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Manuscript of a Complete Torah Work in the Handwriting of Rabbi Gershon Coblentz of Metz, Author of Shu”t Kiryas Chana – 1717–1746

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Manuscript of a Complete Torah Work in the Handwriting of Rabbi Gershon Coblentz of Metz, Author of Shu”t 
Kiryas Chana – 1717–1746

Newly discovered 300-page manuscript of elucidations on the Torah arranged according to the order of the weekly parshiyos, and drashos, in the handwriting of the gaon Rabbi Gershon Coblentz of Metz, one of the greatest dayanim of Metz during the era of Gedolei Yisrael such as the Shvus Yaakov, the Pnei Yehoshua, and Rabbi Yehonasan Eibischitz.

Until now, the existence of this work was known only from the account of his son, Rabbi Yaakov, in his introduction to Kiryas Chana, and we have now merited to bring it to light!

The handwriting is identical to his manuscript on Shulchan Aruch that has appeared in print in recent times.

Aside from the Torah chiddushim, interwoven between the parshiyos are twenty-eight drashos and hespedim that Rabbi Gershon delivered in Metz, Hanau, and Mannheim between 1717 and 1746.

Among them are a hesped from 1733 for his Rebbi, the Shvus Yaakov (124b); a hesped for Rabbi Feivish Amrich, one of the sages of Metz and a disciple of the Avodas HaGershuni (mentioned in Kreisi U’Pleisi at the end of siman 54); a drasha for the bar mitzvah of his son Rabbi Yaakov, who published his father’s Shu”t Kiryas Chana (146b); and a drasha in honor of the Hachnosas Sefer Torah for “my close relative, Meir Coblentz, in the year 1722” (96a), and more.

(A list of drashos is attached.)

Rabbi Gershon Coblentz (approx. 1697–1747), author of Shu”t Kiryas Chana, served for many years as senior dayan in the community of Metz. He was the primary disciple of the gaon Rabbi Yaakov Reischer, author of Shvus Yaakov, and corresponded with him extensively, as printed in Shu”t Shvus Yaakov. (See, for example, part I, siman 12: “One of my yeshiva students, the outstanding and illustrious Rabbi Gershon Coblentz.”)


He also mentions his Rav, the Shvus Yaakov, in the present manuscript and cites teachings in his name, as on leaf 122b: “And I heard from the mouth of my teacher, the gaon Mahar”i Reischer.” He likewise studied under the gaon, author of Ir Binyamin, a detail that is only now revealed from the present manuscript (see leaf 152a–b).

In his teshuvos, he corresponded with the Knesses Yechezkel and Pnei Yehoshua. His printed works are Shu”t Kiryas Chana; chiddushim on Shulchan Aruch were published in the journals Kerem Shlomo and Moriah, and later in Tur HaMaor and the Shulchan Aruch edition of Machon Yerushalayim.

Metz, 1717–1746. Page Count: 157 leaves, approx. 300 written pages.
Size: 15 x 20 cm.

Unpublished autograph manuscript, entirely handwritten by the author, with deletions and additions. It also includes commentary on the megillos, the Haggadah, Nach, and chiddushim on the aggados of Shas.

Bound at the beginning of the volume are three leaves that are not part of the work, but rather an agreement written between two partners from 1733, together with commercial records.
Condition: Good. Original vellum binding, worn.

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Manuscript of a Complete Torah Work in the Handwriting of Rabbi Gershon Coblentz of Metz, Author of Shu”t Kiryas Chana – 1717–1746

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Manuscript of a Complete Torah Work in the Handwriting of Rabbi Gershon Coblentz of Metz, Author of Shu”t 
Kiryas Chana – 1717–1746

Newly discovered 300-page manuscript of elucidations on the Torah arranged according to the order of the weekly parshiyos, and drashos, in the handwriting of the gaon Rabbi Gershon Coblentz of Metz, one of the greatest dayanim of Metz during the era of Gedolei Yisrael such as the Shvus Yaakov, the Pnei Yehoshua, and Rabbi Yehonasan Eibischitz.

Until now, the existence of this work was known only from the account of his son, Rabbi Yaakov, in his introduction to Kiryas Chana, and we have now merited to bring it to light!

The handwriting is identical to his manuscript on Shulchan Aruch that has appeared in print in recent times.

Aside from the Torah chiddushim, interwoven between the parshiyos are twenty-eight drashos and hespedim that Rabbi Gershon delivered in Metz, Hanau, and Mannheim between 1717 and 1746.

Among them are a hesped from 1733 for his Rebbi, the Shvus Yaakov (124b); a hesped for Rabbi Feivish Amrich, one of the sages of Metz and a disciple of the Avodas HaGershuni (mentioned in Kreisi U’Pleisi at the end of siman 54); a drasha for the bar mitzvah of his son Rabbi Yaakov, who published his father’s Shu”t Kiryas Chana (146b); and a drasha in honor of the Hachnosas Sefer Torah for “my close relative, Meir Coblentz, in the year 1722” (96a), and more.

