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Passport and immigration certificate of The Holy Sailor Harav Yaakov Levi, two personal items belonging to the wondrous tzaddik , containing fragments of information about his life. Immigration certificate and passport of Harav Yaakov Levi ztvk”l . Two different passport photographs, along with personal details about Harav Yaakov Levi. Various inscriptions and stamps. One of the photos shows him in his youth wearing glasses; it appears to be an unknown photograph of him. Interestingly, biographical records list the year of his birth as approximately 1895, while here a later date is recorded, although it is possible that the date in the passport is not accurate. The pages of the immigration certificate are loose. There is a partial ink stamp on one of the photographs. Varying size and conditions. overall Condition: Good. Harav Yaakov Levi  [c. 1895 – 1970] was born in Sevastopol to his father, Harav Avraham Levi, a talmid chacham and prominent member of the community who was close with tzaddikim of the Trisk dynasty. From an early age, Harav Yaakov was recognized as an outstanding prodigy and an exceptionally diligent scholar. Alongside his vast Torah knowledge, he mastered many languages and various fields of study, and was an expert in astronomy. He married in Vienna, where he was blessed with two children. For a period, he worked aboard a ship for his livelihood, which brought him to distant places. Whenever he arrived a remote community, he researched the people's lineage and customs and recorded his findings in his writings. During World War II, he managed to escape with his family to Algeria and other North African countries. However, he was later captured by the Nazis and imprisoned in a concentration camp in the Sahara Desert. His wife and two sons were killed al kiddush Hashem , may Hashem avenge their blood. During the war, he lost his many important manuscripts and writings. Upon his arrival in Eretz Yisrael, he was placed in the Pardes Chana absorption camp and supported himself by paving roads. When the Rav of Pardes Chana, Harav Yehoshua Zelig Diskin, became aware of his greatness, and after he refused to serve as a Rav, Harav Shammai Ginzburg and Harav Herzog found him a position as a kashrus supervisor aboard the Jerusalem, a ship belonging to the Zim shipping company. Thanks to his past experience as a sailor’s assistant and seaman, Harav Yaakov was well acquainted with life at sea, and so he spent most of his day sitting in his cabin engaged in Torah study. In his later years, he fell ill and suffered greatly; nevertheless, he continued to study with immense joy in his room at the Malben nursing home in Netanya. Many people maintained a close relationship with him and would come to visit, eager to hear his chiddushei Torah . Among them were Harav Chaim Kanievsky; Harav Shmuel Wosner; the Rebbe the Beis Yisrael of Gur; the tzaddik  of Raanana, Harav Huberman; the Rebbe Harav Moshe Mordechai of Lelov; and many others. The wording on his tombstone was composed by Harav Shmuel Wosner. This is what was inscribed on his grave in the cemetery in Bnei Brak: “Here lies a hidden and enigmatic man, extraordinarily well-versed in Talmud Bavli and Yerushalmi and in all the writings of Chazal. The paths of the heavens and the pathways of wisdom, in all the treasures of Torah and science, were clear to him. Humble, modest, and exalted, he endured terrible suffering and accepted it with great love. He fled from honor and greatness.” Before his passing, he requested that people not come to pray at his grave, explaining that he would be unable to hear the cry of a fellow Jew without helping him—and if people would come, he would feel obligated to act on their behalf and bring them salvation. Indeed, for several decades, almost nobody visited his grave. However, in the year 2000, Harav Wosner instructed a relative who was in urgent need of a yeshuah  to visit Harav Yaakov's grave, explaining: “For thirty years no one has gone to his grave or asked for his help—that is enough. Now you may go and ask. He never turned away a fellow Jew empty-handed.” הדרכון ותעודת עולה, של הספן הקדוש רבי יעקב לוי, שני פריטים אישיים של הצדיק המופלא, עם פיסות מידע על חייו תעודת עולה ודרכון של הגאון הצדיק רבי יעקב לוי זצוק”ל. שתי תמונות פספורט שונות, ופרטים על הצדיק המופלא רבי יעקב לוי. רישומים וחותמות שונות. אחת התמונות הוא מצעירותו ועם משקפיים, וככל הנראה היא תמונה לא ידועה ממנו. מעניין לציין כי רושמי תולדותיו מציינים את שנת לידתו כשנת תרנ”ה לערך, ולפנינו צוין תאריך מאוחר יותר, אם כי ייתכן שהתאריך בדרכון אולי לא מדויק. הדפים בתעודת עולה מנותקים. על אחת התמונות ישנו חצי חותמת דיו. גודל ומצב משתנה, באופן כללי מצב טוב. הגאון הצדיק רבי יעקב לוי [תרנ”ה לערך – תש”ל] נולד בסבסטופול לאביו הגאון רבי אברהם לוי שהיה תלמיד חכם ומחשובי הקהילה והיה מקושר לצדיקי בית טריסק. כבר מצעירותו ניכר רבי יעקב כעילוי ומתמיד עצום. לצד ידיעתו המופלגת בחלקי התורה, שלט בשפות רבות ובחכמות שונות והיה מומחה לאסטרונומיה.