Manuscript and Copy of Manuscript - Chiddushei Rimad - Rabbi Yisrael David Levitan of Kovna

Manuscript and Copy of Manuscript - Chiddushei Rimad - Rabbi Yisrael David Levitan of Kovna
· Handwritten notebook, novellae on Tractate Shabbat. At the end of the volume is an ownership inscription of Rabbi "Yisrael David Levitan of Kovna". [Lithuania, 19th/20th centuries?].
48 written pages. Approx. 21 cm. Fair condition. Wear and stains. Unbound.
· Typewritten volume: "Novellae of Rimad Levital on Tractate Megillah". At the top of the pages are titles "Novellae of Rabbi Yisrael Moshe David son of Rabbi Shlomo Hirsh Levital, on Tractate Megillah". On Leaf 16 is a colophon after concluding the volume dated the 11th of Tevet 1952.
16 printed leaves in three copies (3X16 bound together). 33 cm. Good condition. Old binding.
We have no information about Rimad Levitan or Levital. However, the Levitan family was a well-known family of Lithuanian rabbis. The most renowned member of the family is Rabbi Eliezer Zvi (R' Hirshel) Levitan of Kovna who founded the yeshiva in Slabodka and was a leading force behind the mussar movement in Lithuania and in Jerusalem.