Manuscript leaves, novellae and Torah writings, in the handwriting of Rabbi Chaim Berlin:
• Two pages, homiletics on the topic of burning chametz. Apparently, part of his commentary on the Passover Haggadah which was never printed. The pamphlet Imrei Chaim with a few compilations by Rabbi Chaim on the Passover Haggadah was printed at the end of the Imrei Shefer commentary on the Haggadah written by his father, the Netziv, (Tel Aviv edition, 1960), but these novellae were not printed there.
• 1 page (on a cover of a book), short inscriptions of homiletics on the subject of vessels of the Mikdash and Pitum HaKetoret.
• 1 leaf, cover of book, with the stamp of Rabbi Chaim Berlin, and an index to the responsa of Rabbi Betzalel Ashkenasi in his handwriting.
The renowned Rabbi Chaim Berlin (1832-1912, Otzar HaRabbanim 5925), eldest son of the Netziv of Volozhin was Chief Rabbi of Moscow and his Torah influence spread all over Russia. Served for a while as head of the Volozhin Yeshiva and its Av Beit Din and in the rabbinate of Kobrin and Yelisavetgrad. One of the most illustrious rabbis of his times in all facets of the Torah. Ascended to Jerusalem in 1906. After the death of Rabbi Shmuel Salant, Rabbi Chaim was acknowledged in the merit of his Torah greatness as the rabbi of the Ashkenazi community of Jerusalem, although he refused to officially accept the position.
3 items, varied size and condition. Worm damages.