A bundle of handwritten leaves, novellae on Talmudic treatises and on Aggadah, in the handwriting of Rabbi Pinchas Yehuda Zelig Leib Pfeifer Av Beit Din of Kővágóörs. [Hungary, c. 1830s]. Rabbi Pinchas Yehuda (Zelig Leib) Pfeifer (1806-1868), disciple of the Chatam Sofer, son-in-law of Rabbi Yechizkiya Katz Av Beit Din of Gyömöre (see previous item), served in the Kővágóörs rabbinate from c. 1832. These Torah novellae which he wrote were recently printed in the pamphlet Imrei Fi in the book Migdenot Yechizkiyahu' (Bnei Brak, 2002). His sons-in-law were: Rabbi Yosef Shmuel Hershler Av Beit Din of Szabadi who immigrated to Jerusalem, and Rabbi Avraham Eliezer Eckstein a Dayan in Budapest (see Item 199). Approximately 22 written pages, 36-37 cm. Greenish paper, fair condition, much wear and tears, stains.

Collection of various manuscripts: · Novellae on Tractate Berachot. Unidentified author. Ashkenazi handwriting, [19th/20th century]. 10 written pages. · A complete handwritten composition. Novellae on the Talmud. This composition was copied by the author's son from his father's manuscripts. 8 pages are handwritten by the author himself, including copies of his correspondence with Rabbi Avraham Te'omim. Approximately 252 large written pages. · Handwritten leaf of homiletics. [Autographic Ashkenazi writing, c. 19th century]. 2 written pages. · Handwritten leaf, novellae for Parashat Chukat, in the name of the Vilna Gaon. [Ashkenazi handwriting, on flyleaf of Chumash, c. 19th century]. Four items, approximately 135 leaves. Size and condition vary.

Long letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi "Avraham Yechezkel son of R' S. Arlozorov". Kharkiv, Kislev 1894. Sent to Rabbi Zvi Hirsh HaCohen Volk, Av Beit Din of Pinsk. Good wishes upon his appointment as Av Beit Din of Pinsk [succeeding his father Rabbi Elazar Moshe Horwitz]. Following the signature is a long halachic responsum regarding the laws of wine produced from raisins of unripe grapes and the laws of tithes of unripe fruit. This question was sent to Rabbi Hirsh by Rabbi Moshe Nachum Yerushalimsky, Av Beit Din of Kamenka who wrote: "I request that you answer me promptly because I will not respond to… until I receive your answer and whatever you will write, I will write him in your name". [In the book Be'er Moshe by Rabbi Moshe Nachum Yerushalimsky at the end of the kuntress Birkat Chachamim (p. 140), is the response of Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan on the matter of the letter offered here. Afterward, he mentions that he received more responses on this issue from his friend Rabbi Avraham Yechezkel Arlozorov, Av Beit Din of Kharkiv and from Rabbi Yosef Zecharya Stern, Av Beit Din of Šiauliai (Shavl) and he concludes with: "…Anyway, we have great Torah authorities upon whom we can rely"]. Rabbi Avraham Yechezkel Arlozorov (died 1900), a leading rabbi in Russia at the time and a prominent Chabad Chassid, was very close to the Chabad and Kopys rebbes. He served in the Kharkiv rabbinate from the middle of the 1870s and had halachic correspondence with rabbis of his times: Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan, Rabbi David of Karlin, etc. He had a special relationship with Rabbi Moshe Nachum Yerushalimsky and wrote several responsa in the name of Rabbi Arlozolov in his books. From 1884-1888 a heated dispute enveloped the city, concerning matters pertaining to shechita and the rabbinate. Mr. David Kabak owned a large sausage factory in the city of Kharkiv and Rabbi Arlozorov invalidated one of his shochtim. As a result, Kabak established a separate community and appointed a different rabbi. Leading rabbis (the Netziv of Volozhin, Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, Vilna rabbis such as Rabbi Shmuel Liovcher, Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef and Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky, Rabbi Eliyahu Meizel and more) wrote letters and articles in the newspapers protesting the attempt to thwart the authority of Rabbi Arlozorov and encroaching on his rights. These letters reveal the great reverence these rabbis had for the Torah knowledge of Rabbi Arlozorov. (For a lengthy description of this affair, see the article by R' Y. Mondstein: The Polemic of the Rabbis and Shochtim in Kharkiv, Zechor L'Avraham, 1999, pp. 374-444). Rabbi Arlozorov left behind many manuscripts, responsa and writings concerning public matters. After his death, his books, covering numerous areas of Torah and wisdom were given to the Gur-Ari family in Kremenchuk. His Torah novellae were not printed with the exception of a few responsa which were printed in the books written by rabbis of his times and in various anthologies. Official stationery, 4 pages, 21.5 cm. Approximately 70 lines written in attractive close handwriting. Good condition, creases and wear.

· Letter (4 pages – without closing or signature) on the laws of Hakna'a L'Katan. Panevėžys, Kislev 1866. · Manuscript (6 pages – without an opening), on the matters of Chazakot. By the same unidentified writer. The content portrays the vast knowledge of the writer who was a Lithuanian Torah scholar. [10] pages, approximately 21 cm. Fair condition, wear. The ink can be seen through the paper on the reverse side.

Handwritten leaf, Kabbalistic novellae and explanations of the words of the Vilna Gaon and the Arizal in the handwriting of Rabbi Shlomo Elyashiv, author of Leshem Shevo V'Achlama. The leaf contains an interesting reference to the words of the Arizal not presented by the Vilna Gaon: "…they are clarified in the words of the Arizal in wonderful depth and with words dearer that gold and pearls and sweeter than honey… Perhaps the Gra did not see those words of the Arizal because in his days the eight gates were not yet revealed". On the verso and on the margins: notes of his grandson, Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv [handwritten in his youth], who writes that "This is a manuscript of the Gaon, Tsaddik… the Leshem Shevo V'Achlama", and other inscriptions. Leaf, 22.5 cm. Approximately 26 lines in the handwriting of the Leshem. Good condition, creases and light wear.