About This Text
Author: Yosef Hayyim
Composed: Baghdad, Iraq, c.1860 – c.1900 CE
One of the major commentaries on the Aggadah in the Babylonian Talmud. It is one of Rabbi Yosef Hayyim (Ben Ish Chai)'s two works on aggadah, both of which offer analytic as well as kabbalistic interpretations of the Talmud's narrative sections.
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