Manuscript, Lugo community notebook. Italy, 1764-1825.
Thick volume, mostly written in Italian with names of people and Hebrew passages. Contains an interesting documentation of Eretz-Israeli emissaries who visited the community.
On the last leaves of the volume are titles and lists of donations to Eretz Israel funds, Kupat Hebron, the needy residents of Jerusalem, Safed and Tiberias. Mentioned on one leaf: "The Jerusalem emissaries Rabbi Yom Tov Algazi and Rabbi Ya'akov Lebin Chazan" [the Kabbalist Rabbi Yom Tov (the Maharit) Algazi, a leading Jerusalem sage and friend of the Chida, Jerusalem emissary to European countries together with his companion Rabbi Ya’akov Chazan, also a Jerusalem sage. The two traveled throughout Italy during 1772-1773. See attached material].
A passage in Italian appears on Leaves [135-136] which ends with the signature of “Refael Yeshaya Azulai†[the Chida’s son, Rabbi of Ancona, died in 1826], followed by a long copy [in Hebrew] of an emissary letter from Safed from 1821 [see enclosed material].
The manuscript has not been thoroughly examined.
Approximately 180 written leaves (additional empty leaves). 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Contemporary binding with vellum spine, damaged and worn.