Bundle of writings – novellae on Talmudic topics handwritten by the gaon and Chassid Rabbi Yitzchak Frankel, author of “VaYeater Yitzchak.”
Identifying the writer: at the tops of several of the leaves is the title “VaYeater Yitzchak, ” precisely the title of his comments on his father’s book, Ateret Eliyahu (Jerusalem, 1913). In the body of the novellae, he writes: ‘In the book Zot Zikaron by the gaon Mohar”i of Lublin ztz”l, he cites the book א”א by my father in the portion Beha’alotcha, ‘ and indeed these words are found in his father’s book Avnei Eliyahu (Munkacs 1889), in the portion Beha’alotcha.
The gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Frankel of Chust was a son of the gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Frankel Av Beit Din of Levelek, author of Ateret Eliyahu , Orot Elim and Avnei Eliyahu [primary disciple of Rabbi Tz. H. of Liska], son-in-law of the gaon and tzaddik Rabbi Moshe Shimon Roth, Av Beit Din of Droye. He was raised by his father, father-in-law, and grandfather, the gaon and tzaddik Rabbi Yoel Tzvi Roth of Chust. He assisted the latter in the rabbinate and published his responsa, Beit HaYotzer , and also wrote a preface for them. He ascended to Jerusalem in 1900 and served as a dayan in Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld’s rabbinical court. He delivered lectures in the Ohel Moshe yeshivah founded by Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin and the rosh kollel of Munkacs. [Refer to the Darkei Teshuvah’s approbation to Aderet Eliyahu .] He passed away in Jerusalem in 1931. He published his father’s works: Avnei Eliyahu , Orot Elim and Aderet Eliyahu with his own glosses – entitled “VaYeater Yitzchak.”
[27] leaves. Large notebook 21×28 cm. Bound in a worn binding with [4] leaves written and the rest left blank, together with another 23 leaves.