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Manuscript, Commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on Tractate Avot – Selections of the Gaon of Vilna and Stories
Manuscript, commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on Tractate Avot, selections of the Gaon of Vilna and various stories. [Lithuania, second half of the 19th century].
Thick volume, with the printed edition of Maaseh Rav, Warsaw 1858 (Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 815) bound at the beginning, followed by a manuscript.
The manuscript includes: commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on Tractate Avot; various selections from the Gaon of Vilna; stories regarding the holy sites in Eretz Israel (mostly selected from the book Shaarei Yerushalayim by R. Moshe Reisher, Part X, Maaseh HaAretz) and various stories about the Gaon of Vilna (selected from the book Aliyot Eliyahu).
Ownership inscriptions on the front and back endpapers attesting that the book belongs to "the student Yisrael Yitzchak son of R. Efraim Shochet, Žagarė, 1874", "the exceptional young Torah scholar R. Yisrael son of R. Efraim Shochet, here Žagarė, 1874" (the inscription at the beginning of the volume resembles the handwriting of R. Shlomo Elyashiv author of the Leshem, who was a native of Žagarė).
Maaseh Rav: [16] leaves. Manuscript: approx. 123 written pages + many blank leaves. 17 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Detached leaves and gatherings. Original binding, torn and detached. Lacking back board.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
