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Page 119a of tractate Bava Metsia with a penciled dedication in Hebrew
A volume of the tractates Bava Kama and Bava Metsia from the Babylonian Talmud printed in Lvov, Poland.
Following the establishment of the State of Israel, the Ministry of Religion brought religious books from Eastern Europe to Israel, some of which were then sold. Aaron Fier, who immigrated to Israel from Romania after the Holocaust, bought this book for his father in 1950. Aaron sent the book for rebinding and during the binding process, the margins of the pages were trimmed. His father, Yishayahu Fier, learned from this book for many years.
In later years Aaron discovered that on page 119a, at the end of the tractate Bava Metsia, there is a penciled dedication in Hebrew. It seems that the dedication was written during the period of the Holocaust by the original owner of the tractate, a Jew who learned with his brother. It is not possible to identify the writer or to date the inscription since the page margins were trimmed for binding.
… and each and every day I learned one page with all the commentaries and when I was hungry I learned less in order to … from eating and also today, the tenth day of the month of Elul, the week of the Torah reading of Ki Tavo, the money in my pocket is finished and I have nothing to eat… And may we merit to ascend the ladder to the house of God, till the Redeemer comes...
Aaron Fier gave the book to Yad Vashem at a collection day in Givatayim.