Arizal Siddur Kol Yaakov – First Edition – Slavita, 1804 – Siddur Chassidic Leaders Prayed from Regularly. Copy of ...

Arizal Siddur Kol Yaakov – First Edition – Slavita, 1804 – Siddur Chassidic Leaders Prayed from Regularly. Copy of the Rebbe Yisrael Hager of Radauti.

Arizal Siddur Kol Yaakov, Part I –weekday prayers, and Part II – prayers for Shabbat and festivals, with homilies and the kavanot of the Arizal, by the kabbalist R. Yaakov Koppel Lifshitz of Mezeritch.

First edition. Slavita: R. Dov Ber Segal and R. Dov Ber son of R. Pesach, 1804. 

The Kol Yaakov siddur with commentaries, kavanot, laws and customs based on kabbalah, was particularly cherished by foremost Chassidic leaders. Many of them prayed regularly from this siddur, retaining it continually on their table.

Rabbi Asher Tzvi of Ostra, author of Ma'ayan Chachma writes in his endorsement, "I heard that this siddur was seen by the holy giant eagle, the Baal Shem Tov and it was pleasing to his eyes…"

His greatest disciples affirmed that the holy Baal Shem Tov endorsed this siddur ‘with both hands’ and that upon seeing the manuscripts he hugged and kissed them.

Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Barditchev attested in his endorsement to Rabbi Yaakov Kapil's sefer, Shaarei Gan Eden, "that he was a trustworthy Kabbalist and all of his words were said with Divine spirit."

Rabbi  Yaakov Koppel's books are adapted and edited compilations of the writings of the Remak, Rabbi Chaim Vital and Rabbi  Yisrael Sarug, with the addition of his own novellae.

All pages present. [6], 156; 134, 146-153, 155-188 leaves. 20.5 cm. Mostly Greenish paper.

There are 59 marginal notations in several antique hands.

Overall in good condition Part 1: title page torn with text missing, first 8 pages detached, stains & water stains, pg 17, 19, 20-21 light damage affecting 2 words, pg 40 & 55 damage to a few characters.

Part 2: pg 6 with taping, pg 19 with taping to margin. pg 24-26 heavy usage stains, pg 38 taping, pg 53-54 are slightly smaller, pg 55-58 taping heavily affecting text, pg 71-73 (Passover Haggadah) heavy usage stains, pg 93 taping with small hole not affecting text, pg 95 tear affecting 2 characters, pg 95 taping in margin, pg 125 (Rosh Hashana Prayers) with wax drippings, pg 127 with holes affecting 1 character, pg 130 tear with text missing (filled in a antique handwriting), pg 133-150 heavy usage stains, pg 177-188 water staind in margins, pg 186-7 a little stuck to one another, last page tears affecting text & is detached, simple later binding.

Copy of the Rebbe Yisrael Hager (1876-1940), Rebbe and Rabbi in Radauti, immigrated to the USA in 1913 and established his Beit Midrash in New York.

There are 4 of his stamps in the Siddur.