Auction 63
Lot 131:
Sefer He’ach Nafsheinu, the first book by Rabbi Avraham Shalom Chai Chamoi, with Kabbalistic Segulot and Refu’ot, based on Torah verses and many holy names, alphabetically ordered. With an approbation by the author’s Rav, Rabbi Chaim Palachi and by the Rishon LeZion Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi (the leaf of approbations is missing form this copy). First edition printed at the press of Yitachak Shmuel de Shigora in Izmir, [1870]. Originally, [4], 106 leaves. In this copy, the first 3 leaves are missing including the title page and leaves 2-3, 54-55, 62-64. Moth perforations. Stains and many marks of usage. Old, worn binding. fair-good overall condition.
On the flyleaf, the first leaf of this copy and leaf 1, 3 signatures handwritten by the Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Woltuch: "ע"ה יוסף וואלטוך מעיה"ק ירושלים תובב"א". Additional notations that have not been studied. many marks of usage, mainly to the leaf of Goral Daniel Hanavih and the leaves of making amulets.
The Tzaddik Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Woltuch of Zlotchov. In his youth, he lived in the Old City of Jerusalem, and every day he would sneak into the Beit El kabbalistic yeshiva, study the ways of the kabbalists, and sleep very little. His minhag was to lay next to the graves of tzaddikim and he merited wonderful visions and sight of the souls of tzaddikim. However, he would take care not to go to Rashbi’s tomb on Lag BaOmer because of the large number of people there. It is said that during one of his prayers to bring about the Geulah he merited seeing Rachel Imenu wearing black clothes.
Despite his suffering, he worked Hashem with happiness and excitement.
In Iyar 1983 he told a student that if Hashem willed it he would settle in Jerusalem and he went with two students to pray at the graves of tzaddikim in the Galilee. When he left Meron he told them that he didn’t feel well. They continued to the Idra cave to pray, and he told them again that he didn’t feel well. He asked for some soda water, and when he finished the blessing over the soda, he fainted, was taken to the hospital in Safed, and passed away.
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