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Rare and Unique! Signature of the Jerusalem Tzaddik Rabbi Aryeh Levin on a Coupon for Kimcha DePischa for Prisoners! - Jerusalem, 1940 - Coupon for Kimcha DePischa for the prisoners of the British prison - signed by the Gaon Rabbi Aryeh Levin - by the Vaad Haklali Knesset Yisrael - Jerusalem, 1940.  The year is 1940, in the midst of the British Mandate in the Eretz Yisrael. The prisons are filled with members of underground organizations and ordinary Jews who, unfortunately, had not been fortunate throughout their lives. One man was in Jerusalem, Rabbi Aryeh Levin by name, who saw the Tzelem Elokim in every Jew without considering their external appearance—whether, God forbid, they were a leper in the hospital, a dangerous criminal, or, to the contrary, a member of the underground in the British prison. He made an effort to visit them whenever possible, to encourage their spirits and improve their situation in any way he could. This is a coupon of Kimcha DePischa by the Vaad Haklali Knesset Yisrael for the Jewish prisoners, which was given to the unofficial representative of any needy man in Jerusalem - Rabbi Aryeh Levin, the Father of the Prisoners.  9X13 cm.  Good condition.  The Jerusalem Tzaddik Rabbi Aryeh Levin (1885-1969) the son of Rabbi Binyamin Beinush. He was Mashgiach at the Etz Chaim yeshiva in Jerusalem and one of the greatest figures of the city. He was known for his charity and became known as Father of the Priosners or Rav of the Prisoners for visiting prisoners every Shabbos for more than 25 years, since the British Mandate. He studied at the Volozhin yeshiva under Rabbi Refael Shapira, and received his Rabbinic Semicha from Rabbi Chaim Berlin. Upon the establishment of the State of Israel he established the yeshiva now named after him, Beit Aryeh. Rabbeinu was the father-in-law of the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv and his descendants include Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky and Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein, Rav Kook of Tiberias and many others. Many stories were told about his virtues and many deeds of charity. His last request was not to be eulogized.