Siddur Avodat HaTamid – Livorno, 1794 – Polemic Against the Sabbatean Nechemia Hayun / Printed Leaf with Author's ...

Siddur Avodat HaTamid – Livorno, 1794 – Polemic Against the Sabbatean Nechemia Hayun / Printed Leaf with Author's Announcement of Forthcoming Printing of the Siddur – Livorno, 1793
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.
· Bound at the end of the book is a (folded) leaf which was printed approximately a year earlier. The leaf, printed on both sides, bears the (printed) signature of R. Elisha Havilio and announces his intention to print this siddur, describing the advantages of the siddur, and listing additional works he intends to print (Pat Lechem, Hamon Chogeg, Shifat Revivim. These works were later printed in Livorno). He requests the public's financial support for these projects. He writes at the end: "I intend with the help of G-d to thereby settle in the Holy City of Jerusalem and publish over there, if G-d grants me life, the other sections for Shabbat, Festivals and High Holidays…". Livorno, Elul, [1793].
[12], 268, [1] leaves. 17 cm. Good condition. Stains. Slight worming. Original binding with leather spine, slightly damaged. Folded leaf at the back: Stains. Folding marks. Tear affecting text, repaired. Several words erased.