Auction 41
Lot 171:
Closed bottle of wine received from Rabbi Yitzhak Khadouri. Inscription on the label: “with the blessings of the kabbalist yeshiva Nachalat Yitzhak led by Rabbi Yitzhak Khadouri, 9 Fishel Street, Jerusalem” (the first location of the yeshiva).
Rav Khadouri was born at the end of the 19th century in Baghdad (Iraq), in his youth he knew and met the Ben Ish Hai, he received Torah and kabbalah from Baghdad’s sages and from Jerusalem’s sages after he moved there in 1922. During his first years in Jerusalem he made a livingbinding books and studied at the Beit El and Porat Yosef yeshivot in the Old City. Over the years, his wisdom became famous, his knowledge of mysticism—many went to his home to receive blessings and advice from him, and to receive amulets for their welfare. Died in 2006 after living more than 100 years, and thousands of Jews from all walks of life participated in his funeral.
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