Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
Eulogy and Biography of Author of “Korban Netanel” – In Handwriting of Son Rabbi Yedidya Tia Weil
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Eulogy manuscript which includes a brief biography of the Ga’on Rabbi Netanel Weil author of “Korban Netanel”, his family and rabbis, history and tales about him. Written in handwriting of his son, the famous Ga’on Rabbi Yedidya Tia Weil, Rabbi of Karlsruhe.
“The great… Rabbi Netanel was five years old when his holy father was killed, and nine years old when his mother accompanied him to Prague to his uncle... who raised him on the proper path and taught him Torah and Talmud as he recognized his sharp mind… and then he studied by the rabbi of the entire Diaspora, Rabbi Avraham, for eighteen years”, later on Rabbi Yedidya relates the marriage of his father to daughter of sister of his rabbi, Rabbi Avraham Broda and his journey to Metz, Prague and Frankfurt am Main together with his uncle and rabbi. He also mentions the Ga’on Rabbi Shmuel Krakover who was blind and requested that he author his great composition on rulings of the Rosh “the entire Jewish nation were privileged to enjoy and gain from Korban Netanel”.
A reliable testimony to his greatness in wisdom of the Kabbalah, is presented by Rabbi Yedidya on behalf of Rabbi Moshe Ginzburg who together with his father “studied Kabbalah by the holy Rabbi Moshe Chassid. He was proficient in writings of the Ari and would pretend that he is ignorant in Kabbalah. To that extent he was humble…”.
He relays that each of the sons of the Korban Netanel had to be totally proficient in one Sederof the Shas, “I was designated with Seder Nashim, my exalted brother, Rabbi Lipman, with Seder Kodshim, my brother Rabbi Shimon Hirsch, Seder Mo’ed, and my deceased brother, Rabbi Avraham, Dayan of congregation of Lisser, Seder Nezikin. He had two other sons who passed away in their youth, and he mourned that he lost out on two additional Sedarim”.
Two pages, 22 cm. Good-fair condition, folding creases, damage on margins and stains.
It is interesting to compare this eulogy to autobiographic list written by Rabbi Netanel Weil himself which he printed at end of his book Korban Netanel (Karlsruhe 1755) – see attached photocopy.
“The great… Rabbi Netanel was five years old when his holy father was killed, and nine years old when his mother accompanied him to Prague to his uncle... who raised him on the proper path and taught him Torah and Talmud as he recognized his sharp mind… and then he studied by the rabbi of the entire Diaspora, Rabbi Avraham, for eighteen years”, later on Rabbi Yedidya relates the marriage of his father to daughter of sister of his rabbi, Rabbi Avraham Broda and his journey to Metz, Prague and Frankfurt am Main together with his uncle and rabbi. He also mentions the Ga’on Rabbi Shmuel Krakover who was blind and requested that he author his great composition on rulings of the Rosh “the entire Jewish nation were privileged to enjoy and gain from Korban Netanel”.
A reliable testimony to his greatness in wisdom of the Kabbalah, is presented by Rabbi Yedidya on behalf of Rabbi Moshe Ginzburg who together with his father “studied Kabbalah by the holy Rabbi Moshe Chassid. He was proficient in writings of the Ari and would pretend that he is ignorant in Kabbalah. To that extent he was humble…”.
He relays that each of the sons of the Korban Netanel had to be totally proficient in one Sederof the Shas, “I was designated with Seder Nashim, my exalted brother, Rabbi Lipman, with Seder Kodshim, my brother Rabbi Shimon Hirsch, Seder Mo’ed, and my deceased brother, Rabbi Avraham, Dayan of congregation of Lisser, Seder Nezikin. He had two other sons who passed away in their youth, and he mourned that he lost out on two additional Sedarim”.
Two pages, 22 cm. Good-fair condition, folding creases, damage on margins and stains.
It is interesting to compare this eulogy to autobiographic list written by Rabbi Netanel Weil himself which he printed at end of his book Korban Netanel (Karlsruhe 1755) – see attached photocopy.
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