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Controversy between the Chassidim and the Mitnagdim: Complete Work Handwritten by the Alfei Menasheh, a Close Disciple of the Gr”a. Not Printed - ”Among the disciples of the Vilna Gaon, two personalities stood out: Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin and Rabbi Menashe of Ilya”   (The Gri”z of Brisk) Manuscript, ”Sefer V'Adaber Shalom” handwritten by the gaon Rabbi Menasheh of Ilya himself, author of Alfei Menasheh , one of the leading disciples of the Gr”a. [Smorgon or Ilya, a suburb of Vilna], 1829 [chronogram ”ואדבר שלום לפרט”]. Author's autograph. Never printed. On the first page of the manuscript, the sacred gaon Rabbi Menasheh of Ilya writes about the goal of this work, to bring peace, as follows: ”Sefer V'Adaber Shalom - the name says it all, as everyone knows the purpose of peace in the world. All that is missing and all the damage in the world is caused by dispute ... the perfect goal of goodness is just to join all the hearts in the world. When they unite, even those who do not speak will feel it, as it says, ”A wolf will dwell with ...” that is, it is as if He is standing and waiting for the awakening from below, that they do whatever they can ...” Later on, he writes of his intention to print this work. This plan was not realized, and the work has never been printed. This manuscript is the gaon Rabbi Menasheh of Ilya's second attempt to bring peace between the Mitnagdim and the Chassidim. His earlier attempt was about twelve years previously, in 1807, when he published his sefer, Pesher Davar  (refer to the attached photocopy), which also deals with bringing about peace. However, publication of this sefer  triggered anger and rage among those who affiliated with the Gr”a's disciples, despite the fact that Rabbi Menasheh did not mention in Pesher Davar , nor in this work, that his intent was regarding the dispute between the Chassidim and Mitnagdim; his intention was still well understood, and it aroused their fury. Therefore they condemned the sefer to be burned and set most of the copies on fire. If Rabbi Menasheh of Ilya's plan had come to fruition, the leading disciples of the Vilna Gaon and the disciples of the Ba'al HaTanya, the Admo”rim and their followers would have gathered from all over Europe for a meeting in one town in Lithuania and discussed the question of how to bring the dispute about Chassidut to an end. However, what actually happened deeply disappointed Rabbi Menasheh. His sefarim were burned and he, the gaon and tzaddik, was expelled in disgrace from his hometown and forced to take on a teaching job to support himself. This important manuscript demonstrates that the fire of peace continued burning in Rabbi Menasheh of Ilya's heart. Twelve years after his first  sefer  was ordered to be burned, he attempted to publish a new version. Some years had passed, and perhaps the sefer  would be accepted, and it would not again be declared that it must be burned. The gaon's chilling words at the beginning of this manuscript: ”I will now print one leaf on one piece of fabric as an example, and when my words are accepted by leaders and masses, I will not withhold goodness from them ...” But it was too late, and just a short while after writing this work, Rabbi Menasheh passed away full of sorrow and pain. Perhaps only in our times, when the reverberations of the dispute have dissipated, will the gaon Rabbi Menasheh of Ilya see the fruits of his toil be published. Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the gaon Rabbi Menasheh of Ilya . It is worth quoting the famous saying here in the name of Rabbi Menasheh about the Mitnagdim and the Chassidim: ”Both the Chassid and the Mitnaged are subject to flogging, the one for thinking: Why would I need a sefer ? After all, I have a rebbe! And the other for thinking: Why would I need a rebbe? After all, I have a sefer ! This penmanship was compared and found to be identical to Rabbi Menasheh's penmanship in his critiques at the top of the ”Et Sofer” manuscript by the Rada”k, Vilna 1827, upon which there is written testimony that it is a manuscript by ”The gaon Rabbi Menasheh of Ilya, here in Viazin.” This manuscript is mentioned in a letter from 1880, sent from Königsberg to Shmuel Yosef Finn in Vilna, with an offer to purchase it. Inter alia, the writer confirms that the handwriting is identical to signed letters by Rabbi Menasheh of Ilya (refer to a copy of the above-mentioned letter in Rabbi Dovid Kamenetzky's article, Yeshurun 20, pp. 800-801). On the last page of the manuscript there is a note by Rabbi Menasheh of Ilya's disciple : ”I have given you these precious words - all beginnings are difficult, etc., sources in the Michilta ... Sunday 13 Nissan 1862, his disciple at the dust of his feet ...  Nattan Nota Tohar Lev (=Reinhartz).” [5] written pages. 21 cm. Fine condition. Stains. Several tears (slight blemish in the text in one place). New binding.