBN 3-570-05964-2 , col. 65.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Azulai, Chaim Joseph David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chida; Azulai, Chajim Josef David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish scholar, Kabbalist and bibliographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1724 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jerusalem |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1806 |
| Place of death | Livorno |