Pesikta Derab Kahana

Pesikta Derab Kahana by Braude, William G.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780827600515.

Pesikta de-Rab Kahana ( פסיקתא דרב כהנא) is a collection of Aggadic midrash which exists in two editions, those of Solomon Buber (Lyck, 1868) and Bernard Mandelbaum (1962). It is cited in the Aruk and by Rashi. It consists of 33 (or 34) homilies on the lessons forming the Pesikta the Pentateuchal lessons for special Sabbaths (Nos. 1-6) and for the feast-days (Nos. 7-12, 23, 27-32), the prophetic lessons for the Sabbaths of mourning and comforting (Nos. 13-22), and the penitential sections "Dirshu" and "Shubah" (Nos. 24, 25; No. 26 is a homily entitled "Seliḥot").