Tefillah Zakah – Sephardic-rite siddur for weekdays, Shabbat, festivals and holidays, with commentaries, halachot and customs of Livorno community, edited by R. Avraham Yitzchak Castilo. Livorno: R. Avraham Yitzchak Castilo and R. Eliezer Saadon, [1789-1792].
Edited by R. Avraham Yitzchak Castilo, who added a commentary and customs of Livorno, until his death, when the printing continued posthumously.
Printed during the lifetime of the Chida. This is the first siddur to print halachic rulings by the Chida.
R. Avraham Yitzchak Castilo (1726-1789), a rabbi and printer of Livorno, preacher and poet. The Chida, asked to give a Shabbat Shuvah sermon in place of R. Avraham Yitzchak Castilo about a year after his passing, praised him profusely on that occasion.
The present siddur is an important and rare source of customs of the Livorno community.
R. Avraham Yitzchak Castilo's press, established in 1780 along with R. Eliezer Saadon, printed many important books, including most of the books of the Chida.
[6], 112, 114-136, 138-228 leaves. Lacking 2 leaves: 113, 137. 17.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Tears and open tears, extensively repaired with paper on margins of first leaves (around entire margins of title page), affecting text. Old binding, with leather spine and corners. Defects to binding.
