Manuscript (4 pages), novellae and halachic pilpul on the Torah, most from the teachings of R. Yehonatan Eibeshitz. [Ashkenazic lands, ca. second half of 18th century].

Two leaves from a notebook in Ashkenazic script, apparently written by one of the disciples of "the Gaon, my master and teacher" R. Yehonatan Eibeshitz, including four complete passages:

• Novellae regarding the Pesach offering and intercalation.

• Two pages of a sermon for a bar mitzvah relating to Birkat HaMazon and the recitation for Bikkurim, "by my master and teacher, the great Gaon, author of Kr[eti] UP[leti]" – parallels to the basic ideas appear in Midrash Yehonatan, Ekev (section 178).

• Humorous Purim idea "by the above Gaon, my teacher and master", on the obligation to drink on Purim – a parallel to the basic idea (slightly different) appears in Yaarot Devash (homily 17).

• Novellae on Parashat Matot [by the writer himself], regarding the virtue of Pinchas and the kabbalistic idea that Pinchas attained the soul of Nadav and Avihu, also mentioning ideas from his youth.

[2] leaves, written on both sides (numbered 4-5 and connected with remains of string from notebook). 21.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, wear and tears to margins.