Novellae and Elucidations on Seder Taharot with Correspondence about the Words of the Gr"a

Novellae and Elucidations on Seder Taharot with Correspondence about the Words of the Gr"a

''The words that came out of his mouth were clear, refined and clean."

Extremely important autograph manuscript from the mid 1800s. Broad and deep novellae and elucidations on mishnayot from Seder Taharot in Tractates: Keilim, Ohalot, Nega'im, Tevul Yom and Uktzin.

With emphasis on many elucidations by the Gr"a in his commentary on Seder Taharot, which were written by his disciple imprecisely (see below) or briefly, and the author, in his Torah greatness, reconstructs them.

The content shows that the author was a tremendous gaon who was expert in Seder Taharot, and he would also explain the Tosefta that dealt with the mishnah he was discussing, and deliberate the words of the commentators with an emphasis on the Gr"a, to clarify and refine them.

As stated above, the author was most occupied with the elucidation of the Gr"a to present them properly.

In many places in his work, the author criticizes the writer of the Gr"a's insights on Seder Taharot (Elyah Rabbah Brinn 1802 and more), here are some examples:

'He did not understand his intent and did not follow it until the end' (50a)

'The Gr"a most certainly did not say these words' (49b)

'I would be astonished if the gaon actually said these words (33a at the end of the manuscript)'

'Look in the gaon's commentary on Seder Taharot in his sefer Elyah Rabba  - the writer did not mean here when the gaon actually intended' (ibid, 34a)

'It seems to me that here, too, the writer did not understand the gaon's intent (ibid, 35a)'

'It seems to me that here, too, the writer did not  precisely understand the gaon's true intent (33a)'

The words that came out of the gaon's mouth were certainly well-reasoned with logic that can be comprehended by every understanding heart and every hearing ear, and the copyist write these words tastelessly, without salt and lacking spices ... (54a)

Clear and well-explained words are written on page 34a: It is clear that the gaon's student write this sefer without the intent to confirm the Gaon's words, and it some places he writes about himself clearly. In mishnah 11:8 he writes" I forgot what my teacher said about this, " because he wrote the sefer after the Gaon's passing according to what he remembered, as he wrote in his preface, and certainly the words that came out of the gaon's mouth were clear, refined and clean, with nothing warped or stuck, but the writer did not succeed to the extent of understanding his intent in several places, or he heard and forgot, and several places show that the reasoning was made up, and not what the Gaon intended.

Indeed, the Gr"a's sons, in their foreword to Biur HaGr"a al Sefer Yonah objected to this commentary which was copied quickly and filled with mistakes.

The writer's identity is unknown to us, but he was certainly very great in Torah and an expert in Seder Taharot. Alongside two insights in the manuscript, another writer noted: This was written in brief in the gloss in his mishnah, or this was written with extreme brevity on the sheet of his mishnahs.

[110] pp. 22 cm. Written over time on different paper and bound together.

Fine condition. Aging stains. Worming perforations, bound in a new binding.