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Rare and Sacred: The Prozbul Document of 'The Holy Shoemaker' Handwritten and Signed by Him

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Rare and Sacred: The Prozbul Document of 'The Holy Shoemaker' Handwritten and Signed by Him

Rare Prozbul document, handwritten entirely [23 lines] and signed by the hidden Tzaddik Rabbi Moshe Yaakov Rabikov - 'The Holy Shoemaker'. Tel Aviv, Elul [1938]. 


The year of Shemittah and Yovel during which the land is not worked, debtors are exempt from their debts and even the slaves are set free. According to the Kabbalah, such a  year symbolizes  the world of freedom, where humanity gets rid of its debts and punishments for its bad deeds and is set free. This is a Prozbul document of one of the greatest Kabbalists of recent generations. Beyond the financial value of the document as an important 'Judaica Item', its Kabbalistic-mystical value is exceedingly large. 


We could not find information in any familiar database on the three members of the Beit Din who signed the Prozbul document; apparently, they did not hold any official rabbinic position, what supports the assumption that they were part of the group of hidden Tzaddikim who followed The Holy Shoemaker and were apparently among the lucky members of the group who managed to keep their identity a secret to the end (a thing which many others failed to do).


Refer to Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Moshe Yaakov Rabikov. 


[1] paper leaf, 8X18 cm. 

Fine-very fine condition: fold marks.