Obj. ID: 38483  Avodat ha-Tamid, Livorno, 1794

This text was prepared by William Gross:

This is a siddur edited and compiled by Elisha Chavilio. On the verso of page 63, Psalm 67 menorah is presented in an unusual form and name of God in angel writing. At end of the book is a text concerning Shabbtai Tzvi, a warning of the mistake in believing in him.
Siddur Avodat HaTamid – Livorno, 1794 – Polemic Against the Sabbatean Nechemia Hayun Avodat HaTamid - prayer book with abridged halachot, selected and Kabbalistic commentaries, by R. Elisha Havilio. Livorno, [1794]. P. 83b contains: Shiviti, Ten Sefirot, a LaMenatze'ach Menorah illustration, various verses and Kabbalistic combinations. The last page contains a printed statement by the author "to notify of a major mistake". He discovered during the printing of the siddur that the book HaTzad Tzvi from which he quotes Kabbalistic novellae in the first part of the siddur, is an objectionable book whose author, Nechemia Hayun, was a banned Sabbatean. He writes not to believe teachings he quotes from HaTzad Tzvi on leaf 82 and p. 84a, lines 11, 36 and 41. All should be deleted as they originate from a banned apostate. He declares that he wrote and printed them in absolute innocence.
Compiler: Elisha Chavilio