Lot 210
Notebook of Torah Novellae – Manuscript of Rabbi Elyashiv
Handwritten notebook, Torah novellae on the laws of sacrifices and the Korban Pesach brought in a state of impurity, in the handwriting of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv. [Jerusalem, c. 1940s-1950s]. On the covers of the notebook is an inscription in a different handwriting [perhaps belonging to his son-in-law Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein?] on the topic of the notebook: Pesach Haba B'Tumah, and another crossed out inscription: "Mefaglin b'chetzi matir". Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv (1910-2002), a leading Torah authority for more than 70 years was known for his exceptional diligence and deep and thorough understanding of all facets of Torah. During the last 20 years of his life, he led Torah Jewry in Israel and abroad. However, even earlier he was involved in rabbinic and halachic matters of various communities. Rabbi Elyashiv did not print his Torah novellae by himself but his disciples printed the “comments” from his lectures, thereby compiling hundreds of his thousands of responsa in four volumes of Kovetz Teshuvot. The manuscript has apparently never been printed. 9 written pages, 20 cm. Good condition, detached leaves.
