Two manuscripts, commentary of the Vilna Gaon on Tikkunei Zohar. Hadrat Kodesh, selections from the Vilna Gaon. Written by a scribe, surrounded by many notes and corrections by the great scholar and Kaballist Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Chaver [some are in his own handwriting, and some are written by a scribe from a previous edition of Rabbi Isaac’s commentary]. From the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Some of the inscriptions begin with an acronym for “It seems to me, Yitzchak,” and some of them are signed “Yitzchak.” On the page before the introduction his name is written several times, “Yitzchak Isaac, head of the beit din of the holy congregation of the capital city of Suwalk.”
It is known of other manuscript of these notes which was copied and sent to Jerusalem to his disciple Rabbi Yitzchak Kahana from Kolno, author of “Toldot Yitzchak.” (Part of this manuscript is kept today in the National Library in Jerusalem). The manuscript we have is the original, from which the “Toldot Yitzchak" manuscript was copied.
As we said, part of the notes of Rabbi Yitzchak Chaver were written by a scribe within the text (in boxes, for example), and some of the notes (more than fifty), are handwritten by Rabbi Yitchak Isaac Chaver who learned from this manuscript, annotated it and added further commentary and an index. Notes are included from expert Rabbi David Kaminetzky Shlit”a, who examined the manuscript, and everything written here is according to his conclusions.
Rabbi Yitzchak Chaver (5547-5613, Otsar 11168) learned the tradition of the Vilna Gaon for Kaballa, and was a disciple of one of the Vilna Gaon’s disciples. He was an outstanding scholar among the Rabbis of his generation and served as a Rabbi in the cities of Tiktin and Suwalk. He completed learning the entire Talmud sixty times. He wrote many works on the revealed parts of Torah and on Kaballah: responsa on Halacha and sections of the Talmud. Many works of Kaballah, and on the teachings of the Vilna Goan.
These two manuscripts have been passed down from one generation to the next in the family of Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Chaver. They have recently decided to put the manuscripts up for sale to benefit the public.
Volume I—151 [3] leaves. Fair condition. Binding is broken and pages detached. Dirst page is partially detached. Moth damage on every page, with light damage to the text.
Volume II—79, [3]; 58, [1] leaves. Good condition. The corners of pages 24-59 are torn and some text is missing. Some of the bottoms of the pages are torn and missing. Moth damage. Cardboard binding. Most of the writing and notes are whole and in good condition.