Auction 41
Lot 227:
Warm, unique letter of recommendation signed by hand and stamped by the Admor Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Saprin of Komarna, from 1905. The Admor recommends “Yaakov Yisrael [Shmerler of Tzfat], grandson and great-grandson of great kedoshim, the light of Israel, rabbis of Premyslan and of Luzhansk, the Noam Elimelech, grandson of the geonim the Bach and the Taz, and other tzaddikim…l’rosh ein kol…it was not enough but he was required to approach doctors and he has fallen into debt…”. The Admor ends with a bracha “with the zechut of the great mitzvah and the zechus of his forefathers may Hashem give many blessings and a full portion of successs…5th day of the week of Matot, 1905, Komarna…” with his handwritten signature. This letter was printed in Shoshelet Komarna, p. 412-413, and in Shoshelet Spinka p. 221. [1] leaf. 14.5×22.5cm. Stains and defects with light damage to text in the folds. Taped to paper for reinforcement.
The Admor Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Saprin of Komarna (1861-1929), the Chozeh of Komarna, was the son and successor of the Admor Rabbi Eliezer Zvi and grandson of the Admor Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac of Komarna. He was son-in-law (second marriage) to the Admor Rabbi Yosef Meir (the Imrei Yosef) of Spinka. Among his sons-in-law are the Admor Rabbi Haim Elazar Shapira (the Minchas Elazar of Munkacs) and the Admor Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Gutterman of Radzimin. He was a fond student of the Divrei Haim of Sanz and the Admor Rabbi Avraham Twersky, the Maggid of Trisk.
He was known as a miracle-worker and his son-in-law the Minchas Elazar said of him in his eulogy: “My father-in-law had the ruach hakodesh..”. He was one of the greatest interwar Admorim of Poland, and many Admorim of the time sent kvitlach to him to mention their names in his prayers. His works were lost during the Shoah. His chassidim preserved his portrait and handwriting for preservatives.
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