(Chapters 1-9). A compendium of all the aggadot of the Talmud and includes a commentary based on the classic commentators, such as RASHI, TOSAFOT, and RAN. Its the ethical and inspirational teachings of the Talmud. This book by Rabbi Yaacov Ibn Chaviv (1445-1516)was first published in Saloniki (Greece) in 1515. It gained instant popularity, especially among those students for whom the Halakhah sections of the Talmud proved too difficult to grasp.