A long, complete, and signed halachic responsum on the topic of “ha-tzedakah ha-nechleket al pi ha-pitkin” by Rabbi Yaakov Chai Recanati of Verona, [1814].
[4] pages. 24×17 cm. Autograph with his handwritten signature. Italian handwriting. The responsum was never published. A deciphering of the responsum is enclosed.
Rabbi Yaakov Chai Recanati (1763-1824), son of Rabbi Yitzchak Shmuel Chaim, one of the most prominent and veteran Italian families. A very sharp and in-depth scholar, he was an expert in the fields of grammar and linguistics. He received semichah from Rabbi Yishmael HaKohen of Modena and served as rabbi of many Italian communities. He wrote many works which survived in manuscript form, among them: Afikei Mayim, Har Tov, Chelek Yaakov, Yeshuot Yaakov, Neveh Yaakov, and more, but only one of them was printed in his lifetime: Piskei Recanati HaAcharonim, which was published in 1813 in Livorno, approximately a year before the responsum before us was written. Refer to Arzei HaLevanon 1131 for more information about him.
A few aging stains. Very fine condition.