Manuscripts – Rabbi Shalom Shachne Yalin – Greatest Mesorah Expert of Last Generations

Large collection of manuscripts, issues connected to the Mesorah (Mesorah of the Bible – spelling, vowels and te'amim), grammar and roots of words, segulot and cures, letter drafts and various inscriptions, in the handwriting of Rabbi Shalom Shachne Yalin – the greatest expert on the Mesorah in recent generations. [Lithuania and Jerusalem, 19th century].
Inscriptions of Mesorah Ketana and Mesorah Gedola according to the order of the Five Books of the Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim, with many notes, additions and corrections. [For example, on the margins of the Mesorah on Chapter 119 of Tehillim, Verse 47 is a long note].
Several large leaves of a composition on grammer, verbs and roots of words.
Leaves with Torah novellae and homiletics. Segulot, Kabbalistic incantations with Holy Names, cures, letter drafts, profits from proofreading Torah scrolls and Megillot, summaries [report with list of mistakes] of proofreading Torah scrolls and Megillot.
Rabbi Shalom Shachne Yalin (1790-1874) proofreader from Skidel. Disciple of Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin. Proficient in the wisdom of the Mesorah who knew variations and questionable versions of the Bible and was considered the greatest expert on the Mesorah in recent generations. He earned his frugal living by proofreading Torah scrolls and Bibles although his expertise in this field earned him worldwide renown. He immigrated to Eretz Israel and was sent by Jerusalem rabbis to Aleppo to copy the Mesorah from the Aleppo Codex. See more in previous item.
the volume contains various paper sheets, gathered and placed inside an ancient binding of leather-covered wood (unsewn). On the binding is a signed ownership inscription from Rabbi Yalin's youth: "Although our sages said that writing on a book is prohibited, but…. I, Shachne".
Approximately 140 written leaves, varied size. Most leaves are 22-22.5 cm. approximately 25 leaves are 18-36 cm. thick paper [characteristic of first half of 19th century]. Varied condition, good to poor. Wear and stains, few worm damages. Several leaves with heavy fungus damages. Leather and wooden binding, damaged.
these manuscripts are not yet known to Mesorah experts, and have not been printed.