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Manuscript, Sermon before Kol Nidrei by the Yismach Moshe – Glosses Handwritten by the Yitav Lev of Sighet, His Grandson and Disciple – Glosses Handwritten by the Editor, Rebbe Moshe David Teitelbaum Rabbi of Laposch. - Manuscript, Derasha Yom Kippur before Kol Nidrei & Likutim, by Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum Rabbi of Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely) – author of Yismach Moshe. Written by scribes, with glosses and editorial transition sentences handwritten by his grandson and disciple Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum Rabbi of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) – the Yitav Lev. [Gorlice/Sighet, ca. 1848-1861]. With glosses by the grandson and disciple of the Yitav Lev, Rebbe Moshe David Teitelbaum Rabbi of Laposch [Târgu Lăpuș, first decade of 1900s]. The contents of this manuscript were published in the Yismach Moshe series. The leaf of this manuscript was in the possession of the Yitav Lev and his grandson and disciple Rebbe Moshe David Teitelbaum . Both edited portions of this manuscript and printed them in the Yismach Moshe which they published. This leaf therefore contains their handwritten glosses and notes. Throughout his life, the Yismach Moshe composed novellae on all parts of the Torah – Halachah, Aggadah, Derush and Chassidut. He wrote these novellae sporadically, on pieces of paper, rather than in an organized fashion. After his passing, his writings passed to the Yitav Lev, his grandson and disciple, who had a scribe copy them methodically. After the writings were copied, the Yitav Lev began editing and arranging the novellae by topic. While editing, he added glosses, introductory and transitional sentences, and many references. From these writings, the Yitav Lev printed the Yismach Moshe series on the Torah portions, between 1849-1861. In time, when the Yitav Lev became busy with his rabbinical position, his yeshiva and Torah dissemination to his many disciples, he handed over the rest of the writings to his son-in-law, R. Yisrael Yaakov Yukel Teitelbaum Rabbi of Gorlitz and to his grandson R. Moshe David Teitelbaum Rabbi of Laposch, for them to edit and arrange other works of the Yismach Moshe for print. R. Yisrael Yaakov Yukel Teitelbaum of Gorlitz edited Responsa Heshiv Moshe (Lviv, 1866). R. Moshe David Teitelbaum of Laposch edited Tefillah LeMoshe on Tehillim (Cracow, 1880), and in 1906 and 1908, he edited and published two new volumes of Yismach Moshe, comprising ten smaller works on Neviim, Ketuvim, Megillot, Aggadot and more. An Account of the Yismach Moshe's Drashot Rebbe Moshe David Teitelbaum Rabbi of Laposch, editor and publisher of the high holiday sermons of the Yismach Moshe (from the present leaves), describes the sermons of the YIsmach Moshe during those days: ”When the Days of Repentance began, from Elul until after Sukkot, his main work was to inspire the people to repent… Every single Shabbat of the month of Elul, the first day of Selichot, both days of Rosh Hashanah, Shabbat Shuvah, and the day of recital of the Attributes of Mercy, on Erev Yom Kippur before Kol Nidrei, and before Neilah, and on Hoshana Rabba… his entire goal in these many sermons was just to instruct the people on the ways of G-d and the actions to perform… Unimaginable was his great might and force when he opened his holy mouth to admonish with his pleasant guidance originating from a faithful place, a holy and pure heart… His fiery words burst into sparks and pierced the innards of the thousands of listeners, whose heart melted like water… And he listed the sins people would commit, and to what extent they tarnish one's soul and root in the heights of heaven. ”Fear and trembling beset them when they saw the great terror of such a holy man. Each one reckoned with his Maker, 'if the cedars are on fire, what of the moss', such a lowly person as I?... If they were stone, they dissolved from his groaning, crying and emotion… And rivers of tears emerged from his eyes when he mourned over the destruction of the Temple and the people of G-d scattered and separated among the nations… Tears emerged like streams upon the cheeks of the listeners, the pillars of the synagogue crumbled, the walls of the house of study trembled from his lion-like roars: ”Till when will You not have mercy on Judah? Till when will there be crying in Zion and mourning in Jerusalem? [A small part of the quality of his sermons you may see in Yismach Moshe… and in this work in Tochachat Chaim]. And 'Moshe would speak and G-d would respond with thunder', ever increasing… He never burped or yawned… or needed to wipe his nose or the like, as is usually the case for people crying. Although he was advanced in age and his sermon would extend for hours, he never tired or wavered…”Once he said that anyone who listens to his sermon should trust in G-d that his soul would not be abandoned to hell… ”There was no man, woman or child whose heart was not torn into a thousand pieces, repenting and regretting with their entire heart, soul and might,