Auction 75
Lot 133:
הכל קם למקנה לאדמו"ר קוה"ק שליט"א לצמיתות – The deed of the purchase of the Chernobyl Beit Midrash for the seller Rabbi Avraham Eliezer of Bad – signed by the Gaon Chassid Rabbi Shmuel Heller Av Beit Din of Safed and the Dayanim – Safed, 1869.
The deed describes the sale of the ancient Beit Midrash of the Chernobyl Chassidim of Safed which was founded by the Saba Kaddisha of Chernobyl. It confirms the receipt of the last payment and states that it is now owned exclusively by the Saba Kaddisha and the sellers have no claim to it: "מה שמגיע להם.. המקנה אשר קנה מהם אדמו"ר סבא קדישא רשכב"ה כקש"ת מו"ה אהרן שליט"א מטשערנאביל, יעלה החשבון שמגיע להם סך… ובפנינו קיבלו כל הסך הנז’ במושלם מאת הרב הג’ מוהר"ש העליר…ואף כתבו וחתמו ותנו ליד אדמו"ר קדישא שליט"א הנז’….הכל קם למקנה לאדמו"ר קוה"ק שליט"א לצמיתות….".
The deed is signed by the Gaon Chassid Rabbi Shmuel Heller, the Rav of Safed who was a disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin.
It is also signed by Rabbi Mordechai Zilberman of Uman (the father of the famed Zilberman family) and Rabbi Moshe Keller, Dayan of Rudnik.
Double leaf.
20.5X29.5 cm.
Fold lines. Tears along the fold lines. Minor blemishes to text. Good condition.
The Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Heller (1803-1884), the Rabbi of Safed and a leader of the Ashkenazic community there for more than 40 years. He was the great-grandson of Rabbi Yom Tov Lipman Heller, author of the Tosfot Yom Tov. His grandfather, Rabbi Avraham Peretz was a Chassid of the Chozeh of Lublin, and took his grandson, Rabbi Shmuel, to him, meriting great Giluyim in his presence. Rabbeinu recalled that he received his Rav’s blessing over a hundred times!!! Immigrated to Eretz Yisrael and settled in Safed, where he became close to the Admor Rabbi Avraham Dov of Avritch, the Bat Ayin, whom he succeeded as Rav after his passing. He succeeded in rehabilitating Safed after its destruction by an earthquake. His grandson was the Admor of Toldot Aharon Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Kahan.
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