Large collection of notebooks and manuscript leaves handwritten by Rabbi Shimshon Harari, an exceptional Torah genius, well-versed in the study of Torah and mussar (ethics). The collection also contains various stencil printings of discourses and Torah novellae by Mussar leaders and heads of yeshivot.
Amongst the notebooks are novellae on tractates; notebooks of discourses on Talmudic topics from various periods; on Seder Kodshim from 1937-1939; a notebook of Torah novellae from the shiurim of Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz on Tractate Kiddushin; lists of Mussar thoughts and discourses by the spiritual leaders Rabbi Abba Grossbard, Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler and Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein.
Rabbi Shimshon Harari-Gorniasky (1918-1999), an outstanding genius of Lithuanian-style Torah study and Mussar. A close disciple of Rabbi Abba Grossbard from the time he studied in the Lomza Yeshiva in Petach Tikva where Rabbi Abba was mashgiach, and later when Rabbi Abba moved with a group of disciples to found the Ponovezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, Rabbi Shimshon moved with him. After Rabbi Abba's demise and the appointment of Rabbi Dessler as spiritual head of Ponovezh Yeshiva, Rabbi Shimshon was appointed as Mussar mashgiach of Ponovezh Yeshiva [together with his companion Rabbi Chaim Friedlander]. During the years, he was dedicated to publishing and distributing books of Torah study and Mussar gleaned from heads of yeshivot and mussar leaders [most of them printed in stencil printings: Chiddushei HaGrach, Chiddushei HaGranat, Sichot HaRav Dessler, Chiddushei HaGriz etc. ]. He signed his name only on the series of “B'Ikvot Beit Abba”, where his Mussar discourses were printed together with the discourses of his teacher and rabbi, Rabbi Abba Grossbard.
Dozens of items, hundreds of leaves, various sizes, fair condition, moisture damage and partly moth damaged.

Manuscript, book of supplications for High Holy Days, in Yiddish. Old cursive Ashkenazi handwriting. [Moravia, c. 18th century].
Inner binding leaf contains ownership notation: “This supplication belongs to modest officer and mistress Ms. Chana, wife of rabbinical scholar Rabbi Mordechai Schliefer of congregation of Kaštieľ”. [Kaštieľ congregation, presently located in Slovakia, where disciples of the “Chatam Sofer” served as rabbis].
[1], 40 leaves. 11 cm. Thick greenish paper, good condition. Stains of usage and slight wear. New binding.

Manuscript, in fine square writing, “Slichot – recited by Chevra Kadisha on day preceding Rosh Chodesh Nisan”. Kazimierz (Poland), 1860.
Anthology of Slichot contains special supplication for members of Chevra Kadisha beginning with: “Our G-d and G-d of our forefathers, we, members of the holy association of undertakers have chosen one day on which to fast… due to our concern with the sacred bodies: The association, which buries the dead, is apprehensive as to whether we dealt with the dead with the proper respect, we are filled with trepidation…”.
Various customs were practiced throughout the Diaspora on the day of fasting and Slichot for members of Chevra Kadisha. In many places it was customary to fast on 7th of Adar [yahrzheit of Moshe Rabbeinu]; in countries of Lithuania the prevalent custom was to fast on 15th of Kislev or 20th of Kislev. This custom of fasting on day preceding Rosh Chodesh Nisan which was practiced in the city of Kazimierz in Poland is less common. Manuscript contains unknown short songs of Slichot; majority of which deal with matters of undertakers and burial customs.
Eighteen pages, 16 cm. Good-fair condition, wear and stains. New fine binding.