Siddur Kol Ya’akov – Kabbalistic-Chassidic Siddur known as ” Rabbi Koppel’s Siddur ” after the author, Rabbi Koppel of Mezeritch, a patriarch of Chassidut from the Besh”t’s generation. This siddur has over 500 pages including prayers from the entire annual cycle: Prayers for weekdays and Shabbat, machzorim for the three pilgrimage festivals, machzorim for the high holidays, the Passover haggadah and much more. New York, 1961, Photocopy edition of the 1859 Lemberg edition. Important and rare Kabbalistic ritual item. Personal copy used for prayer for decades by the leader of the hidden tzaddikim active in the Land of Israel in the previous century, the hidden tzaddik Rabbi Yosef Woltoch, direct patrilineal descendant of the Maggid of Zlotchov. The hidden tzaddik’s [Hebrew] handwritten owner’s signature appears on the flyleaf: “Baruch Hashem, Eved Hashem, Yosef Woltoch of the holy city of Jerusalem, 26 Kislev, 1962” and other handwritten notations. There are also dozens of the G-dly Kabbalists’ sacred tear stains all along the leaves of the siddur from tears that fell like a river while he was praying for the salvation of the Jewish people. These are not unidentified stains that are post facto possibly considered to be tear stains. They are unambiguously yellowish teardrops. It is especially thrilling to see where the tears are concentrated and where they increase. It’s like glimpsing through a keyhole into the secluded room where the leading hidden tzaddik poured out his heart to his Creator! For example: in Kriyat Shema al HaMittah , at the Kabbalistic intentions for blowing the Shofar (many, many tear stains), in the Passover Haggadah, in Hallel, in the VeYiten Lecha prayer for after Shabbat, Chanukah candle-lighting and more. The Kiddush text for Friday night has many definite wine stains from the remnants of the tzaddik’s kossot shel berachah ! Rabbi Yosef Woltoch bared his soul to Hashem using this sacred siddur, during his famous prayers for the salvation of the Jewish people that lasted for hours in places hidden from the human eye. The prayers from this siddur enacted salvations like those of his ancestors and ancient tzaddikim. This very siddur was used by the tzaddik on weekdays and on Shabbat, on festivals and the high holidays, on Chanukah and on Purim, and along the entire year – sublime prayers with Kavvanot HeAr”i in full from the siddur. As such, this is not only the leading hidden Kabbalist’s personal siddur, but also his machzorim for the three pilgrimage festivals and Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, and even the Passover Haggadah of the G-dly Kabbalist Yosef Woltoch. Although Rabbi Yosef was an integral part of the wondrous society of hidden tzaddikim, most of whom prayed according to text of Kavvanot HaRasha”sh ( Edot HaMizrach ), Rabbi Yosef, in the tradition of his ancestors – the Admo”rim of the Zoltchov – would use the Ar”i’s intentions per the traditional Chassidic text in Rabbi Koppel’s siddur. This Kabbalistic siddur was especially beloved by leading Admo”rim who preferred to pray from this siddur specifically due to the approbations from Chassidic leaders at the front of the siddur that attest: “This siddur was seen by our leader [many honorifics] the Ba’al Shem Tov … and was proper in his eyes. This siddur, is, of course, in the Chassidic Sephard text as established by the Besh”t ( Baruch SheAmar after Hodu , VaYitzmach Purkanei etc.) and according to Kavvanot HeAr”i . The Admo”rim known to have been particular to pray from Siddur Rebbi Koppel were: The Maggid of Kozhnitz, the Maggid of Chernobyl, the ‘Arvei Nachal, ‘ Rabbi Avraham of Chechnov and many more. It is also known that Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin related about himself: “When I was 14 years old, my brother, Rabbi Avrahamenyu of Pohrebyshche said to me, ‘Let’s learn the sacred wisdom together.’ Siddur Rebbi Koppel was lying on the desk – he would also take this siddur and study it together with me.” ( Kovetz Kiryat Melech – Sadigura 19 p. 229). The Maggid of Kozhnitz also wrote a lot of glosses on the sheets of his Siddur Rebbi Koppel and these were later printed in his book Rimzei Yisrael . Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the hidden tzaddik Rabbi Yosef Woltoch . [2], 269, [4] leaf. p. 23 cm. Especially beautiful copy. High-quality paper. Colorful page cuts. Original binding. Fine-very fine condition. Many usage marks and tear stains from the hidden tzaddik. The front flyleaf bears twelve words in his hand.