Paḥad Yitsḥak (The Fear of Isaac)
What is the pipe (kaneh) of the heart? Rabbah b. R. Isaac, in the name of Rav [said]: The fat on the walls of the lung. Amemar, in the name of R. Nahman [said]: There are three pipes: one leads to the heart, one leads to the lung, and one leads to the liver.1 [ . . . ]
[Rashi ad loc: There are three pipes—“The windpipe splits into three pipes after…
Paḥad Yitsḥak, originally consisting of twenty volumes, was printed in part during the author’s lifetime (1750, 1753) and in part after his death. Considered the first halakhic encyclopedia, it is organized alphabetically, offering definitions and explanations of talmudic and rabbinic terms using Isaac Lampronti’s extensive scientific and medical knowledge.
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