Leaf (2 written pages), a passage from a homily regarding the Mishkan offerings and the falling of the manna, handwritten by the holy Tzaddik, R. Eliyahu Guttmacher Rabbi of Greiditz (Grodzisk Wielkopolski).
Autograph, with deletions, as well as interlinear and marginal additions. This homily was presumably never published.
R. Eliyahu Guttmacher Rabbi of Greiditz (1796-1875), disciple of R. Akiva Eger, served as rabbi of Pleschen (Pleszew) until 1841, thereafter moving to serve in the Greiditz rabbinate. His eldest son, R. Tzvi Hirsh, succeeded him as rabbi of Pleschen. Famed as a holy kabbalist, in his senior years his name spread throughout the Jewish world as a wonder-worker, with amazing stories circulating of the great miracles and salvations attained through the blessings of "der Greiditzer Tzaddik" (the Tzaddik of Greiditz), "from all countries people came to seek his blessings and prayers, each one according to his needs" (Igrot Sofrim, at the foot of letter 29).
After his eldest son, R. Tzvi Hirsh Rabbi of Pleschen, died in his lifetime childless (in 1871), he published his son's books Nachalat Zvi and Ken Meforeshet (Lviv, 1873). In the introduction to Ken Meforeshet, R. Eliyahu promises: "If someone seeks deliverance from G-d… he should study a Mishna with the Rav (Bartenura), Tosafot Yom Tov and my son's commentary and then stand to pray in any language he is comfortable in… detailing his request so he will be answered…".
[1] leaf (closely written script on both sides). 21 cm. Good condition. Foxing.