Manuscripts - Compositions and Notes on the Mesorah by Rabbi Shalom Shachne Yellin - Greatest Mesorah Expert of ...

Manuscripts - Compositions and Notes on the Mesorah by Rabbi Shalom Shachne Yellin - Greatest Mesorah Expert of Recent Generations
Large collection of manuscripts, composed of compositions and notes on the Mesorah (Mesorah of the Bible - spelling, vowels and te'amim), grammar and roots of words, segulot and cures, letter drafts and various inscriptions, in the handwriting of Rabbi Shalom Shachne Yellin - the greatest expert on the Mesorah of recent generations. [Lithuania and Jerusalem, 19th century].
Notes on "Mesorah Ketana" and "Mesorah Gedola" according to the order of the Five Books of the Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim, with many additions and corrections. [For example, on the margins of the Mesorah on Chapter 119 of Tehillim, Verse 47 is a long note]. Glosses of corrections of words, of "open and closed" parshiyot, of words written with and without the letters Vav and Yud, several large leave of a grammar composition, verbs and roots, etc.
Leaves with Torah novellae and homilies. Segulot, Kabbalistic incantations with Holy Names, cures, letter drafts, income from proofreading Torah scrolls and Megillot, results of proofreading [list of mistakes] of Torah scrolls and Megillot.
Rabbi Shalom Shachne Yellin (1790-1874), proofreader from Skidel in the Grodno region [father of Rabbi Aryeh Leib Yellin author of Yefe Einayim on the Talmud]. Disciple of Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin. Proficient in the wisdom of the Mesorah and proofreading, he knew variations and questionable versions of the Bible as can be discerned from his writings and from letters given him by the Maharil Diskin when appointing him emissary. He was a one of a kind expert in proofreading Torah scrolls and Bibles. He immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1858 with part of his family. Shortly afterward, he was sent by Jerusalem rabbis [Rabbi Yosef Zundel of Salant and his son-in-law Rabbi Shmuel of Salant, Rabbi Chaim Nissim Abulafia, and others] to Aleppo to copy the Mesorah from the Aleppo Codex - the proofread Keter of Ben Asher. In the beginning, he traveled to Aleppo with his young son R' Yehoshua in 1859 and they copied the Mesorah of the Nevi'im and of the Torah. Later, he was asked to copy the Mesorah of the Ketuvim but due to his advanced age, he could not travel so he sent his son-in-law Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Kimchi in his stead with a Bible he had proofread and with instructions. [See Tzefunot Chet V'Yud about him and this mission. Amudei Shesh Jerusalem 1891 Vol. 2 in the introduction. Avoteinu - Yellin Jerusalem 1966, pp. 359-362].
Various paper sheets gathered in an ancient binding made of leather-covered wood with a signed ownership inscription from Rabbi Yellin's youth: "Although our sages said that writing on a book is prohibited, but…. I, Shachne".
Approximately 140 written leaves, varied size. Most leaves are 22-22.5 cm. approximately 25 leaves are 18-36 cm. thick paper [characteristic of the first half of the 19th century]. Varied condition, good to poor. Wear and stains, light worming. Several leaves have heavy fungus damages. Leather and wooden binding, damaged.
These manuscripts are not yet known to contemporary Mesorah experts, and have not been printed.