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Ma'alot HaTorah by Rabbi Avraham, Brother of the Gr"a, Autograph by the Rosh Yeshivah of Volozhin with Differences ...
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Ma'alot HaTorah by Rabbi Avraham, Brother of the Gr"a, Autograph by the Rosh Yeshivah of Volozhin with Differences from the Printed Text
Complete manuscript of the book Ma'alot HaTorah, including the introduction - the wondrous book by Rabbi Avraham, brother of the Gr"a of Vilna. The book discusses the Torah's virtues and those of its diligent study. In his book, Rabbi Avraham several times cites words he heard from his brother, the Gr"a.
Apparently in the hand of the gaon Rabbi Eliezer Yitzchak Fried, author of Chut HaMeshulash, grandson and successor of the gaon Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin as rosh yeshivah of Volozhin and Av Beit Din of the city.
The manuscript has not been thoroughly examined and a comparison has not been made between the printed and manuscript versions, yet from examination of the book's introduction only, we have already found a line that does not appear in the printed version: 'And as elucidated by the Ari, z"l, all issues of fasting, self-flagellation and self-denial were meant for earlier generations, but recent generations are more feeble, and repentance is primarily through strengthening Torah [study] all day ...' The last leaf bears various notations, one of which is regarding charity for the poor of the Land of Israel; its source is in the book Netivot Olam (Lvov, 1807).
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the gaon Rabbi Eliezer Yitzchak Fried.
[32] pp, 21x17 cm. Ashkenazic script.
Poor-moderate condition: The condition of the manuscript is damaged and blemished by water. The writing on the bottom third of the leaves is blurred. It is partially torn and lacking. New binding.
