Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
Manuscript – Commentaries on Divrei HaYamim – By the Gaon of Vilna and Rabbi Yehoshua HaKohen Reines – With a Timeline of the Shoftim by R. Yaakov Moshe of Slonim, Grandson of the Gaon of Vilna
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Manuscript, commentaries and glosses on the Book of Divrei HaYamim, including the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna, and a timeline of the Shoftim and Kings according to the Gaon of Vilna, by his grandson R. Yaakov Moshe of Slonim. [Lithuania? 19th century, presumably ca. 1870-1900].
Neat cursive script, in two columns. The manuscript contains two commentaries on the Book of Divrei HaYamim: Biurei Mohorik – commentary of R. Yehoshua Katz (Reines), and Biurei HaGra.
Apart from these two commentaries, the manuscript includes: "Glosses by R. Y. Pick" and "Manuscript corrections to Rashi…". A timeline of the Shoftim and Kings according to the Gaon of Vilna, by his grandson R. Yaakov Moshe of Slonim, is included at the end of the manuscript.
Both the commentaries of R. Yehoshua Katz Reines and of the Gaon of Vilna on the Book of Divrei HaYamim were published in the Vilna and Horodna 1820 edition of Neviim and Ketuvim (R. Yehoshua Katz arranged the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna, and after his passing, the editing was completed by R. Yaakov Moshe of Slonim). In the present manuscript, both commentaries appear in their abridged form and with textual variations (this may be a transcript of a manuscript preceding the printed edition). The glosses by R. Y. Pick for the most part contain references and were also included in the 1820 edition, though they are not attributed there to R. Yeshaya Pick. The 1820 edition also includes the timeline of the Shoftim and Kings.
The corrections to Rashi copied in this manuscript bear the following heading: "Manuscript corrections to Rashi, by a disciple of his disciples – copyists of his holy writings, [from] an ancient parchment". These corrections were first published in the Czernowitz 1839-1842 edition of Neviim and Ketuvim, again in the Krotoschin 1846-1847 edition of Neviim and Ketuvim, and later in Sefer HaMaggid, Czernowitz 1862 (in the above-mentioned editions, the corrections are attributed to Rashi himself, who added to and emended his commentary).
At the end of the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on Divrei HaYamim in this manuscript, there is a section entitled: "Selections from the Gaon of Vilna – on the differences between the cities of the Leviim listed in Yehoshua and in Divrei HaYamim". The section concludes: "And the rest of the differences in the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna are written in the Book of Divrei HaYamim by the great Torah scholar, luminary of the diaspora, R. M.L.M." (presumably referring to R. Meir Leibush Malbim).
25 leaves. 22.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor worming. New binding.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Neat cursive script, in two columns. The manuscript contains two commentaries on the Book of Divrei HaYamim: Biurei Mohorik – commentary of R. Yehoshua Katz (Reines), and Biurei HaGra.
Apart from these two commentaries, the manuscript includes: "Glosses by R. Y. Pick" and "Manuscript corrections to Rashi…". A timeline of the Shoftim and Kings according to the Gaon of Vilna, by his grandson R. Yaakov Moshe of Slonim, is included at the end of the manuscript.
Both the commentaries of R. Yehoshua Katz Reines and of the Gaon of Vilna on the Book of Divrei HaYamim were published in the Vilna and Horodna 1820 edition of Neviim and Ketuvim (R. Yehoshua Katz arranged the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna, and after his passing, the editing was completed by R. Yaakov Moshe of Slonim). In the present manuscript, both commentaries appear in their abridged form and with textual variations (this may be a transcript of a manuscript preceding the printed edition). The glosses by R. Y. Pick for the most part contain references and were also included in the 1820 edition, though they are not attributed there to R. Yeshaya Pick. The 1820 edition also includes the timeline of the Shoftim and Kings.
The corrections to Rashi copied in this manuscript bear the following heading: "Manuscript corrections to Rashi, by a disciple of his disciples – copyists of his holy writings, [from] an ancient parchment". These corrections were first published in the Czernowitz 1839-1842 edition of Neviim and Ketuvim, again in the Krotoschin 1846-1847 edition of Neviim and Ketuvim, and later in Sefer HaMaggid, Czernowitz 1862 (in the above-mentioned editions, the corrections are attributed to Rashi himself, who added to and emended his commentary).
At the end of the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on Divrei HaYamim in this manuscript, there is a section entitled: "Selections from the Gaon of Vilna – on the differences between the cities of the Leviim listed in Yehoshua and in Divrei HaYamim". The section concludes: "And the rest of the differences in the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna are written in the Book of Divrei HaYamim by the great Torah scholar, luminary of the diaspora, R. M.L.M." (presumably referring to R. Meir Leibush Malbim).
25 leaves. 22.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor worming. New binding.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
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