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Rare Letter Handwritten by the Wonder-Worker the Mekubal Rabbi Yitzchak Huberman, the Tzaddik of Ra'anana - Ra'anana, 1950 - A rare, heartbreaking letter handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Hacohen Huberman, sent shortly after he immigrated to Israel. Ra'anana, Kislev 1950.  The letter was sent to the Worldwide Committee of Hapoel Hamizrachi by Rabbi Yitzchak Huberman in the years when he still lived in obscurity and his name was not yet publicly known. Only years later did the leaders of Israel recognize him as a wonder-worker, beginning to refer people in need of a blessing, advice, or salvation to him. Gradually, his reputation spread by word of mouth as a miracle worker and a lofty Tzaddik. Rabbi Hunerman did not ask for financial suport but only for Sifrei Kodesh, for studying and teaching Torah, after having lost his library during the Holocaust. He notes in letter published in the press that the Ministry of Religious Services holds ”tens of thousands of books, and boasts that it generously distributes books to the rabbis and Talmidei Chachamim who apply to it”. However, the Sifrei Kodesh lying as neglected stones in the cellars of the Ministry of Religious Services never managed to reach the hands of those who truly needed them. It seems that not every person is granted from Heaven the privilege of being the emissary to place Sifrei Kodesh into the hands of those who study them. As the Mekubal painfully describes: ”And I have already applied several times and have not obtained to this day, at the very least, the essential books: Shas, Poskim, Midrashim, with which many rooms are filled there...”.  Enclosed with this letter is the painful response of the official authorities. At the time, they admittedly did not yet know who the writer was, as Rabbi Huberman was a new immigrant; nevertheless, it is difficult not to be astonished by how the request of a Holocaust-surviving Tlmid Chacham, whose sole desire was Sifrei Kodesh for Torah study, was rejected. The cold, if not cruel, reply from the heads of the Ministry of Religious Affairs was: ”We have nothing to add regarding this beyond what we have already written. When the distribution of books is sufficient to also distribute to individuals, we will, of course, take him into account”. It is well-known that the handwriting of Tzaddikim, and especially their signatures, are considered a Segulah for protection and salvation.  This is a letter with about 100 words handwritten and signed by a leading Tzaddik Nistar, whose Kedushah was praised by Gedolei Yisrael already in his lifetime. At its beginning, there is a Segulah Gematria: ”חיים בכבוד, ברכה ושלום”; at its end, his handwritten signature: ”הק' יצחק הכהן הוברמן” and his personal stamp.  Postcard. 9X15 cm. Filing perforations. Good overall condition.  Enclosed is a copy of the response letter of the Ministry of Religious Affairs.   *** The Gaon and Mekubal Rabbi Yitzchak Hacohen Huberman (1896-1977) a disciple of the Shem MiShmuel of Sochatchov and the Gaon Rabbi Zvi Glickson (son-in-law of the Gaon Rabbi Chaim of Brisk). He was also close to the Admorim of Ger. After the Holocaust, he served as Rav of Wezler, Germany. In 1950 he immigrated to Israel and settled in Ra’anana. Over the years he became famous as a Mekubal and wonder-worker, many came to him for a blessing. The Gaon Harav Shach wrote about him in an approbation to his book Ben LeAshrei: ”המפורסם למלא דעת בנגלה ובנסתר”.