Excerpt from The Yalkut on Zechariah
The name Yalkut literally signifies a bag, or purse.
The Yalkut Shim'oni, from which the following specimen has been selected for translation, is a compilation from Talmud and Midrash in illustration of the Bible. Part I embraces the Pentateuch, which is treated at such length as to take up nearly two-thirds of the whole work; Part II includes the remaining Books of the Old Testament. This compilation was made in the XIth century, and consequently dates from the time of Rashi.
The principal editions are as follows:
(a) Editio princeps on Ezra, Neh. and Chronicles, printed in the first Rabbinic Bible, Venice, 1517.
Yalkut, Part II. Salonika, 1521. A copy of this valuable edition exists in the Library of Clare College (B. 6, 12). I regret to say that I was not aware of its existence until it was too late to avail myself of it.
The editio princeps of Part I. was printed at Salo-nika, 1526-27. Folio.
(b) The Second Edition of the whole work appeared at Venice, 1566. Folio.
(c) Third Edition, Cracow, 1595-96. Folio.
(d) Fourth Edition, Lublin, 1643. Folio.
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