Auction 68

Copy of the Mashgiach Rabbi Eliyahu Dushnitzer: Nitei Eitan Shtitai - First Edition Jerusalem, 1933

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Sefer Nitei Eitan, sermons by Rabbi Avraham Zakcheim, which were delivered by him at the large synagogue of Petach Tikvah, section VI, first edition – Jerusalem, 1933. [4], 91, [1] pp. Worn binding without a spine. Moth perforations and some moth damage. Fair-good overall condition. 

There are 3 handwritten signatures in the book:  "אלי’ כ"ץ דושניצר" – the Tzaddik Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Dushnitzer (1876-1949) a leading and close disciple of the Chafetz Chaim and the SAba of Kelm. In the end of his life he immigrated to Eretz Yisrael, lived in Petach Tikvah and served as Ram and mashgiach of the Lomzhe Yeshiva. Later he was asked by the Rav of Ponovezh to serve as their Mashgiach. many students of the Yeshiva see him as their Rav, including Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, who said that the when he passed away, the Chazon Ish said that he had been one of the 36 hidden Tzaddikim.