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Pamphlet in the holy handwriting of the wonder-worker, the holy Gaon Rabbi Yoel Tzvi Roth, Av Beit Din of Khust - ”And he was a sublime, holy, and pure tzaddik... and a man of wonders” (Kol HaKatuv LaChaim) An important pamphlet spanning eight large, folded leaves [over 11,000 words], containing profound analyses on Talmudic topics, in the holy handwriting of the wonder-worker, the holy Gaon Rabbi Yoel Tzvi Roth, Av Beit Din of Khust, author of She'elot u'Teshuvot Beit HaYotzer. [Hungary, 19th century]. These novellae were later printed in his sefer Beit HaYotzer – Sugyot, Simanim 6 and 18. Contents of the leaves: Leaf [A] Page [1] – “With G-d's help on the topic of ‘mei peirot’, Pesachim 35a and 36b” Leaf [A] Page [2] – “With G-d's help on the aforementioned topic” Leaf [B] Page [1] – “With G-d's help on the aforementioned topic” Leaf [B] Page [2] – “With G-d's help on the aforementioned topic” Leaf [C] Page [1] – “With G-d's help on the topic of exchange of items prohibited for benefit, Kiddushin 58a & b, 54b” Leaf [C] Page [2] – “With G-d's help on the aforementioned topic” Leaf [D] Page [1] – “With G-d's help on the topic of ‘tadir’” Leaf [D] Page [2] – “With G-d's help on the aforementioned topic” [8] written pages, on [4] double folded leaves. Each leaf measures 37X23 cm. Over [11,000] words in his holy handwriting. Autograph manuscript. Condition: Moderate–Good. Aging stains. Edge tears. The Holy Gaon Rabbi Yoel Tzvi Roth [1820–1893], among the great halachic authorities of Hungary. A foremost disciple of the Maharam Ash. He served as rabbi in several communities, most notably as Av Beit Din of Khust, succeeding the Maharam Schick. He educated hundreds of students at his prominent yeshiva in Khust. He authored the Beit HaYotzer, responsa and novellae. He frequently traveled to the great rebbes of Hungary and Galicia: Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum of Ujhel, Rabbi Shalom Rokeach of Belz, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Friedman of Liska. He also stood in the presence of the holy Divrei Chaim of Sanz, who drew him very close and lovingly called him “R’ Meir’l’s talmid.” He was shown extraordinary affection—even sharing a bowl of food with the Rebbe of Sanz. Rabbi Raphael Segal Zimetbaum, the personal attendant of the Divrei Chaim, wrote of him in Kol HaKatuv LaChaim: ”And he was a sublime, holy, and pure tzaddik, who sat most of the day wrapped in tallit and tefillin and learned. He frequently traveled to our Rebbe, who cherished him greatly, and he was a man of wonders.” Among his illustrious disciples were the holy Rebbe Ba’er Menachem of Kalov, and his brother-in-law the holy Rebbe Elimelech, the Sabba Kadisha of Tosh. His gravestone bears the inscription: ”Here lies our master, teacher, and rabbi, the famous righteous gaon, exalted in silence and praise, our teacher Rabbi Yoel Tzvi son of Rabbi Shimon z”l, who served as Av Beit Din in several communities, and in his final years Av Beit Din and Rosh Yeshiva in our community. His soul departed in sanctity and purity.”