Physical Description  

[1], 98, [1] ff., quarto, 250:185 mm., light age and damp staining, wide margins, stamps and old hands of previous owners. A good copy bound in contemporary boards, rubbed.

Detailed Description   

R. Jacob Koppel b. Moses Lipschutz of Mezhirech (d. c. 1740), Polish kabbalist. His main published works are: Sha'arei Gan Eden (Korets, 1803), a major kabbalistic treatise, dealing with all facets of kabbalistic theosophy, following the school of R. Isaac Luria; and Ha-Kol Kol Ya'akov (Slaviuta, 1804), a formulation of the Lurianic kavvanot (the mystical intentions and meditations during prayer). This work served as a basis for later hasidic prayer books. Besides these he apparently wrote Nahalot Ya'akov, an extensive commentary on the Zohar, which has been lost. R. Jacob denounces the followers of Shabbetai Zevi and messianic speculation in general in a few scattered remarks. R. Jacob and his writings were highly praised by the early Hasidim, who published his works and used them extensively. A reliable hasidic tradition even quotes some words of praise attributed to R. Israel b. Eliezer Ba'al Shem Tov.

Hebrew Description   

ספר שער גן עדן : ... בעמקי... החכמה עילאה אשר רדה מגווית... האר"י ז"ל... המחבר... המקובל... מו’ יעקב קאפיל (בהחסי’ מוהר"ר משה) זללה"ה (איש ליפשיץ) אשר אור תורתו היתה זורחת בק"ק מעזירטש גדול... העיר השם את... מו’ אהרן (במוה’ יהודא ליב)... ש"ץ דק"ק מעזירטש גדול .. ועתה הובא... לבה"ד ע"י... מו’ אברהם יהושיע העשיל דרוקר בהרב... מו’ יהודה גרשון זצ"ל...

בסוף הספר הסכמת ר’ לוי יצחק מבארדיטשוב, מן ההוצאה הראשונה.

Reference

Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 # 000144721