Lot 147
Entrance Permit to British Prison - For Rabbi Aryeh Levine "Father of Prisoners"
Permit to visit Jerusalem lock-up, entrance permit for Shabbat and Chagim, for Rabbi Aryeh Levine, to the [British] prison in Jerusalem, for visiting Jewish prisoners held there. Typewritten and signed by British officer. Jerusalem 1944. On reverse side of leaf, Rabbi Aryeh Levine wrote: "Official permit for visiting the prison on Shabbat and Chagim".
Rabbi Aryeh Levine (1885-1969) the famous "Tzaddik of Jerusalem", incredible man of chessed, merited the name "father of prisoners" because during the British Mandate he used to walk every Shabbat to visit the prisoners in the British prisons to lift their spirits. He was especially renowned for his consoling visits to the underground prisoners and those doomed for hanging. Leaf 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear to margins and folding marks from much use, tears restored with tape, file holes.
