Background
Nathan Adadi was born in Palestine.
Nathan Adadi was born in Palestine.
Rakkaḥ chose Adadi as a son-in-law, and Adadi and his wife had one son, Mas"ud Hai Adadi.
He was one of the leaders of the Tripoli Jewish community for some 50 years. Little is known about his early life. He served as a shadar and was dispatched to the Jewish community in Livorno, Italy, to collect funds for the Jews of Palestine.
Afterwards he traveled to Tripoli, where he became a prominent student of Mas"ud Hai Rakkah, one of the leading rabbis of Libyan Jewry in the 18th century.
Together with Hakhamim Shalom Plus and Moshe Lachmish, Adadi led the Tripoli Jewish community after Rakkaḥ"s death in 1768. Among Adadi"s students was Rabbi Yehuda Lavie, a leading rabbi and kabbalist in Tripoli in the 19th century.
In 1802 Adadi was appointed to the Tripoli beit din (rabbinical court), but served only for a few days. Adadi took the boy into his care and was his primary Torah teacher.
In 1818, Adadi decided to return to Palestine, and his 18-year-old grandson accompanied him.
Later that same year, Adadi died in Safed.