Auction 82 - Part I - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Manuscript, Hanhagot Yesharot from Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, Selections from the Gaon of Vilna, and Practices from Rabbi Menashe of Ilya Unknown from Any Other Source - Bound at End of Nefesh HaChaim, Vilna 1837
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Nefesh HaChaim by R. Chaim of Volozhin, prominent disciple of the Gaon of Vilna. Vilna, 1837. Second edition.
A manuscript is bound at the end of the book (30 pages, presumably by two writers), in a script typical of Lithuania, second half of the 19th century. The manuscript comprises three parts: Hanhagot (named She'iltot) from R. Chaim of Volozhin; various selections from the Gaon of Vilna (including Klalei HaGra); and practices from R. Menashe of Ilya disciple of the Gaon of Vilna, which are not known from any other source.
Several versions of the She'iltot were published, based on different manuscripts. This manuscript is similar to the version printed in Hanhagot Yesharot, Warsaw 1893, with several differences. It also includes textual variants taken from another manuscript. An interesting account of the Vilna Gaon's view of the Baal Shem Tov and other Chassidic masters, appears on pp. [17]-[18].
Pages [24]-[25] contain "Practices from R. Menashe of Ilya", unknown from any other source. In one place, the work discusses the way to rule when the Zohar and other kabbalistic works contradict the Talmud.
126 pages + [15] manuscript leaves (30 written pages) and blank leaves. 21 cm. Overall good condition. Stains and ink stains. Wear and minor tears. Minor worming to blank leaves at end of book and to binding. Original binding, torn and detached, without spine.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 1418.
A manuscript is bound at the end of the book (30 pages, presumably by two writers), in a script typical of Lithuania, second half of the 19th century. The manuscript comprises three parts: Hanhagot (named She'iltot) from R. Chaim of Volozhin; various selections from the Gaon of Vilna (including Klalei HaGra); and practices from R. Menashe of Ilya disciple of the Gaon of Vilna, which are not known from any other source.
Several versions of the She'iltot were published, based on different manuscripts. This manuscript is similar to the version printed in Hanhagot Yesharot, Warsaw 1893, with several differences. It also includes textual variants taken from another manuscript. An interesting account of the Vilna Gaon's view of the Baal Shem Tov and other Chassidic masters, appears on pp. [17]-[18].
Pages [24]-[25] contain "Practices from R. Menashe of Ilya", unknown from any other source. In one place, the work discusses the way to rule when the Zohar and other kabbalistic works contradict the Talmud.
126 pages + [15] manuscript leaves (30 written pages) and blank leaves. 21 cm. Overall good condition. Stains and ink stains. Wear and minor tears. Minor worming to blank leaves at end of book and to binding. Original binding, torn and detached, without spine.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 1418.
The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples
The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples