Talmudic Novellae By Rabbis of Prague. Arranged according to the Festivals. Includes Teachings of R. Yehudah Loewy (Mahara’l), R. Avraham Broda, R. Yonassan Eybeschuetz and others.

(PRAGUE).

Prague

c. 1780

Hebrew Manuscript in various hand. Contents: * ‘For Passover’ (ff. 1). * ‘For Rosh HaShana’ (ff. 3). * ‘For Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur’ (ff. 2). * ‘For Rosh HaShana and Sukkoth by R. Loewy A.B.D of Prague (Mahara’l) (ff. 1). * ‘For Rosh HaShana by R. Yonoson (Eybeschuetz)’ (ff. 1.5). * ‘For Sukkoth by a Certain Sage (Gaon Echad)’ (ff. 1). * ‘For Sukkoth by R. Avraham Broda’ (ff. 1). * ‘Novellae to Berachoth, Heard Directly from A.B.D. Prague (R. Yechezkel Landau?)’ (ff. 1). * ‘Novellae to Kiddushin (Mekadesh BeMilveh), Heard Directly from A.B.D. Prague (R. Yechezkel Landau?)’ (ff. 4). * ‘For Weddings by a Certain Sage (Gaon Echad)’ (ff. 1).

Despite the advent of printing three hundred years prior, its prohibitive cost in time and money meant that many scholars maintained the traditional form of recording lectures and lessons - by hand. These notes would be shared between a handful of elite students, or kept in the possession of a communal leader.