Manuscript, Talmudic novellae – on Tractates Shabbat, Eruvin, Pesachim, Yoma, Kiddushin and various tractates, and on the Torah. [Halberstadt and Czechia, ca. 1890s-1900s].
The manuscript was written by an unidentified budding Torah scholar, who copied novellae published in contemporary study halls, quoting from the leading Torah scholars of his generation.
The manuscript begins with novellae on Tractates Shabbat, Eruvin and Pesachim "in the name of the son of R. Y. Eger, Rabbi of Halberstadt"; "in the name of the son of the Rabbi of Halberstadt, R. Zabel" – R. Peretz Zabel Eger (1768-1843), son of R. Yehudah Leib Rabbi of Halberstadt (1741-1814; uncle of R. Akiva Eger Rabbi of Posen), author of Ateret Paz and Rimon Peretz.
On p. 6, novellae on Tractate Bava Metzia, unattributed, possibly also by R. Zabel Eger.
The manuscript continues (pp. 7-8) with novellae on topics in Tractates Avodah Zarah, Kiddushin and Yoma from the Rabbi of Lipník [either R. Baruch Frankel-Teomim, the Baruch Taam, appointed 1802, or his predecessor R. Binyamin Wolf Eger, d. 1796]. On p. 9, location of writing given as Halberstadt, followed by novellae on Kiddushin in the name of the Rabbi of Chęciny (another citation on p. 15).
On p. 10, novellae on Tractate Shevuot; from p. 11 to the end of the notebook, novellae on various tractates in the name of R. Hertz Emden Rabbi of Teplice. At the end (pp. 32-40) are novellae on aggadah and the Torah in the name of R. Hertz Emden.
On p. 15, novellae in the name of R. Hertz Emden's son Yisrael.
R. Naftali Hertz Emden-Heilprin Rabbi of Teplice, to whom most of the novellae in the present manuscript are ascribed, was a leading Bohemian rabbi. Corresponded with the Prague Beit Din (see Responsa Teshuvah MeAhavah 2:214) and R. Shmuel Landau, son of the Noda BiYehudah (see Noda BiYehudah Tinyana, Orach Chaim 3).
His son, R. Yaakov Yisrael Heilprin, lived in Dresden and authored an approbation to Birkat Moshe (Berlin, 1834).
[40] pages. 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Dark stains. Wear and creases. Marginal paper repair to first leaf. New color paper wrapper.
Provenance: Collection of Mozes Heiman Gans – Ms. 22.
