135 284 RABIKOV, R. MOSHE YA’AKOV. (“The Holy Shoemaker of Tel Aviv.”) Sermons and homilies [on Chumash Devarim, Repentance, and Yithro]. Autograph Manuscript in Hebrew. pp. 74 (excluding blanks). Pocket-sized notebook. (Tel Aviv), n.d. $3000-5000 ❧ PARTIALLY UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT BY A 20TH-CENTURY TZADIK. The author (1873-1967) was born in Lithuania and emigrated to Eretz Israel in 1913. He was a hidden Kabbalist masquerading under the guise of a shoemaker with a shop on Shabazi Street, Tel Aviv. However, he could not conceal his true character from the Chazon Ish who called R. Moshe Ya’akov “the leader of the 36 Hidden Tzadikim of our generation” and s ub s e quent l y referred a great many people to him for blessing and advice. Lot 284 Lot 285 Lot 286 The passages of this manuscript on Devarim were published, however they contain some variances (see Likutei Rebbe Moshe Ya’akov al HaTorah, Bnei Brak, 2004). The comments on Parshath Yithro (pp. 2-6) entirely do not appear in the published version. Additionally, this manuscript provides rabbinic sources which were not included in the published version (see the comment on the verse Ve’atah Yisrael (p. 73) with Yalkut Haurim as a source). Although a Lithuanian Kabbalist who studied with R. Shlomo Elyashiv (the Leshem), the author also cites Chassidic works (see p. 9, citing R. Yisrael of Ruzhin). 285 RABINOWITZ, TZVI HIRSCH OF KOVNO. (Maggid and Dayan in Kovno and Vilna, 1848-1910). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to R. Malkiel Tzvi Halevi of Lomza (author of Divrei Malkiel). A lengthy and learned responsa discussing whether funds from an inheritance that were designated for charity may instead be used for the destitute family members of the deceased. Eight pages. Kovno, 12th Teveth, 1898. $800-1200 ❧ The writer was the son of R. Yitzchak Elchonon Spector, both he and the recipient were among the forefront of leading Poskim of their generation. The respect the two had for each other is abundantly clear from the content of this letter. See M. S. Shapiro, R. Moshe Shmuel Vedoro (1964) who notes (pp. 159- 165) that responsa by R. Tzvi Hirsch are rare, yet from the few that are known, his erudition and depth of analysis are self-evident. 286 RABINOWITZ, YITZCHAK YA’AKOV. (“R. Itzele Ponevezher,” 1854-1918). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to R. Ya’akov Dov Rappaport (1860- 1927, later Rabbi of Kfar Saba). Responsa concerning a case of “Shomer Shemesar Leshomer” and other matters. Three pages, hole affecting a few words. Ponevitch, Monday, Bamidbar, 1901. $1000-1500 ❧ The Ga’on Rabbi Yitzchak Ya’akov Rabinowitz (R. Itzele Ponivezher) was among the disciples of the Beis HaLevi and studied with his son, Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik. In 1889 he headed the Slabodka Yeshiva before leaving to serve the rabbinate of Ponevezh. He was an intellectual giant in Torah and originated new paths in the conceptual understanding of Talmud. R. Itzele’s responsa were posthumously published under the title Zecher Yitzchak.