The Arizal Siddur Kol Yaakov, by Rabbi Yaakov Koppel. First Edition

‘Siddur HaAri’ – Kol Yaakov including prayers for the weekday, Shabbos and holidays, Sefiras HaOmer and Pesach Hagaddah, with intentions and customs based upon the writings of the Arizal. Compiled by the holy Kabbalist, Rabbi Yaakov Kapil Lifshitz of Mezritch. First Edition. Slavuta, 1804. Printed by Dov Ber son of Israel Segal and Dov Ber son of Pesach. This siddur was especially cherished by the Baal Shem Tov and the great tzaddikim of the Chassidic movement, who studied it regularly. Among them were the holy luminaries known as the Maggid of Kozhnitz, the Maggid Rebbi Mordechai of Chernobyl, the Arvei Nachal, and Rebbi Avraham of Tchechnov. Over the generations, some of these great figures even inscribed glosses in the margins of their copies. [See the sources cited in Siftei Tzaddikim, vol. 13, pp. 77–83.] In the approbation of Rabbi Asher Tzvi of Ostroh, the following testimony appears: “.. In his work Sha’arei Gan Eden, it is related:..”As has been heard from a speaker of truth and integrity, when… the Baal Shem Tov, of blessed memory, was in the aforementioned holy communities, the prayer book he had composed was brought before him… The holy master read two or three pages from it, embraced and kissed them, then took the aforementioned sacred writings and placed them beneath his head… and nodded, declaring: ‘Fortunate is the people whose lot is thus…’” The holy Rebbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev likewise wrote in his approbation to Sha’arei Gan Eden that its author “ Part I: [6], 156 leaves. Part II: 134, 146–153, 155–187 leaves. 18.6 cm. Bibliography: Stefansky, Chassidut, no. 404; Sifrei Yesod (2024 edition), p. 204. book

Estimate:$5,000

View all items fromAppel Auction HouseorBooks, Maps & Manuscripts