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Kavanot HaAggadot (Kaf-Tor VaFerach) – Basel, 1581 – First Edition. Antique Rabbinic Signatures. - Sefer Kavanot HaAggadot, also titled “Kaftor VaFerach Yisresh Yaakov Yatzitz U'Farach L'Yisrael”, A fascinating work that explains the difficult-to-understand aggadot of Chazal from the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds and Midrashim, according to the Baalei HaTosafot, with additional insights and commentary on passages from the Zohar. By Rabbi Yaakov ben Yitzchak Luzzatto zt”l, a sage of Venice and later of Tzfat. Basel, 1581. First edition, published during the author’s lifetime. A antique signature at the top of the first page from the Av Beit Din  of Buber[ika]. A important handwritten gloss. Antique signature: ”Yaakov ben Kehar”R Chaim z”l.” Stamp of the Rebbe Rabbi Yisrael Hager (1876–1940), son of Rebbi Moshe of Radovitz. He succeeded his father as Rebbe in Radovitz and immigrated to the U.S. in 1913. He established a Beit Midrash on Wall Street in Manhattan, founded Yeshivat Torat Chaim, and worked to strengthen Jewish observance in America. In 1919 he founded an orphanage in Tzfat and supported it financially. He also assisted Rebbi Yisrael Hager of Vizhnitz in fundraising for the Jews of Eretz Yisrael. Additional notable signatures and stamps of Rabbi Yehuda Leib ben Rabbi Ephraim Fishel of Kolomyia and Tzfat. The Author Rabbi Yaakov Luzzatto was a prominent rabbi and dayan in Venice, and later immigrated to the Land of Israel, settling in Tzfat. In 1581 he was a student of the holy Rabbi Elisha Gallico zt”l. He was known for his brilliance and was also knowledgeable in general studies. A great Talmid Chacham, expert in Talmud and halachic literature. His works: Kaftor VaFerach / Yisresh Yaakov / Kavanot HaAggadot – A comprehensive commentary on Aggadot of the Talmuds and Midrashim, and on Zohar passages often misunderstood by outsiders. Compiled from numerous sources, organized according to the tractates, with stories and explanations. First printed in Basel, 1581, with several later editions. Kohelet Yaakov – Novellae on selected Talmudic sugyot, printed in Salonika, 1604. He passed away in Tzfat and was buried there. (Source: Encyclopedia of Italian Sages.) Incomplete Copy: Contains [10], 5-162, out of [16], 162 leaves. 18.8 Cm.