Manuscript booklet (five written pages), homiletics and novellae, from an unknown writer. [Lithuania? Jerusalem? Ca. 1840s].
The first page begins with a homiletic on the verse "Now it came to pass in the days when the judges judged" (Ruth 1, 1), with the heading: " As I heard from my father…". On the second page "Commentary on the verse 'Man is in his glory but he does not understand; he is compared to the silenced animals'" (Tehillim 49, 21). The writer brings three commentaries on this verse. One in the name of his father, who heard it from R. Yehuda Leib Edel (the maggid of Slonim) author of Afikei Yehuda, the second in the name of the Maggid of Dubno, and the third from his father.
From the contents of the manuscript, it appears that the writer was from Lithuania or the surroundings (or perhaps a native of Lithuania who immigrated to Jerusalem), who was connected to the school of thought of the disciples of the Gaon of Vilna.
This manuscript belonged to R. Eliyahu Landau, a descendant of the Gaon of Vilna. His signature appears at the beginning of the booklet (on the blank half of the page): " Eli. Landau descendant of the Gaon of Vilna".
[5] written pages (+ blank leaves). 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Worming. Detached leaves. Without binding.
Provenance: Estate of R. Eliyahu Landau, descendant of the Gaon of Vilna, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv; The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.