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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Micha's response<br><br>
The Gra didn't write Ayil MeShulash, he pushed R' Barukh Shklover to
do<br>
it. The book was finally completed by R' Menachem Man (R'
Barukh's<br><br>
son) and R' Simchah Ziml (grandson). C.f. this 1833 edition title
page<br>
<<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=LeVDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT4#v=onepage" eudora="autourl">
http://books.google.com/books?id=LeVDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT4#v=onepage</a>
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<<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=LeVDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT4" eudora="autourl">
http://books.google.com/books?id=LeVDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT4</a>> >. I
know later<br>
editions attribute it to the Gra, but that's simply incorrect.<br>
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"When I was in the illustrious city of Vilna in the presence of the
Rav, the light, the great Gaon, my master and teacher, the light of the
eyes of the exile, the renowned pious one (may Hashem protect and save
him) Rav Eliyahu, in the month of Teves 5538 [January 1778], I heard from
his holy mouth that according to what a person is lacking in knowledge of
the 'other wisdoms,' correspondingly he will be lacking one hundred
portions in the wisdom of the Torah, because the Torah and the 'other
wisdoms' are inextricably linked together ..."<br><br>
From the Introduction to the Hebrew translation of Euclid's book on
geometry, Sefer Uklidos [The Hague, 1780] by R. Barukh Schick of
Shklov. <br><br>
R. Barukh Schick of Shklov translated Euclid's book on geometry, he
did not write Ayil Meshulash. YL</font></body>
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