(ELIJAH BEN SOLOMON ZALMAN (GAON OF VILNA))

Poland

Early 19th Century

Collected works relating to the Gaon of Vilna. I: Gaon of Vilna’s commentary to Torath Kohanim (Sifra). ff. (10) II: Beraita De’rabbi Yishmael [on the 13 Divine Attributes and the 32 Attributes of Agada]. According to the version of the Gaon of Vilna. ff. (4). III: Kitzur Torath Kohanim [abridged version of the Sifra]. Attributed to the Gaon of Vilna. ff. (42). A shorter version than the present text was published together with the Adereth Eliyahu on the Pentateuch. WITH: ISRAEL OF SKLOW. (Author of Pe’ath Ha’shulchan). Autographed manuscript novellae and commentary in Hebrew on Tractate Pe’ah. ff. (11). Apparently unpublished

Of interest, in his bio-bibliographic work, Aliyoth Eliyahu, R. Joshua Levin lists the known works of the Gaon of Vilna. He cites R. Israel of Sklow in his Peoth Ha’shulchan-Hilchoth Ma’aser Sheni, paragraphs 13-14 where he states that he posessed a volume entitled “Kitzur Ve’hagahoth Sifra” - no doubt, the first and third parts of this manuscript. With autographed label of Jacob Landau, a descendant of the Gaon of Vilna, and collector of his manuscripts, tipped onto front free end paper