Auction 77
Lot 68:
Sefer Even Shlomo on the Torah, Sefer Shemot. A work by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich Av Beis Din of Shamloi – Jerusalem, 1970. Original binding with minor blemishes. Some stains. Good overall condition.
On the flyleaf and other leaves of the book, 5 lengthy glosses and an additional short one, some of them signed "Yuda Zeev Leibovich", handwritten by the Mekubal Rabbi Yehuda Zeev Leibovich.
The Mekubal Rabbi Yehuda Zeev Leibovich (1922-2010) the son of Rabbi Yechiel Zvi. A disciple of Baal Hasulam and one of the hidden Tzaddikim of the generation. Was born in Satmar, where he studied with the Admor Rabbi Yoel of Satmar and Rabbi Yehuda Rosner, the author of Imrei Yehuda. Lost his family in Auschwitz and after the Holocaust, immigrated to Israel and lived in Tel Aviv, where he lived alone in a single room, working at night paving roads by the advice of the Chazon Ish. He joined the group of Mekubalim who were disciples of the Admor Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag, Baal Hasulam. Unlike them, he remained anonymous for many years and only few knew about his greatness. Nevertheless, the Tzaddikim of the generation recognized his greatness, considering him one of the 36 hidden Tzaddikim. In his old age, he moved to Bnei Brak and was visited by Rabbi Wosner and Rabbi Mordechai Gross. Based on his writings, the following books were published: Kol Yehuda Baal Haktavim, Vezot Liyehuda, Yazel Mayim Midalyav and more.
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