David Lida

According to the Jewish Encyclopedia: "The inscription on his tombstone bears the date 5450 = 1690, but Polak (see "Ḳol Bat Gallim," p. 3) proves this to be a mistake, as several works are extant which were endorsed by him after the year given in the inscription. Stern (see "Bikkurim," i., Preface, p. xxxvi.) gives Ḥeshwan, 5448, which may, however, be a misprint for 5458 = 1698."

His work Migdal David was reputed to have been plagiarized from the Torat hesed of Hayyim ben Abraham ha-Kohen. While the Council of the Four Lands cleared him of several other charges that had been leveled against him, the charge of plagiarism remained a stain on his reputation.^[1][2]

Later scholars, such as Chaim Yosef David Azulai and Heimann Joseph Michael, considered the true author of Migdal David to have been Hayyim ha-Kohen.^[3][4]

• Be'er 'Eseḳ (The Well of Dispute), 1684
• Divre David, a moral treatise
• Ḥalluḳe Abanim (Smooth Stones), a commentary on Rashi to the Pentateuch (Fürth, 1693)
• Ir Miḳlaṭ (The City of Refuge), a commentary on the 613 commandments (Dyhernfurth, 1690)
• Migdal David (The Tower of David), a cabalistic commentary on Ruth (Amsterdam, 1680)
• Berit Adonai (The Alliance of God), a treatise in Judæo-German on circumcision (Amsterdam, 1684)
• Sod Adonai (The Secret of God), a treatise in Hebrew on circumcision, with a commentary entitled "Sharbiṭ ha-Zahab" (The Golden Scepter), written at Mainz in 1680, and published at Amsterdam 1694
• Ir Dawid (The Town of David), a collection of homilies, edited by his son Pethahiah (Amsterdam, 1719)
• Shir Hillulim (Wedding Song), a poem on the occasion of presenting a Sefer Torah scroll to the synagogue (Amsterdam, 1680)
• Yad kol bo, posthumous treatises published by his son Petahia (Frankfurt, 1727)

• Encyclopaedia Judaica, V:1348