Rabbi Shmuel De Avila

Shmuel ben Moshe Davila (b. 1688), talmudic scholar in Morocco. Born in Meknes, Avila studied under Hayyim ibn Attar (the First), whose granddaughter he married, and under Joseph b. Bahatit. He began preaching publicly when he was about 20 years old. An affluent merchant, he left Meknes for Salé and Rabat because of the excessive taxes levied upon him by the community. Part of his work, Keter Torah (Amsterdam, 1725), which he calls 'a guide for scholars and for the conduct of co mmunal affairs,' was written to prove that scholars should be exempt from communal taxation, probably as a result of his own experiences. At the end of this work is his commentary to tractate Nazir. He also wrote Ozen Shemu'el (Amsterdam , 1715) , homilies and eulogies; and Me'il Shemu'el, still in manuscript. (Encyclopedia Judaica, Editorial Staff)

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ב-30 במרץ 1714 ערב פסח, נולד בנם היחיד של הרב שמואל ורעייתו, הרב אליעזר די אבילה. רבי אליעזר גדל ולמד תורה מפי אביו ומפי דודו בעל החיבור "אור החיים".