A manuscript of systems and rules of various halachic topics according to the order of the Hebrew alphabet. [C. beginning of the 19th century]. Never printed. Impressed on cover, "Notebook – by Eliyahu Hayun" whose signature is also inside the manuscript. Oriental handwriting, by two or three writers [possibly, the author had written it together with his scribes, or it had been written by several authors and one of them was Rabbi Eliyahu Hayun who signed the manuscript].
Author unknown, but from the many entries in the book and the numerous thoughts heard from his rabbis and the scholars of his generation we can learn about his times and his companions. The manuscript was written c. 1806-1811. In one entry, the author notes "this happened in 1809… on Shemini Atzeret". In many places in blessing the live or the dead, he mentions the Chida [who died in 1806] and the author of Zera Emet [died 1811]. He writes about things said to him by Rabbi Suzin who he names Rav Achai [Rabbi Mordechai Suzin?]. He copies things that never saw print from manuscripts and sheets of Rabbi Yehuda Burla and things from the manuscripts of the author of Zera Emet, and he copies from the manuscript of the Rav HaMelitz [his Torah thoughts were publicized by word of mouth and written in the lands where he passed through as a rabbinical emissary of Jerusalem. In 1796, he was in Turkey; see Ya'ari, Eretz Yisrael emissaries, page 562]. In numerous places, the author notes things he had written in his book Dikdukei Torah, [apparently, this book was also never printed].
C. 170 written pages, 15.5 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition. Leaf cutting with minor damage to text. Fancy leather binding with golden impressions, detached and worn.
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