Auction 35 Rare and Important Judaica
Jan 29, 2014 (your local time)
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LOT 21:

Notebook of Torah Novellae by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach from his Youth

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Notebook of Torah Novellae by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach from his Youth
"Special notebook for the Torah novellae I have written when I was studying or reviewing with my friends"; the 26th of the month of Tevet, 1924 I have begun to write my novellae. Jerusalem, Eretz Israel". Novellae on treatises in Tractate Bava Kama and Bava Batra and "Omissions".
The renowned Torah genius Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, head of the Kol Torah Yeshiva and a leading Torah authority (died 1994), was born in Tamuz 1910. When writing these novellae in the winter of 1924, he was still a young boy, 14 years old, and yet the novellae in this notebook are on the high level of an adult Torah scholar. His Torah proficiency at a young age does not contradict the youthful joy that apparent in this notebook, such as scribbles and many curly signatures which he signed in many places in the notebook. He mentions things learned in group and quotes others: "…We can explain this according to the words of my father, my teacher…", "My teacher gave a very strained answer…", "Question of Rabbi Akiva Eiger, answered by R' Yeshaya Vinograd…", "and it was answered by Rabbi Gedalya Neiman…", etc. Throughout the notebook, his love for Torah is apparent as well as his love of the novellae he wrote: [such as, "And I have proven from Rashi…if you look well you will find that the answer shows good understanding and knowledge"].
21 cm. Original black soft cover. Approximately 40 written pages. Most of the leaves are in good condition. Several leaves are torn or scribbled.

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