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HEDAYA, OBADIA. Yaskil Avdi - Dei'ah V'Haskel [responsa and Kabbalah]. FIRST EDITION. Vols. I-III.   List of subscriber names from throughout the Sephardi world. Each volume with the AUTHOR’S SIGNED INSCRIPTION TO HAHAM SOLOMON GAON. Volume III with poignant introduction reflecting the turbulent state of the world and the Author’s reaction to such. * ff. (6), 11, (1), 19. * ff. (6), 126, 20. * ff. (6), 104, 20, 20. Original gilt-titled boards; boards of Vol. II detached. Folio. Jerusalem, 1931, 1935, 1939. The son of Haham Shalom Hedaya (1864-1944), Aleppo-born R. Obadia Hadaya (1889-1969) succeeded his father as head of the Yeshivat HaMekubalim at Bet El Synagogue, and later was one of the founders of Yeshivat Porat Yosef. Haham Hadia served as chief rabbi of Petach Tikva before becoming a member of Beth Din of Jerusalem. See https://theshc.org/my-wise-servant-hacham-ovadia-hedaya-זצל/.