Beth Eliyakim [commentary to the prayers]

MILZHAGI, ELIYAKIM GETZEL BEN JUDAH LEIB.

Poland

19th century

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a cursive Aschkenazic hand on paper; comprised of a number of booklets bound into one volume.

AN UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH COMMENTARY TO THE SIDDUR. Comprised of two parts: Beth Eliyakim and Kethav Eliyakim, focusing upon both the meaning of the prayers and their sources. Includes many interesting citations from R. Dovid Leikes, a follower of the Baal Shem Tov. Both the father and grandfather of the Kabbalist R. Eliyakim Getzel Milzhagi (1780-1854) served as rabbis of Luber, near Berditchev, yet poverty prevented the publication of the several dozen texts he composed. Known as Ra’avyah, R. Eliyakim was study partner of R. Ephraim Zalman Margoliouth. See M. Wunder, Chachmei Galicia, Vol. III pp. 833-4).