Auction 41
Lot 241:
Coin of blessing from the drawer of the Admor Rabbi Shlomo of Zvhil, a quarter-dollar given on a handsome leather board decorated with gold, made by Miller. The center has a picture of the Admor. Size: 15x20cm.
The Wonder Drawer: In the Tzaddik’s residence was the famous "Drawer" from which our Rabbi would issue handfuls of coins needy people, widows and orphans for hundreds got married from this drawer money. In his house they cooked food for two cheders in Jerusalem and many needy people. His “National Center for Taharat HaMishpacha”, which built mikvehs across Israel, also relied on money from this drawer. The great wonder was that it was never seen when the Rabbi would put money into the drawer.
Rabbi Shlomo Goldman of Zvhil (known as Rabbi Shlomke Zvhiller, 1869-1945) was the son of the Admor Rabbi Mordechai of Zvhil. He was the fourth Rabbi of Chassidut Zvhil, and established it in Israel. He was the great-grandson of the Maggid Rabbi Yehiel Michal of Zlotchow, the student of the Baal Shem Tov.
Rabbeinu, one of the great figures in the Jerusalem of Ma’aleh, was famous for his sublime holiness and was accepted by all circles. He was known for his love of the entire Jewish people, to the point that he even gave help to those who attacked and blasphemed him, about which there are many stories. He would customarily answer people after tevila – "yishuv" as he put it, in the mikveh. He behaved simply and rode the bus as a common person, and his custom was to visit the Western Wall frequently.
In a well-known story which took place before the Nazis entered the borders of Israel, he travelled to Har HaZeitim with the Admor Rabbi Yisrael of Husiatyn, to the grave of Rabbeinu Ohr HaHayyim, and after prayer at his grave he decreed that the “Nazim will inherit a defeat”, and indeed they lost. He died during the counting of the Omer, 26th of Iyar, the day of “Yesod in Yesod”, which symbolized his high level of holiness.
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