Handsome embroidered cloth, white velvet with embroidered gold and silver and a frame of matching fringes. 79x79cm.
Served as a cover for the shtender used by the Tzaddik Rabbi Chaim Yitzhak Twersky of Rachmastrivka-USA shlita for decades. Soaked in his prayers and tears—the fact that it is white testifies to its use on the High Holidays and during Tishrei in general. He held onto it during the Malchiyos, Zichronos and Shofros, leant helplessly during the closing prayer of Yom Kippur after all the work of the holy day, moving to the joy of the Sukkot holiday and the intentions and the specialness of the 4 Minim and the hoshanos, this is how she absorbed his great devotion to the Torah – in the laps of Simchat Torah.
Many signs of use, overall good condition. Accompanied by a written certificate from the person who received this as a gift from the Admor shlita himself.
The Admor Rabbi Chai Yitzhak Twersky shlita (b. 1931) is the son of the Admor Rabbi Yochanan Jerusalem. In his youth he got sick and almost died, and his grandfather the Admor Rabbi David ordered the addition of the name Chai and with God’s help he recovered just before his bar mitzvah. He is the son-in-law of the Admor Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Twersky of Rachmastrivka. He studied under Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer at Etz Chaim and was also close to many tzaddikim of the previous generation, including the Admor Aharon Kiddush Hashem of Belz, the Admor Rabbi Yisrael of Husiatyn, the Tzaddik Rabbi Shlomo of Zvhil, and more. Today he is known as one of the greatest American Admorim and many come to him for advice and blessings. He is also known for his extreme perseverance in the Torah and the extent of his burning love of Israel for every Jew wherever he is. His warm prayers with tears and the outpouring of the soul are known to all and many come to witness and be inspired by his prayer work.
His followers printed his divrei torah in the series “Imrot Tehorot”, with 8 volumes on the Torah and moadim.
He used to hold tisches with his older brother, the Admor Rabbi Yisrael Mordechai, in Jerusalem. After his brother’s death he held tisches with his nephew, the Admor Rabbi David shlita in Jerusalem.
