"Ask for mercy" – A printed request to pray for the good health of Rabbi "Gedalia Moshe ben Gittel" the Rebbe of Zvhil. [Jerusalem, c. 1949].
This leaf was sent to the Chazon Ish that he should ardently beseech G-d for his cure and on both sides of the leaf are more names to pray for, written in the handwriting of the Chazon Ish.
Rebbe Gedalia Moshe Goldman (1887-1949), son of Rebbe Shlomo of Zvhil and son-in-law of Rebbe David Shlomo of Kobryn, an outstanding Torah genius and a great tzaddik, served in the rabbinate of Kobryn and Zvhil. Was exiled to Siberia by the Soviet government for seven backbreaking years (1929-1936). Afterward, he ascended to Jerusalem where his great father had already settled. In 1945, was annointed Rebbe instead of his father. Died in 1949 and is buried in the Sheikh-Badr cemetery. His grave is distinguished as a place for prayer and salvation to which many people stream until this day. The custom is to pray at his grave three consecutive times, Monday, Thursday and Monday.
18.5X14.5 cm. Good-fair condition, stains and creases.