Shamsha D'Shmuel and Other Compositions. Autograph of Rabbi Shmuel Yaakov Bramson. Raygorod, End of the 19th ...

Shamsha D'Shmuel and Other Compositions. Autograph of Rabbi Shmuel Yaakov Bramson. Raygorod, End of the 19th century. Changes from as Printed.

Manuscript from Rabbi Shmuel Yaakov Bramson from which Shamsha D'Shmuel part one and part two and a song for the festivals before Baruch Sha'amar are printed. With changes from the printed version. [Raygorod], end of the 19th century.

Specifications: 208-329, [4] leaves, paper. 14X20 cm. Addition of 2 leaves: [1] sermon with "Notice from the Beit Din Tzedek of the Rabbinical Council of Boston" on the reverse. [1] List of corrections in the handwriting of the author on the back of a leaf with a numbered list in Russian.

Unique Features: Aside from the Torah value of the book, this is an interesting historic document regarding Jewish life during a period of numerous changes. Among other matters, the relationship to the maskilim and the assimilated [that was not printed] arises, self-defense against the antisemitic slander and the approach to the decrees of the Russian monarchy. A partial list of some of the changes is attached.

Rabbi Shmuel Yaakov son of Zvi Hirsch Bramson, of Raygorod in the Graevo district, author of Shimsha D'Shmuel part one on Megillat Esther and Ruth [Warsaw, 1897] and part two, sermons and omissions from part one [Graevo, 1903], "Zemer L'Shalosh Regalim Kodem Baruch She'Amar" [Warsaw, 190-] Minchat HaBoker with poems and elegies on his home and novellae on Shas, Vavim L'Amudim on halachic topics, Achuzat Olam on Torah, and LeShem Shishah Dvarim on the mishnah [manuscripts]. He wrote an introduction on the occasion of printing his book in 1903, and passed away not long after.

Condition: Moderate-fine. Stains. Worming damage, tears in a few leaves, the two last leaves are damaged and partially restored.