rare! The book "Ma'ayan Ganim" by the Ga'on Rabbi Eliezer Di Abila-Livorno 1806,
Sefer Ma'ayan Ganim, novellae on four columns by Rabbi Eliezer Di Abila,
Livorno 1806 First Edition, [Friedberg noted it as a single edition], a rare book!
Condition; New elegant leather binding, moth marks.
Rabbi Eliezer De Avila: Rabbi Ada (1714-1761) was the head of a yeshiva in the city of Rabat in Morocco, Dayan and Posk, the son of Rabbi Shmuel Di Avila, and nephew of Rabbi Chaim Ben Attar - author of "The Light of Holy Life".
His son-in-law and disciple, Rabbi Shlomo di Avila, tells of his teacher: "From the day he lived on the earth, he longed for his soul to work diligently on the doors of the beit midrash, and he did not sleep from the tent until the end of the day.
Was born in the city of Rabat to his father Rabbi Shmuel Di Abila who was also a rabbi in the city. His mother is the sister of Rabbi Chaim Ben Atar, known as Or HaChaim. According to tradition, his family is from the city of Avila, Spain, from which the Jews were expelled in 1492 during the expulsion from Spain.
At the age of fifteen, he married an orphaned woman, the daughter of Rabbi Eliyahu HaLevi Ben Shushan, one of the most respected of Sallai. He learned most of his teachings from his father Rabbi Shmuel Di Abila, had he been an only child, and learned from him the methods of study and sophistry. At a young age he was known for his tremendous diligence in the Torah, but due to his sharpness and lack of moderation, he would not have stood his ground but wrote his novellae and repeats them.
During this period the Jewish community of Rabat was a relatively small community, most of whose inhabitants were affluent people and merchants who came from the nearby city of Saly. Rabbi Eliezer Di Abila was the first sage to live there and established a yeshiva, in which many students from the surrounding area studied, and Rabbi Eliezer supported them and supported them. His friend, Rabbi Chaim Toledano, describes him as "decorated with students as king in the battalion."
Rabbi Eliezer was a wealthy and affluent man, but because of his desire to devote himself to learning, he gave the business to the management of his family.
He died at a young age on the 3rd of Adar I 1761 at the age of forty-seven, leaving one daughter, who was married to one of his family members, Rabbi Shlomo Di Avila, who published his writings.