Rav Yeibi, ethical and Chassidic essays and aggadic novellae on the Torah, Tehillim and Talmudic aggadot, and novellae on several Talmudic tractates, by R. Yaakov Yosef maggid and posek of Ostroh. Slavita, [1792]. First edition. With an approbation of R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev.
The title of the book forms the initials of the author's name: R. Yaakov Yosef ben Yehuda.
Leaves 1-12 of the second sequence contain the essays of R. Yehuda Leib, the author's father, who was also a maggid in Ostroh. The last 35 leaves contain the author's novellae on several Talmudic tractates.
Ostroh rabbis write in their approbation: "He who is clever should not heed the high cost and should readily purchase this book at whatever the asking price".
The author, R. Yaakov Yosef of Ostroh (1738-1791), a leading third-generation Chassidic master. He was a close disciple of the Maggid of Mezeritch and had close ties with other disciples of the Baal Shem Tov. R. Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev called him: "A holy G-dly man". This book contains many teachings in the name of the Baal Shem Tov and his disciples.
2, 13, 13-139; 47 leaves. 32 cm. Thick, high-quality paper (greenish in part). Condition varies. Most leaves are in good-fair condition. Stains and dampstains (dark, large stains to first and last leaves. Signs of mildew to several leaves). Tears to several leaves. Large tears to title page, with loss of text. Some of the tears are repaired with paper and tape. Censor's inscriptions and stamps to title page. New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 530.