Siddur Kol Yaakov
The Siddur Used by the Great Chassidic Tzaddikim!
Slavita, 1804
‘Siddur HaAri’ – Kol Yaakov including prayers for the weekday, Shabbos and holidays, Sefiras HaOmer and Pesach Hagaddah, with intentions and customs based upon the writings of the Arizal. Compiled by the holy Kabbalist, Rabbi Yaakov Kapil Lifshitz of Mezritch.
This sacred siddur garnered tremendous admiration from the greatest disciples of the Baal Shem Tov, such as the Maggid of Koshnitz (who also wrote annotations on the siddur and published them in his sefer Rimzei Yisrael) Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl and Rabbi David Shlomo Eibeshitz and was used by them in their devoted G-dly prayers.
The Baal Shem Tov’s 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.
In the preface to Rabbi Yaakov Kapil’s sefer Sha’arei Gan Eden, it is written:
“As was heard from one who speaks truth and righteousness, when the Baal Shem Tov was in the aforementioned community [Mezeritch], leaves from the siddur he had compiled were brought before him. He read from them a few gates [chapters], and embraced and kissed them, placed them at his head, and nodded in approval, saying: ‘Fortunate is the nation that has such a treasure…’”
Rabbi Asher Tzvi of Ostra, author of Ma’ayan Chochma 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…"
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev attested in his endorsement to Rabbi Yaakov Kapil’s sefer, Sha’arei Gan Eden, "that he was a trustworthy Kabbalist and all of his words were said with Divine spirit."
Slavita, 1804. First Edition.
Page Count: Part I: [6], 156 leaves. Part II: 134, 146–153, 155–188 leaves.
Size: Approx. 20 cm.
Condition: A beautiful copy in good condition. Professional restoration to the first two and last leaves, with minor repair and old paper reinforcements to a few margins. Part of it is printed on greenish paper.
New leather binding.
Bibliography: Stefansky, Chassidus no. 404 / Sifrei Yesod (2024 ed.), p. 204.
