Arizal Siddur Kol Yaakov – Slavita, 1804 – First Edition – Incomplete Copy

Arizal Siddur Kol Yaakov – Slavita, 1804 – First Edition – Incomplete Copy
Arizal Siddur Kol Yaakov, part I, weekday prayers, with homilies and Kavanot of the Arizal, by the Kabbalist R. Yaakov Koppel Lifshitz of Mezeritch (Velyki Mezhyrichi). Part I, for weekdays. [Slavita]: R. Dov Ber Segal and R. Dov Ber son of R. Pesach, [1804]. First edition.
Siddur with commentaries, Kavanot, laws and customs, according to Kabbalistic teachings.
Many of the foremost Chassidic leaders prayed regularly from this siddur, retaining it continually on their table, including the Maggid of Kozhnitz (Kozienice), the maggid R. Mordechai of Chernobyl, the Arvei Nachal and R. Avraham of Tshechnov (Ciechanów). Some of them even wrote notes in the margins of the siddur. R. Asher Tzvi of Ostroh writes in his approbation to the siddur: "I have heard that the holy Baal Shem Tov saw this siddur and deemed it fit".
The Kabbalist R. Yaakov Koppel of Mezeritch also composed the Kabbalistic work Shaarei Gan Eden (Korets, 1803). The title page of the latter states that a reliable source related how this siddur was brought before the Arizal, he read a few verses from it, hugged and kissed it, expressing great reverence for it. The scholars of Mezeritch likewise write in their approbations of the veneration the Baal Shem Tov displayed for this siddur. R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (Berdychiv) praises the author in his approbation: "He is already renowned amongst the Jewish people as a reliable Kabbalist, who's words all emanate from Divine Inspiration".
R. Yaakov Koppel's books are adapted and edited compilations of the writings of the Remak, R. Chaim Vital and R. Yisrael Sarug, with the addition of his own novellae.
This copy contains several brief notes, in early Ashkenazic script.
Incomplete copy. 5-146 leaves. Lacking 10 leaves at the beginning of the book, including the title page. Several leaves bound out of sequence. 20 cm. Fair condition. Some greenish leaves. Stains and wear. Worming affecting text. Large open tears to several leaves, affecting text. All the leaves were professionally restored. New binding.