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Chiddushei Tractate Beitzah in the Holy Handwriting of Rebbe Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov, Author of "Bnei Yissaschar"

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Manuscript of Chiddushim and comments on Tractate Beitzah, in the holy handwriting of Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov, author of "Bnei Yissaschar". [Early 19th century].
The Chiddushim contain many expressions typical of the unique style of Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech, for instance, “See the following and derive pleasure,” “See what Rashi writes and you will gain understanding,” “Once again I have observed,” and “I, the humble, am astounded by the sayings.” Page 2 ends with words, “Be precise and see that all is true with G-d’s help.”
The holy Ga’on Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech Langsam-Shapiro (1783-1841) was a prominent disciple of Rabbi Mendel of Riminov and a disciple of the Seer of Lublin. He was also a disciple of the Rabbi of Apta and of the Maggid of Koznitz. From a young age he served in the rabbinates in various towns in Galicia, however was especially known for his service in the Rabbinate of Dinov, where he was coronated as Rebbe in 1815. He also served in the rabbinate of Munkacs, the capital of Carpathian Russia. Authored dozens of compositions in Halacha and Aggadah, Hassidism and Kabbalah. He was known for his holy book "Bnei Yissaschar" (his mentor, the Seer of Lublin, had revealed to him that he was descended from the tribe of Yissaschar). He was blessed with descendants forming a lineage of rabbis and rebbes, including Dinov, Munkacs, Bakavisk and others.
The holy manuscripts of Rebbe Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov were handed down from generation to generation – to his son the Rebbe Rabbi David of Dinov, author of "Tzemach David" (1804-1874), and from him to his son the Rebbe Rabbi Meir Yehudah Shapiro of Bakavisk, author of "Ohr LaMe’ir" (1850-1909), who specified in his will that a tenth of his assets shall be inherited by his orphaned granddaughter Leah (the daughter of his daughter Sheindel Rachel) who was raised in the home of her grandfather, the Rebbe.
When he died, the manuscripts and books of their grandfather were divided into ten by his descendants, and this leaf is from the tenth portion allotted to Rabbanit Leah and her husband Rabbi Eliezer Shapiro of Beretch (who also was a descendant of Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov). Rabbi Eliezer Shapiro survived the Holocaust and – based on the writings he inherited from his first wife – printed the book "Chiddushei Bnei Yissaschar" (New York, 1951).
This is the first leaf from the holy manuscripts of the author of "Bnei Yissaschar" that were printed in the book "Chiddushei Bnei Yissaschar." It contains all the Chiddushim on Tractate Beitzah that were printed therein. (Two pages in the manuscript appear as four pages in the book, pp. 46-49, see attached photocopy).
2 pages, 32 cm. Greenish paper. Pieces missing on the right and left margins, professionally restored, with loss at the beginning and end of lines. Leather binding.

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