Handwritten Kabbalistic Novellae on Zohar and Glosses on Mikdash Melech by Rabbi Moshe Shlomo of Tulchin, Prime Disciple of the Vilna Gaon
Sefer Mikdash Melech by Rabbi Shalom Buzaglo on Zohar Vayikrah (Amsterdam, 1750), with handwritten novellae and glosses by the legendary kabbalist and disciple of the Vilna Gaon Rabbi Moshe Shlomo of Tulchin.
3 handwritten leaves (4 sides) bound to the front of the sefer contain kabbalistic writings and novellae, as well as many handwritten notes and glosses along the margins of the sefer. Two glosses are signed with the acronym “NLMS—nirah li Moshe Shlomo (it appears to me, Moshe Shlomo).
In the lengthy novellae at the beginning of the sefer, Harav Moshe Shlomo of Tulchin mentions his Rebbe the Vilna Gaon “See the writings of my master and teacher, the chassid Moreinu Harav Eliyahu of Vilna.”
Harav Moshe Shlomo of Tulchin played a leading role in disseminating the Torah of the Vilna Gaon, and there is nary a kabbalistic sefer authored by the Gr”a that does not feature his glosses or explanatory notes. In many cases, Harav Moshe Shlomo was the exclusive source of the Vilna Gaon’s Torah. Among the famous manuscripts by the Gr”a written and edited by Harav Moshe Shlomo of Tulchin is the sefer Hadras Kodesh (Jerusalem, 2004) and Shaar Hashirim (Warsaw, 1891).
In their famous preface to Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim (Shklov, 1803), the Vilna Gaon’s sons list their father’s prime disciples and write, “And the fifth is the renowned Moreinu Hagaon Shlomo z”l of Tulchin, who spread his teachings in the holy kehillah of Vilna. How great was the love that he exhibited to him that he taught him Zohar and Sefer Hayetzirah, and he would clarify to him any subject that he struggled to understand in the writings of the Arizal.…”
The Chayei Adam, who was acquainted with Harav Moshe Shlomo of Tulchin from Vilna, praised him as “Great and pure, a chassid…Moreinu Harav Moshe Shlomo who taught Torah and halachah in our community…who devoted his days to learning and service of Hashem, fasting and penance, and all his actions were for the sake of heaven. He was so great in the wisdom of truth that my mechutan [the Vilna Gaon] attested that he was worthy of transmitting the secrets of Torah!” (Preface to Kevod Yom Tov (Vilna, 1817).
Mikdash Melech on Vayikrah. Amsterdam, 1750. First edition. [91], 186 leaves. Minor holes. Original binding, with new leather spine.
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