8 pages handwritten by Ben Ish Chai. 1898.

8 pages handwritten by Ben Ish Chai. 1898.
A eulogy was written in the handwriting of Rabbi Yosef Chaim ben Eliyahu, the Ben Ish Chai of Baghdad. 1898.

8 p. Paper sheet. 10 * 13 cm, 14-18 lines on each page, Oriental writing.

It is necessary that I demand that the son Aharon ben Shimon Shimon Agassi be placed in the synagogue on Friday, 19 th of Adar 5628.

Rabbi Shimon Agassi was a pupil of the Ben Ish Chai, and served as the leader of Babylon after him. His son Aaron died young and wrote the book of the sons of Aaron ....

Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad: (1833-1909), author of Ben Ish Chai and the greatest sage of the East at the time. He was born to Rabbi Eliyahu Chaim ben Rabbi Moshe Chaim of Baghdad. A disciple of Rabbeinu Abdallah Somekh, who as a young man was known for his genius and his justness. Began to demand in the Great Synagogue and he was only 26 years old, and since then he has demanded every Shabbat and Yom Tov there for fifty years. In his special sermons, thousands of people would gather to hear his sweet words for four and five hours. He was known as the "One of Badra" in the revealed and hidden in all parts of the world, and was known for his great holiness. In 1869 he traveled to the Land of Israel to prostrate himself on the graves of the righteous, and then he was revealed to him from the heavens that he was the root of the soul of Benayahu ben Jehoiada, and from there he read the names of many of his dozens of works: Ben Ish Hai, Ben Ish Chayil, son of Yehoyada, And more.

New fancy leather binding in a special box. Few stains, faded in text.  Condition: Generally Very Good.