Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Or HaGalil – Copy of Baba Meir – Dedication from the Hidden Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Waltuch
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Or HaGalil, Part III, biography of the disciples of the Baal Shem Tov and their disciples who are buried in the Galil, by R. Yaakov Shalom Gafner. Jerusalem, 1976.
On the endpaper, dedication handwritten and signed by the hidden kabbalist R. Yosef Waltuch, who gave the book as a gift "To the wise and prominent rabbi and kabbalist, R. Meir Abuchatzeira… from me, Yosef Waltuch".
R. Meir Abuchatzeira – known as "Baba Meir" (1917-1983), son of R. Yisrael "Baba Sali". A holy kabbalist and outstanding Torah scholar, he served as rabbi in Midelt, Morocco (town near Meknes), yet spent most his life worshipping G-d in holiness and purity, hardly stepping out his home, to the extent his illustrious father humbly stated that R. Meir was greater than him. He immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Ashdod. Torah scholars, rabbis and yeshiva deans flocked to his home in Ashdod to benefit from his wise counsel and be inspired in their worship of G-d. His sons are the famous rabbis of the Abuchatzeira family: R. Elazar in Be'er Sheva (Baba Elazar), R. David in Nahariya, R. Yekutiel and R. Refael.
The writer of the dedication, R. Yosef Waltuch (1921-1983), was descendant of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov. He was close to leading kabbalists, such as Baba Sali and his son Baba Meir. He was known as "the street-cleaner" (since for a long period he earned a living cleaning the streets of Tel Aviv), and belonged to a group of hidden Tzaddikim in Tel Aviv who earned a living from manual labor while secretly gathering together to study kabbalah: R. Moshe Yaakov Rabikov ("the shoemaker"), the hidden Tzaddik R. Hillel Simchon, R. Avraham Fish ("the floorer"), R. Ezra Eliyahu HaKohen (father of "the milkman", R. Chaim Kohen), and R. Yehuda Leon Patilon ("the painter"). R. Yosef Waltuch often travelled to holy sites in the Galilee and around the country, and wondrous stories about him circulated. Some of them were recorded in HaTzaddik HaPil'i (two volumes, by Mordechai Almaz, Jerusalem, 2013), in Od Yosef Chai (Jerusalem, 1986), Tzaddikim Nistarim BaDor HaAcharon (Jerusalem, 2011). He was famous for his trademark blessing which he frequently bestowed upon one and all: "All salvations!!".
[5], 6-304 pages. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original binding.
On the endpaper, dedication handwritten and signed by the hidden kabbalist R. Yosef Waltuch, who gave the book as a gift "To the wise and prominent rabbi and kabbalist, R. Meir Abuchatzeira… from me, Yosef Waltuch".
R. Meir Abuchatzeira – known as "Baba Meir" (1917-1983), son of R. Yisrael "Baba Sali". A holy kabbalist and outstanding Torah scholar, he served as rabbi in Midelt, Morocco (town near Meknes), yet spent most his life worshipping G-d in holiness and purity, hardly stepping out his home, to the extent his illustrious father humbly stated that R. Meir was greater than him. He immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Ashdod. Torah scholars, rabbis and yeshiva deans flocked to his home in Ashdod to benefit from his wise counsel and be inspired in their worship of G-d. His sons are the famous rabbis of the Abuchatzeira family: R. Elazar in Be'er Sheva (Baba Elazar), R. David in Nahariya, R. Yekutiel and R. Refael.
The writer of the dedication, R. Yosef Waltuch (1921-1983), was descendant of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov. He was close to leading kabbalists, such as Baba Sali and his son Baba Meir. He was known as "the street-cleaner" (since for a long period he earned a living cleaning the streets of Tel Aviv), and belonged to a group of hidden Tzaddikim in Tel Aviv who earned a living from manual labor while secretly gathering together to study kabbalah: R. Moshe Yaakov Rabikov ("the shoemaker"), the hidden Tzaddik R. Hillel Simchon, R. Avraham Fish ("the floorer"), R. Ezra Eliyahu HaKohen (father of "the milkman", R. Chaim Kohen), and R. Yehuda Leon Patilon ("the painter"). R. Yosef Waltuch often travelled to holy sites in the Galilee and around the country, and wondrous stories about him circulated. Some of them were recorded in HaTzaddik HaPil'i (two volumes, by Mordechai Almaz, Jerusalem, 2013), in Od Yosef Chai (Jerusalem, 1986), Tzaddikim Nistarim BaDor HaAcharon (Jerusalem, 2011). He was famous for his trademark blessing which he frequently bestowed upon one and all: "All salvations!!".
[5], 6-304 pages. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original binding.
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