Manuscript of Yad Ha-Levi on the Rambam's Sefer Hamitzvot. By Rabbi Yitzchak Simcha HaLevi Horwitz Rabbi of Hartford, Connecticut. (United States).
First part of the book was printed in Jerusalem (1931). In the manscript herewith there are parts that have not been printed. [The Roots of the Mitzvot were printed, but not the mitzvot themselves].
Rabbi Yitzchak Simcha Horwitz (1868-1935), was born in Novardok to his father Rabbi Yosef Dov Ha-Levi (died in 1898, the book Yad Ha-Levi was named after him), studied in Yeshivot Mir and Volozhin. In 1891 emmigrated to the United States and served as Rabbi in Hartford for forty-four years.
Participated in the first convention of Agudat Harabbanim. Corresponded with Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan, Rabbi Chaim of Brisk and the Aruch HaShulchan. Studied Rambam in depth and wrote Shai Lamoreh on all of Moreh Nevochim. Only a small part was printed in the 1931 Jerusalem edition, in the forward.
[112] written leaves, 35 cm. Good condition. Leather binding somewhat worn.