[2] large pages in the hand of the gaon Rabbi Moshe Schick – Mahra”m Schick. The novellae are on Tractate Nedarim; it is unknown whether they were printed in Chiddushei Mahara”m Schick .
Among the novellae on this leaf, the Mahara”m Schick discusses one who is praying for a patient who is at his side, as to whether the person who is praying has to mention the patient’s name. He cites proof from Moshe who prayed for his sister Miriam in her presence and did not mention her name, only “Please, Hashem, please heal her” [“א-ל נא רפא נא לה”]. The Mahara”m Schick adds that not only is there no need to mention the patient’s name in his presence, but it may even cause damage and ruin the prayer.
Aside from the deep novellae, there is segulah value as well to these Torah novellae before us, with the phrases “א-ל נא רפא נא לה” and “מבקש עליו רחמים שיחיה” and other words of healing in the very hand of one of the giants of the Later Authorities.
Rabbi Moshe Schick – Mahara”m Schick (1807-1879) was the Av Beit Din of Yergen and Chust and the rosh yeshivah there. He was the most prominent disciple of the Chatam Sofer, who referred to him as “My bookcase.” At the age of 20, he married Gittel, cousin of the naggid Peretz Frankel, and moved to Helitsh. In 1837, when he was just 29 years old, Rabbi Schick was appointed rabbi of Yergen, near Pressburg, with the recommendation of the Chatam Sofer. After his passing, he was eulogized “From Moshe (the Chatam Sofer) to Moshe (the Mahara”m Schick), no one arose like Moshe.” His books include responsa and novellae that maintain one of the most glorious positions in Torah literature of all time.
[2] pp. 19×23 cm.
Fine condition. Aging stains. Tiny perforation. Faded writing at the margins and slight damage to the margins.