Bidspirit auction | Ohel Yaakov – Chiddushei Aggadot

Ohel Yaakov – Chiddushei Aggadot HaShas, by Rabbi Yaakov Kahana Shapira, Av Beit Din of Titchin. Frankfurt an der Oder, 1719. Sole Edition. - A commentary on perplexing Talmudic statements, including novellae on Aggadah, interpretations, homiletics, and halachic rulings on Yoreh De’ah. The book was brought to press by the author’s sons, Rabbi Moshe Ma’ashil Kahana Shapira and Rabbi Yitzchak Kahana Shapira, the leader of the Jewish community of Tresspol, Lithuania. At the beginning of the book, introductions from the author’s sons. The book is adorned with 17 approbations from leading sages of the generation. Illustrated title page with woodcut engravings. Sole edition. Only facsimile editions are known. Details: [2], 78 leaves. Size: 27.5 cm. Bound together with: Ma’amar Mordechai. Dyhernfurth, 1719. A commentary on perplexing statements from Genesis through Zot HaBerachah, and on the Haggadah of Pesach, by Rabbi Mordechai Holish. First edition. Includes important approbations. Details: [3], 121 leaves. Lacking final index leaf. Size: 27.5 cm. Condition: Good.