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Chinuch Beis Yehudah, by Rabbi Yaakov Tzvi Yalish. Warsaw, 1869. First edition. Sefer Chinuch Beis Yehudah, commentary on Aggados Chazal according to the path of Sod, authored by Rabbi Yaakov Tzvi Yalish, author of Melo HaRo’im. First edition. Natan Shriftenisser Press, Warsaw, 1869. [8], 52 leaves, with important and distinguished approbations from the Gedolei of his generation: Rabbi Dov Berish Meislish, Raavad of Warsaw; Harav HaKadosh Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh of Radzmin; Harav HaKadosh Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz; Rabbi Yisrael Yehoshua of Kutna; Rabbi Chaim Elazar Wax, Av Beis Din of Kalish; Rabbi Shimon Sofer, Av Beis Din of Krakow; and others. With ownership signature: “Yaakov Meir Cohen.” Rabbi Yaakov Tzvi Yalish (1777–1824) — among the greatest Gaonim of Poland, known by his work Melo HaRo’im. Sharp and expert in the revealed and the hidden. He was a disciple of Harav HaKadosh Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak, the Chozeh of Lublin; Harav HaKadosh Rabbi Yisrael, the Maggid of Kozhnitz; and Harav HaKadosh Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Rimanov. He authored many Sefarim in many disciplines of Torah. He served as Av Beis Din in Glogow and in Dinov. Rabbi Yaakov Tzvi passed away while in Rzeszów at the age of 47, and was buried there. Among his works: Kehillos Yaakov and V’Yashresh Yaakov on matters of Kabbalah; Emes L’Yaakov on the Torah; Shemen Sasson on Tehillim; and more. New binding. Stains. Slight worming. Good condition.