Manuscript, Nefesh HaChaim (Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin) – Scribed by Rabbi Yehoshua Falk Ze'ev Wolfsohn Author of ...

Manuscript, Nefesh HaChaim (Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin) – Scribed by Rabbi Yehoshua Falk Ze'ev Wolfsohn Author of Nehora DeOraita – Burdujeni, 1849

Manuscript, Nefesh HaChaim by R. Chaim of Volozhin, scribed by the student R. Yehoshua Falk Ze'ev [Wolfsohn; later rabbi of Fălticeni]. Burdujeni (Moldova, Romania), 1849.
Copying of the Vilna 1824 edition of Nefesh HaChaim, including approbations and foreword by the author's son. Colophon at the end of the book, stating that the book was scribed by Yehoshua Falk Ze'ev son of R. Yosef Tzvi, in Burdujeni, 1849, and completed on 25th Elul.
The endpapers and first and final leaves contain quill trials and many inscriptions, including birth and death records, various events, books purchased, and more, from 1853–1895. The writer also mentions his book Nehora DeOraita (printed in Lviv, 1874). It appears from the inscriptions that this manuscript was written when the writer was a 14–year–old boy.
Two leaves with additional contents in a different hand at the end of the book.
R. Yehoshua Falk Ze'ev Wolfsohn Rabbi of Fălticeni (1835–1912). He was rabbinically ordained by the Shoel UMeshiv and others. In his many sermons, he fought against foreign influences and encouraged Torah observance. Authored Nehora DeOraita, Peliot Chochmah, Torat HaAdam and more.

[57] leaves. 22 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming. Inscriptions. Old binding (original), with leather spine.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, EE.011.006.