Collection of handwritten notebooks, novellae by the Gaon, the Tzadik Rabbi Shabtai Sheftel Weiss, Av-Beit-Din of Nagysimonyi, author of "Hilchata Rabbata L'Shabta", on various matters – Halacha, Aggada and Talmudic matters, written by his disciple Rabbi Feivel Buchinger. [Nagysimonyi, Hungary, 1920s-1940s]. One notebook contains novellae on weekly Torah portions and the Bible. Written at the beginning: "Torah novellae that----Rebbe of Nagysimonyi and copies of letters which I got from him". One notebook on the Talmud. In other notebooks, novellae on treatises, various matters and sermons. At the beginning of one notebook: "Third Kuntress of novellae by the Rebbe of Nagysimonyi…". In one of the notebooks appears copy of a letter of gratitude "for the exalted rabbi…R' Naftali Zvi Katz Schwartz" [Av-Beit-Din of Mad]. · Enclosed is a letter from Rabbi Raphael Shmuel Weiss, son of the Tzadik of Nagysimonyi. Weiss writes about the manuscripts and tells about his father and his family. Jamaica, 1954. The holy Gaon Rabbi Shabtai Sheftel Weiss (1866-1944, Otzar HaRabanim 18058 a), a foremost Gaon and Tzadik who performed wonders. One of the great Hungarian rabbis. Disciple of the "Shevet Sofer". Served as Rebbe of Nagysimonyi and its surroundings for fifty years. Most of his writings were lost in the holocaust, except for the book Hilchata Rabbata L'Shabta which survived and was printed in 1972 [see enclosed material]. Some of the novellae offered here were printed in the compilations at the end of the book. 8 notebooks, more than 150 leaves. Size and condition vary. Tears to some of the leaves.