Pachad Yitzchak – Complete Set of the First Rabbinic Encyclopedia – Venice-Reggio-Livorno-Berlin-Lyck – ...

Pachad Yitzchak – Complete Set of the First Rabbinic Encyclopedia – Venice-Reggio-Livorno-Berlin-Lyck – 1750-1888

Pachad Yitzchak, halachic-encyclopedic composition in alphabetical order, by R. Yitzchak Refael Lampronti. Venice-Reggio-Livorno-Lyck-Berlin, [1750-1888].

The first Halachic-Talmudic encyclopedia, comprising thousands of entries on Halachic-Talmudic topics, arranged in alphabetical order. Complete set - first editions of all parts, printed in 1750-1888.

The printing of the entire work extended over a period of almost 140 years. The first parts – letters Aleph through Dalet – were published in 1750-1753, by the author himself. The volumes of letters Vav through Mem, were printed in Venice, Reggio and Livorno in 1796-1839 – several decades after the author's passing, while the rest of the composition, letters Nun onwards, was published by the Mekitze Nirdamim society in Lyck and Berlin, in 1864-1888.

With the folded leaf with Seder HaGet