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<P><SPAN class=176340002-03022011><FONT size=2>I don't see any evidence for what
Micha is saying at all. If you look at the shaar blatt it says that the
manuscript was found "b'amtachat kitvei Hagaon Hachasid ....... Elyahu M'vilna
...."and that those brining it to print divided it into sections, added mareh
mekomos etc. They are clearly identifying it as the Gra's work. Perhaps
there is no corroboration for it and it is impossible to know how much they may
have altered content as part of the preparation for print. But in any event the
Gra's authorship was attributed from the first printing. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><FONT size=2>On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 06:39:15AM -0500, Prof. Levine
wrote:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>> Question: If this indeed the case, namely, that "from
plumbing the </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>> depths of the Torah he can know all the wisdom of the
world," then </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>> why is there no mention in the GRA's sefer Aiyel Meshulash
of Torah </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>> sources for the mathematics he presents? YL</FONT></P>
<P><SPAN class=176340002-03022011><FONT face=Arial size=2>Micha's
response</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><FONT size=2>The Gra didn't write Ayil MeShulash, he pushed R' Barukh
Shklover to do it. The book was finally completed by R' Menachem Man (R'
Barukh's</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>son) and R' Simchah Ziml (grandson). C.f. this 1833 edition
title page <</FONT></SPAN><A
href="http://books.google.com/books?id=LeVDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT4"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=EN><FONT
size=2>http://books.google.com/books?id=LeVDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT4#v=onepage</FONT></U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=EN><FONT size=2>>. I know later editions attribute it to the Gra, but
that's simply incorrect.</FONT></P></SPAN></BODY></HTML>