(A list of drashos is attached.)

Rabbi Gershon Coblentz (approx. 1697–1747), author of Shu”t Kiryas Chana, served for many years as senior dayan in the community of Metz. He was the primary disciple of the gaon Rabbi Yaakov Reischer, author of Shvus Yaakov, and corresponded with him extensively, as printed in Shu”t Shvus Yaakov. (See, for example, part I, siman 12: “One of my yeshiva students, the outstanding and illustrious Rabbi Gershon Coblentz.”)


He also mentions his Rav, the Shvus Yaakov, in the present manuscript and cites teachings in his name, as on leaf 122b: “And I heard from the mouth of my teacher, the gaon Mahar”i Reischer.” He likewise studied under the gaon, author of Ir Binyamin, a detail that is only now revealed from the present manuscript (see leaf 152a–b).

In his teshuvos, he corresponded with the Knesses Yechezkel and Pnei Yehoshua. His printed works are Shu”t Kiryas Chana; chiddushim on Shulchan Aruch were published in the journals Kerem Shlomo and Moriah, and later in Tur HaMaor and the Shulchan Aruch edition of Machon Yerushalayim.

Metz, 1717–1746. Page Count: 157 leaves, approx. 300 written pages.
Size: 15 x 20 cm.

Unpublished autograph manuscript, entirely handwritten by the author, with deletions and additions. It also includes commentary on the megillos, the Haggadah, Nach, and chiddushim on the aggados of Shas.

Bound at the beginning of the volume are three leaves that are not part of the work, but rather an agreement written between two partners from 1733, together with commercial records.
Condition: Good. Original vellum binding, worn.

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Manuscript of a Complete Torah Work in the Handwriting of Rabbi Gershon Coblentz of Metz, Author of Shu”t 
Kiryas Chana – 1717–1746

Newly discovered 300-page manuscript of elucidations on the Torah arranged according to the order of the weekly parshiyos, and drashos, in the handwriting of the gaon Rabbi Gershon Coblentz of Metz, one of the greatest dayanim of Metz during the era of Gedolei Yisrael such as the Shvus Yaakov, the Pnei Yehoshua, and Rabbi Yehonasan Eibischitz.

Until now, the existence of this work was known only from the account of his son, Rabbi Yaakov, in his introduction to Kiryas Chana, and we have now merited to bring it to light!

The handwriting is identical to his manuscript on Shulchan Aruch that has appeared in print in recent times.

Aside from the Torah chiddushim, interwoven between the parshiyos are twenty-eight drashos and hespedim that Rabbi Gershon delivered in Metz, Hanau, and Mannheim between 1717 and 1746.

Among them are a hesped from 1733 for his Rebbi, the Shvus Yaakov (124b); a hesped for Rabbi Feivish Amrich, one of the sages of Metz and a disciple of the Avodas HaGershuni (mentioned in Kreisi U’Pleisi at the end of siman 54); a drasha for the bar mitzvah of his son Rabbi Yaakov, who published his father’s Shu”t Kiryas Chana (146b); and a drasha in honor of the Hachnosas Sefer Torah for “my close relative, Meir Coblentz, in the year 1722” (96a), and more.

(A list of drashos is attached.)

Rabbi Gershon Coblentz (approx. 1697–1747), author of Shu”t Kiryas Chana, served for many years as senior dayan in the community of Metz. He was the primary disciple of the gaon Rabbi Yaakov Reischer, author of Shvus Yaakov, and corresponded with him extensively, as printed in Shu”t Shvus Yaakov. (See, for example, part I, siman 12: “One of my yeshiva students, the outstanding and illustrious Rabbi Gershon Coblentz.”)


He also mentions his Rav, the Shvus Yaakov, in the present manuscript and cites teachings in his name, as on leaf 122b: “And I heard from the mouth of my teacher, the gaon Mahar”i Reischer.” He likewise studied under the gaon, author of Ir Binyamin, a detail that is only now revealed from the present manuscript (see leaf 152a–b).

In his teshuvos, he corresponded with the Knesses Yechezkel and Pnei Yehoshua. His printed works are Shu”t Kiryas Chana; chiddushim on Shulchan Aruch were published in the journals Kerem Shlomo and Moriah, and later in Tur HaMaor and the Shulchan Aruch edition of Machon Yerushalayim.

Metz, 1717–1746. Page Count: 157 leaves, approx. 300 written pages.
Size: 15 x 20 cm.

Unpublished autograph manuscript, entirely handwritten by the author, with deletions and additions. It also includes commentary on the megillos, the Haggadah, Nach, and chiddushim on the aggados of Shas.

Bound at the beginning of the volume are three leaves that are not part of the work, but rather an agreement written between two partners from 1733, together with commercial records.
Condition: Good. Original vellum binding, worn.