Rabbi Chaim Joseph David ben Isaac Zerachia Azulai (1724 - 21 March 1807), commonly known as the Chida (by the acronym of his name), was a rabbinical scholar and a noted bibliophile, who pioneered the history of Jewish religious writings. Wikipedia
One of the outstanding figures in the gallery of our great of the eighteenth century was Rabbi Chaim Joseph David Azulai - author, traveller and father of modern Hebrew bibliography. www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=111929
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