Collection of eulogies for Lithuanian Torah leaders including gedolei u’manhigei hador : The author of Beit HaLevi , Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, Rabbi Yisrael Salanter, the Netzi”v of Volozhin, Mahari”l Diskin and more, handwritten by the gaon Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Broide, av beit din of Zhager.
Including words of praise about the deceased, some of what they had said, and stories about them.
Content of the eulogies as they were recorded in the titles by the author:
Eulogy upon the passing of the rabbi, the pious gaon R’ Yisrael Salanter in 1883 (תגמ”ר) Nemoksht (8 pp). He heard the content on the final page from Rabbi Yisrael Salanter himself.
Eulogy upon the passing of R’ Yosef Dov, the rabbi of Brisk, 1892 Shvekshna.
Eulogy upon the passing of the Netzi”v of Volozhin and the gaon Rabbi Yehoshua of Kutna-Manchester, 1893.
Mourning of an individual and bitter eulogy upon the passing of the gaon, the light of the Diaspora, R’ Yitzchak Elchanan of Kovno.
Eulogy upon the passing of the great gaon, rabbi of the entire Diaspora, R’ Yehoshua Leib, ztzkllh”h of Jerusalem, Shvekshna.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the gaon Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Broide .
The manuscript was passed along to his nephew, Rabbi Gedalyahu Silverstone, av beit din of Washington and author of many sefarim . The latter also wrote a few eulogies on the manuscript and abbreviated derashot and a list of eulogies he delivered. A eulogy he gave for Rabbi Eliezer Gordon of Telz appears at the beginning of the manuscript.
[56] leaves handwritten by the gaon Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Broide. Various sizes, 17-19 cm.
[17] leaves handwritten by Rabbi Gedaliah Silverstone.”
Leaf [11] of the manuscript bears the author, Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Broide’s stamp.
Fine condition. Minimal stains. Two torn leaves without lack, several leaves bound upside-down. Simple binding.