Torah novellae handwritten by the rosh yeshiva of Knesset Yisrael in Slobodka, Rabbi Itzele of Ponovezh.
Novellae on the topics of divorce and marriage.
The gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Rabinowitz, known as Rabbi Itzele of Ponovezh, was born in Lithuania in 1854. He studied under Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, author of Beit HaLevi , and was his son, Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik’s study-partner. He was rosh yeshiva of Knesset Yisrael in Slobodka, and due to differences of opinion regarding mussar study, he left [he was among those opposed to the mussar movement]. In 1895 he was appointed rabbi of Ponovezh, and he taught a “kibbutz’ of scholarly young men. During WWI, he wandered, and when he returned to Ponovezh, there was an outbreak of Typhus. While he devoted himself to treating patients, he caught the disease and passed away on 20 Adar 1919. He paved a special way in Torah novellae, using chilukim [‘divisions’] and Torah novellae from him were studied in all the yeshivas in Lithuania. A few of his novellae were printed in Zecher Yitzchak and some of his lectures were printed in Chiddushei HaRYY”R .
To the best of our knowledge, these Torah novellae were not printed.
[1] leaf written on both sides. 20×13.
Fold marks, fine condition.