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MENASHE BEN YOSEPH BEN PORATH OF ILYA. Alphei Menashe [philosophy and novellae on the Talmud]. FIRST EDITION. ff. (2), 92. Soiled in places, lower portion of f. 19 worn affecting a few letters. Modern boards. Sm. 8vo. Vinograd, Vilna 162. Vilna, The Partners, 1822. In this work R. Menashe cites the Vilna Gaon a number of times. See especially f. 38b: “I heard from the holy mouth of the Gaon…if not for him, Torah would have been long forgotten from Israel…Even with his great sharpness and erudition he [the Gaon] paid attention to even the simplest of matters, seeking to provide explanations of the greatest clarity.”