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Rabbi Hayyim Joseph David Azulai, also known as the Hida, was born in Jerusalem in 1724 to a well-known family. From an early age he displayed outstanding intellectual abilities and was recognized as one of the most eminent Torah scholars of his time. He was the head of a yeshiva and was greatly respected and admired by all the students. Before he reached the age of 30 the Hida was appointed as rabbinical emissary and traveled overseas to raise funds for the community.

Though the Hida spent much of his life traveling, he managed to write a great many books. Both his prolific output and his insights are quite amazing. Wherever he was, he sought out old books and studied them; he was the first Jewish scholar to examine the Hebrew manuscripts in the libraries of Italy and France. At the early age of 18, using his vast memory and prodigious understanding, he wrote an article entitled "He’alem Davar" ("Something Missing"), in which he showed that some of the greatest teachers had been mistaken in their teachings on account of their faulty knowledge of chronology and bibliography. This article was the basis of later major works. His numerous writings cover Halakhic (Jewish legal) matters, mystical interpretations of the Bible, commentaries on the Mishna, the Talmud, the Passover Haggadah, and other works. The books he wrote on prayer, using a Kabbalistic approach, enjoyed wide popularity.

The Hida died in 1806 and was buried in Livorno, Italy. At the initiative of the late Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim, Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Hayyim Joseph David Azulai’s remains were re-interred in Jerusalem.

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