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Rare and holy! Handwritten signature of the Holy Rav author of Sefas Emes of Gur...

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Rare and holy! Handwritten signature of the Holy Rav author of Sefas Emes of Gur on an official marriage certificate, in Russian, Góra Kalwaria, 1897.

Official certificate, in Russian, for a marriage that took place in the courtyard of the yeshiva in Gur by the ‘Rav of the yeshiva’ ‘Aryeh Leib Alter’. Written in Cyrillic and signed three times by his holy hand.

The Gaon the ‘Sefas Emes’ the holy Rav Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh Leib of Gur [1847-1905] one of the greatest Tzaddikim of Poland of all time. His holy Sefer the Sefas Emes, one of the basic and most impoartnt Sefer in the Hassidic world. His father the Holy Rabbi Avraham Mordechai the son of the Holy Rabbi the Chidushei HaRim passed away when he was a child and he was raised by his grandfather. When his grandfather the Chidushei HaRim passed away, the community expected him to be his successor, yet he refused to be appointed Rebbe and Admor and followed the Holy Rabbi Chanoch Henich of Alexander. He became the leader of the community of the Gur Hassidim in 1870. He himself used to write down his Toros on Parashiyos HaShavu’ah and the holidays on Sunday morning, while wearing his Rabbeinu Tam Tefililn. They were compiled after his passing in the deep and basic Sefer, one of the most important Seforim in the Hassidic world: Sefas Emes.

[1] leaf, written on both its sides in Russian, more than 30 lines per page, 31 cm. With signatures of the Sefas Emes in Russian as well as the signatures of the witnesses and the governmental marriage registrar. Minor restoration to the card. Small tears to the lower part of the leaf. Very good condition.

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