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Aug 2, 2016 (your local time)
Israel
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LOT 11:

Manuscript of Rabbi Shlomo Goren, from His Youth - Compositions on the Laws of Shechita and the Laws of Passover - ...

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Manuscript of Rabbi Shlomo Goren, from His Youth - Compositions on the Laws of Shechita and the Laws of Passover - Has Never been Published!
A notebook handwritten by Rabbi Shlomo Goren in his youth with compositions on the laws of Shechita and the laws of Passover,
The content of the manuscript:
Halachic novellae from the Poskim Rishonim and Achronim on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah Siman 1-28, and the laws of Shechita on Yom Tov from Orach Chaim Siman 498. With sources and references for each and every Halacha. These Halachot were written on the left-hand pages of the notebook, under the title of each page "Ve'Zavachta Ka'asher Tziviticha" (you shall kill as I have commanded).
On the right-hand pages of the notebook, the laws of Passover were written - Halachic novellae and customs from the Poskim Rishonim and Achronim. The laws are organized in sixteen chapters: the exodus from Egypt and Festival of Freedom, the commandments of Passover, the preparations for Passover and the month of Nissan, Chametz and Chashash Chametz, Bedikat Chametz, Matzah, the baking of the matzah, Ta'arovet Chametz, Chametz She'avar Alav Ha'Pesach, Hag'alat Kelim, Tevilat Kelim, the eve of Passover, setting the table, the Arvit prayer of Passover eve, Seder Leil Pesach, Simanei Ha'Seder, the Shacharit prayer of Passover.
The two sections were written at different times of his youth. At first, the laws of Shechita were written in large, eloquent script. The laws of Passover were written later, in small, dense script due to lack of place in the notebook.
The author's autograph! Including: many corrections, erases and additions between the lines throughout the notebook!
There are also corrections, many additions and erases throughout the laws of Shechita, from a later period, similar in size and style to the script of the laws of Passover. That is, while he wrote the laws of Passover, Rabbi Goren proofread the laws of Shechita.
Parts of the first and second chapters of the laws of Passover were published in the issue of "Ge'ulim" which was published by the IDF and the Military Chief Rabbinate (Passover eve 1952), in the section of Rabbi Gorn, who was then the Chief Rabbi of the IDF. Except for these two chapters, the manuscript has never been published!
Rabbi Shlomo Goren (1917 –1994) was a Talmudic scholar and foremost authority on Jewish law. He founded and served as the first head of the Military Rabbinate of the Israel Defense Forces and subsequently as the third Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983, after which he established a yeshiva in Jerusalem, which he headed until his death.
He served in the Israel Defense Forces during three wars, wrote several award-winning books on Jewish law, and was appointed Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv in 1968.
During the War of Independence and the Austerity in Israel, the minister in charge of the supplies decided that the supply of Matzah in the storerooms of Jerusalem will be given to the citizens only while the soldiers of the IDF will eat Chametz. Rabbi Goren took a company of soldiers and together they broke into the storerooms, took a large amount of Matzah and brought it to the headquarters of the Palmach in Beit Ha'Kerem…
On the other hand, when Rabbi Goren heard that the Arabs were intending to attack Jerusalem on Sabbath morning, he went immediately to Rabbi Herzog, and as his representative, to all the yeshiva students of Jerusalem and together they spent Sabbath eve digging trenches, which helped hold back the Arab invaders.
During the Six-Day War, Rabbi Goren joined Brigade 55 commanded by Motah Gur. With its soldiers, he entered the Old City of Jerusalem through the Lion's Gate and was among the first to reach the Western Wall. He said the "Shehecheyanu" blessing, El Maleh Rachamim and Hallel, blew the Shofar and blessed "Menachem Zion U'Voneh Yerushalayim". To this day, people are moved to tears when hearing him bless and blow of the Shofar. Rabbi Goren and his drivers were the first to reach the Tomb of Rachel and the Cave of Machpela, before the IDF, and the Arab leaders of Hebron signed their surrender agreement before him.
Rabbi Goren was known for his diligent study of the Torah. Even during his most active days at the Military Rabbinate, he never deviated from his tradition of studying seven pages of Gemara after Shacharit. During his funeral, Rabbi Ovadya Yosef said of him that he was such a diligent learner of the Torah that when he used to sit in his office at the Chief Rabbinate, the Gemara was constantly open before him and during the few seconds when one person was leaving his office and the next one had not yet entered, Rabbi Goren used to lower his eyes to the Gemara so that he would not miss one moment of study.
Rabbi Goren was known as an honest man of many virtues who respected each and every person: rabbis, the heads of the State and even children.
In 1973, when he was appointed the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, he wrote his famous ruling regarding the brother and sister. Many of the most prominent rabbis came out strongly against him; yet he applied the words of the Torah: "Do not be afraid of the face of any man". Rabbi Avraham Shapira repeatedly emphasized that Rabbi Goren was right in his ruling and supported him without reservations.

Before us are two compositions from his youthm which have been unknown until now, except for the two aforementioned chapters.
47 leaves. 20 cm. The last leaf, with four additional lines on the laws of Shechita, is missing.
Condition: Very Good. No cover. Detached leaves. Single moth holes.
Extremely rare!