Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer – Mantua, 1723 – Signature and Glosses by Rabbi David Chaim Korinaldi Author of Beit ...

Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer – Mantua, 1723 – Signature and Glosses by Rabbi David Chaim Korinaldi Author of Beit David – Copy of the Chida, with a Signature of his Grandson, Rabbi Nissim Zerachya Azulai
Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer, with rulings of Rabbi Gur Aryeh HaLevi Pintzi. Mantua, [1723]. Printed by Yitzchak Yareh and Ya'akov Chaver Tov.
Signature on title page: "David Chaim Korinaldi" – A great sage in Italy, author of Beit David on the Mishnah. On the leaves of the books are hundreds of glosses in his handwriting, some very long. These glosses were never printed.
The Chida had seen the glosses of Rabbi David Chaim Korinaldi as he writes in his book Shem HaGedolim and he quotes them dozens of times in his books (for example: Chaim Sha'al, Shiyurei Beracha, Tuv Ayin, etc.). On the title page is a signature of his grandson Rabbi "Nissim Zerachya Azulai" and on two leaves are glosses in his handwriting (Leaves: 12, 2; 75, 1). Apparently, he attained this book from the library of his grandfather the Chida.
The glosses of Rabbi David Chaim Korinaldi contain important halachic content, he writes his opinion and questions the words of the Shulchan Aruch and brings his rulings in cases which were presented to him for his halachic decisions.
On Leaf 6b, he recounts a story which he read in the book "Mappamondo Istorico" in the "history of Chinese kings" about a Caesar "whose second wife Viti bore him a son whom she carried in her womb for 14 months and who became Caesar after him…". [The Chida brings this story in his book Yosef Ometz, Siman 94, Section 3].
On Leaf 16a, he writes at length an "open rebuke to those who dance with women even if they are single…how much more so with married women and relatives…".
On Leaf 49a, he discusses at length the propriety of wigs for women: "There is a new custom to go with uncovered hair, the hair being part of a wig. My heart tells me to ponder whether this is prohibited by Jewish law or not".
On Leaf 62b he writes about a Get sent from Algir to Tunis.
Rabbi David Chaim Korinaldi – Radak (1700-1770), author of Beit David on the six Sidrei Mishnah. Italian sage, Torah authority, grammarian and erudite in many subjects. Son-in-law of Rabbi Yitzchak ben R’ Asher Pacifico of Venice, disciple of Rabbi Natan Pinkereli of Verona. He asserted about himself that he studied Torah while suffering great affliction. Served in the rabbinate of various Italian cities. First he resided in Rovigo and later lived for a short while in Livorno and from c. 1747 he lived in Trieste. Following the printing of his book Beit David, he was hurled into a severe controversy with Rabbi David Pardo who questioned his writings many times in his book Shoshanim L’David. The Livorno rabbis made peace between them and this brought a special apology written by Rabbi David Pardo at the beginning of the second volume of his book Shoshanim L’David. During the dispute, Rabbi David Korinaldi was allegedly confronted that he was not the author of Beit David rather it was written by Rabbi Yitzchak Lamfronti who was Rabbi Korinaldi’s close friend (he quotes his responsa in his book Pachad Yitzchak) and Rabbi Pardo wrote a letter of conciliation about this: “Do not pay attention to all the things said by your adversaries, and this is the way of complainers when they cannot find fault with the composition, they complain about the author and this is the case with your pleasant book Beit David…I swear that I never thought that someone else wrote it”.
Rabbi Nissim Zerachya Azulai (1780-1836) was the son of Rabbi Avraham Azulai son of the Chida. Served as Av-Beit-Din of Manisa near Izmir and from 1826 as Dayan in Safed. He died during the Safed earthquake - When extracted from under the ruins, with his Talit and Tefillin, he died saying that he was the last reincarnation of King Assa of Judea.
88 leaves. 25 cm. Good condition. Stains. The book was restored, the title page and some leaves were washed, restored worming damages. New leather binding.