Author's autograph manuscript. R. Eliezer David's novellae on the Torah were published posthumously in Keren LeDavid on Bereshit (Satmar, 1930) and Shemot (Satmar, 1939). The manuscripts of the other parts, which were not yet printed, were hidden in the ground during the Holocaust, and were finally published only in 1976 by the Vayechi Yosef of Pápa in the United States, and in another edition by R. Aharon Shapiro of Narol (Bnei Brak, 2008). The present leaf may have been among the writings hidden underground during the Holocaust.

This manuscript contains the initial text, handwritten by the author, which was subsequently edited (with variations) and was published in the Brooklyn and Bnei Brak editions. On the page on Parashat Emor, between the lines there are some lines in a different hand. At the top of the four pages is inscribed "proofread".

[2] leaves. 27.5 cm. Good to fair-good condition. Tears and wear to margins. On the margins of one of the pages, tears are repaired with paper strips and tape, affecting text, dark stains and pasting traces.

R. Eliezer David Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Satmar (ca. 1866 – 1928), prominent Torah leader and yeshiva dean in Hungary and Transylvania. Close disciple of his brother R. Moshe Grünwald, the Arugat HaBosem. He studied for a short period under R. Shmuel Ehrenfeld, author of Chatan Sofer. He served as rabbi and dayan in many prominent communities – Bardejov, Dunajská Streda, Tzelem (Deutschkreutz) and Vişeu de Sus – establishing in each place a large yeshiva where he edified many disciples, including dozens of rabbis and poskim. His yeshiva in Vişeu de Sus alone had hundreds of students. In 1921, he was chosen as Av Beit Din of Satmar, and he headed one of the largest yeshivas of Hungary, the very largest in Transylvania. After his passing, his disciples began to publish his novellae, from which they printed Responsa Keren LeDavid on Orach Chaim (Satmar, 1929; other parts of the Responsa were lost in the Holocaust), Keren LeDavid on the Torah (Satmar, 1930-1939), Keren LeDavid – Homilies (Satmar, 1934), and more.