Lot of notebooks from the Gaon Rabbi Meir Schwatz of Podhitz. Jerusalem, 1940s

Lot of notebooks from the Gaon Rabbi Meir Schwatz of Podhitz. Jerusalem, 1940s
1. Sefer Mesaper HaKidmi—Jerusalem 1944.

2. Ramaz, chiddushim on the Torah. Jerusalem 1940.

3. Nefesh Chaya, “with a will that I edited for my children and students”. Jerusalem 1940.

4. Matok MiDvash on the Torah, Jerusalem 1941.

5. Gematryot Parparot LeChochma, Jerusalem 1941.

6. Chotem Emet. Jerusalem 1947.

Notes in some, various defects, inside a worn cardboard box for preservation. Overall good condition.

Rabbi Meir Schwartz (1859-1953) was the son of Rabbi Aharon. He served as rabbi and Admor in Zwolow, and just before World War I he established his residence in Podhitz (Galicia), after which he was usually known. He was close to the Admorim of Spinka-Zidichev, a nd he was certified in writing by the Admor Maran Imrei Yosef himself. In 1927 he immigrated to Israel, and he became close to the Chassidei Karlin in Jerusalem. Most of his kabbalistic works were lost when the Jewish Quarter fell in 1948. He wrote “Ramaz” on the Torah (the abbreviation of his name, Rabbi Meir Zwolover], a siddur and Book of Psalms and Tikkun Chatzot with the commentary Matok Midvash. Later he said that when he made Aliyah he threw into the ocean all of his certifications to the rabbinate and Admorut.

Interesting fact: Before he died on Lag B’Omer 1953, the Rabbi of Belz sat with his students and talked about sages who were proficient in kabbalah, and he said: “they say that he knows how to study kabbalah” and added “I merited knowing him”. The wonder was that the rabbi was at that time still alive but the Belzer Rebbe referred to him as if he was dead—and the following night he died. The Me’orot HaTorah yeshiva in Kiryat Ye’arim (Telz Stone) was named after him, by his descendants.