Auction 69 Part 1 Rare and Important Items
Dec 3, 2019 (your local time)
Israel
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LOT 98:

Collection of Items from the Home of the "Holy Shoemaker" Rabbi Moshe Yaakov Rabikov

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Collection of Items from the Home of the "Holy Shoemaker" Rabbi Moshe Yaakov Rabikov
Collection of assorted items from the home of the "Holy Shoemaker" of Tel Aviv, R. Moshe Yaakov Rabikov:
• An old suitcase. • Shoemaker's tools. • Mezuzah (in a leather pouch). • Handwritten paper items (including a slip of paper containing a list of names, presumably handwritten by the "Holy Shoemaker"). • Several letters addressed to R. J. Rabikoff, in various languages (from companies dealing in printing machinery), and other documents. • Printed pictures of the "Holy Shoemaker". • Large printed amulet on paper, "Amulet and protection from fire, for a woman giving birth and from any harmful matter". Jerusalem, [1874]. Sh. HaLevy 224 (framed). • Printed items: printed card, "Segulah for protection" by R. Fatiyah, printed based on a text found in "the estate of R. Moshe Yaakov… Rabikov"; invitation to a gathering in Tel Aviv opposing "foreign education", stating that one of the speakers would be Yosef Rabikov (son of the shoemaker), with an essay on the topic of the gathering handwritten on the verso of the invitation; booklet "Psalms… from the Tzaddik, the Holy Shoemaker…".
R. Moshe Yaakov son of R. Yosef HaKohen Rabikov (Rabikoff; 1873-1967) – the "Holy Shoemaker" from Shabazi St. in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. A hidden Tzaddik, kabbalist and wonder-worker. A native of Lithuania, he was the disciple of the kabbalist R. Shlomo Elyashov, author of Leshem Shevo VeAchlama (the Leshem). He immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1913, and after an unsuccessful attempt to settle in Kfar Uria, in the Judean foothills, he moved to Jaffa, where he established his shoemaker's workshop. Before long, he began to draw the destitute and unfortunate, those in quest of good advice, arbitration or a monetary loan.
Despite his efforts to conceal his greatness and abilities, the leaders of the generation and kabbalists recognized his exceptional righteousness, entertained close ties with him and even studied Torah from him. The Chazon Ish reputedly urged him to reveal himself, and sent people to him for advice and blessings. It is also well-known that R. Kook attested to R. Aryeh Levin that the shoemaker is one of the 36 hidden righteous men of the generation. Many accounts of wonders and revelations of Divine Inspiration are retold about him, and already in his lifetime, word spread that he had merited a revelation of Eliyahu HaNavi (this was even publicized in the newspapers at that time). Multitudes flocked to his home daily, to receive his blessings, and benefit from great salvations.
Several months following his passing, the Six Day War broke out, and at the time rumors spread that in his will, the shoemaker had predicted Jewish victory and the downfall of their enemies. His gravesite in the Bnei Brak cemetery is renowned as a place of prayer and salvation until this day, and many who visit the grave of the Chazon Ish also pray by the grave of the shoemaker.
Approx. 11 tools, one mezuzah and approx. 20 paper items. Size and condition vary.

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