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Unpublished Manuscript: Kiryas Sefer on Talmud – Three Large Handwritten Volumes by

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Unpublished Manuscript: Kiryas Sefer on Talmud – Three Large Handwritten Volumes by Rabbi Calev Feivel Weisel, Av Beis Din of Turda

Three large volumes beautifully handwritten by Rabbi Calev Feivel Weisel, entirely intact and never brought to print. It includes three volumes, a preface, closing remarks and an endorsement.

Volume three includes a long introduction in which Rabbi Calev Feivel recounts that Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Deyzh chose the title "Kiryas Sefer, " after the portion of land allotted to Calev. Rabbi Menachem Mendel’s approbation is copied at the introduction’s end.

Volume 1: Kiryas Sefer on tractate Chulin – 181 leaves.

Volume 2: Kiryas Sefer on tractate Beitza – 132 leaves.

Volume 3: Novellae on approximately seventy Talmudic subjects including an index – [11], 155 [10] Leaves.

Rabbi Calev Feivel Weisel (1834 – 1898) was the first rabbi and Av Beis Din of Turda and its environs. He was among the prominent rabbinical leaders of Transylvania and discoursed with the greatest leaders of his time such as the Maharam Schick, Machaneh Chaim, Maharitz and Shevet Sofer. He also corresponded via mail with Rabbi Chaim of Sanz and Rabbi Menachem Mendel Paneth of Deyzh.

Each volume: 34 x 21 cm | Each volume bound in partial-leather binding | Stored together in new leather slipcase | Excellent condition

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