Bidspirit auction | BEN ISH CHAI (Yoseph Chaim

BEN ISH CHAI (Yoseph Chaim Ben Eliyahu, Haham of Baghdad, 1835-1909). Eulogy, apparently delivered on 7th Adar, the Hillula of Moshe Rabeinu; including Biblical verses in which the Jews mourn the death of Moses. Autograph Manuscript in Hebrew. Sephardic cursive hand on paper. Fragment of two pages. One of the most renowned of Tzadikim, The Ben Ish Chai was a master Kabbalist whose personal writings are said to be imbued with innate holiness and thus serve as a protection for those who possess them. See Kestenbaum Sale 83 Lot 131 for additional pages of the same speech.