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Chida, Sefer Debash Lefi, chapter 7, paragraph 5: “It is also necessary [for every Jew] to pray that his mind remain functional [in his old age] and that he should remember his [Torah] studies and he should remain strong in every part of his body [literally, in every limb and nerve].”
CHRONOLOGY: The Chida, was Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai, born 1724, died 1806 CE. He learned from the Ohr HaChaim, the great Talmud and Kabalah expert from Morocco. He descended from an illustrious family that lived in Spain until the Expulsion [July 1492 CE] and then moved to the Moroccan city of Fez, and eventually to Chevron.
Chida, Sefer Debash Lefi, chapter 7, paragraph 5:
ReplyDelete“It is also necessary [for every Jew] to pray that his mind remain functional [in his old age] and that he should remember his [Torah] studies and he should remain strong in every part of his body [literally, in every limb and nerve].”
CHRONOLOGY:
The Chida, was Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai, born 1724, died 1806 CE.
He learned from the Ohr HaChaim, the great Talmud and Kabalah expert from Morocco. He descended from an illustrious family that lived in Spain until the Expulsion [July 1492 CE] and then moved to the Moroccan city of Fez, and eventually to Chevron.