First Sefer Printed in Jerusalem: Avodas Hakodesh of the Chida, Jerusalem 1841

First Sefer Printed in Jerusalem: Avodas Hakodesh of the Chida, Jerusalem 1841

Sefer Avodas Hakodesh by Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai, also known as the Chida, including seven treatises with laws, customs, prayers and segulos.

This sefer was published in 1841 in Yisrael Beck's printing press and is the very first sefer ever printed in Jerusalem.

The sefer includes an important historic introduction from Beck recounting the history of the printing press in Tzfas, its closure following the Syrian Peasant Revolt, the Damascus affair, and finally the establishment of the Jerusalem press.

Many of the prayers that have made their way into our siddurim and machzorim were instituted by the Chida for the first time in this sefer; such as the well-known segula of saying "Lamnatzeach Binginos" in the shape of a menorah.

The sefer includes an illustrated title page.

S. HaLevi, First Jerusalem Books No. 1

[4], 111 leaves | 15 cm | | New leather binding | Restored holes on first pages | Excellent condition

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