Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
Manuscript, Notebook of Novellae of Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky - From his Youth - Grodno, 1930-1931
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Notebook of Torah novellae on Tractate Kiddushin and on Tractate Bava Kama, handwritten by R. Shmuel Rozovsky at the time he was a student of R. Shimon Shkop at the Sha'ar HaTorah Yeshiva. Grodno, summer 1930-1931.
The title page appears on the verso of the front cover: "Novellae of Tractate Kiddushin, summer 1930. Shmuel Rozovsky, student at the Sha'ar HaTorah Yeshiva in Grodno". The notebook also contains novellae on Tractate Bava Kama and novellae attributed to R. Chaim of Brisk. Autographic writing, with additions, erasures and revisions. At the end of the notebook are various stamps of his father, R. "Michel David son of R. Yosef Rozovsky - Rabbi of Grodno", "Rabin D. Rozowski Grodno".
R. Shmuel Rozovsky (1913-1979), son of R. Michel David Rabbi of Grodno. Son-in-law of R. Zvi Pesach Frank Rabbi of Jerusalem. He was a student of R. Shimon Shkop in the Grodno Yeshivah and also studied at the Mir Yeshivah in Poland and at the Lomza Yeshivah in Petach Tikva. Before his marriage, he was already appointed as the first Rosh Metivta in Ponovezh Yeshiva after its establishment in Bnei Brak and his classes drew many students to its door. He transmitted the Torah he learned in Lithuanian yeshivas to the new generation in Eretz Israel. His great impact affects the entire Torah world until today and his teachings constitute the basis of many Torah lectures of heads of yeshivas in our generation. After his death, his writings and the writings of his students were published in the books Shi'urei Rabbi Shmuel and Zichron Shmuel. The novellae in this manuscript are his first novellae from the time he was about 17-18 years of age and already renowned in yeshiva circles for his scholarly erudite lucid Torah study.
Notebook containing approximately 36 written pages, 19.5 cm. Clear flowing writing. Good condition. Original black Bristol wrappers.
The title page appears on the verso of the front cover: "Novellae of Tractate Kiddushin, summer 1930. Shmuel Rozovsky, student at the Sha'ar HaTorah Yeshiva in Grodno". The notebook also contains novellae on Tractate Bava Kama and novellae attributed to R. Chaim of Brisk. Autographic writing, with additions, erasures and revisions. At the end of the notebook are various stamps of his father, R. "Michel David son of R. Yosef Rozovsky - Rabbi of Grodno", "Rabin D. Rozowski Grodno".
R. Shmuel Rozovsky (1913-1979), son of R. Michel David Rabbi of Grodno. Son-in-law of R. Zvi Pesach Frank Rabbi of Jerusalem. He was a student of R. Shimon Shkop in the Grodno Yeshivah and also studied at the Mir Yeshivah in Poland and at the Lomza Yeshivah in Petach Tikva. Before his marriage, he was already appointed as the first Rosh Metivta in Ponovezh Yeshiva after its establishment in Bnei Brak and his classes drew many students to its door. He transmitted the Torah he learned in Lithuanian yeshivas to the new generation in Eretz Israel. His great impact affects the entire Torah world until today and his teachings constitute the basis of many Torah lectures of heads of yeshivas in our generation. After his death, his writings and the writings of his students were published in the books Shi'urei Rabbi Shmuel and Zichron Shmuel. The novellae in this manuscript are his first novellae from the time he was about 17-18 years of age and already renowned in yeshiva circles for his scholarly erudite lucid Torah study.
Notebook containing approximately 36 written pages, 19.5 cm. Clear flowing writing. Good condition. Original black Bristol wrappers.