FIVE BOOKS SIGNED BY THE MAGGID OF MINSK, RABBI BINYAMIN HACOHEN SHIKOVITZKI

Five books from the library of Rabbi Binyamin HaCohen Shikovitzki, with his stamps from various periods:
1. Matat Ya (on Medrash Rabba) by Rabbi Matityahu Shtrashun . Vilna, 1893. Stamped: "The national preacher, Binyamin HaCohen, of Aishishok".
2. Likutei Torah with the reasons for the commandments of Rabbi Chaim Vital. Vilna, 1880. Stamped: "From the books of Binyamin HaCohen Shikovitzki, preacher of Minsk", and a handwritten note: "Tarsach (1908), Hamel".
3. Kesef Nivchar by Rabbi Baruch Bendit Goitin. Lemberg (Lvov), 1893, with a stamp as above.
4. Midrash Shocher Tov. Warsaw, 1893. With a short signature.
5. Tziyun Le'Nefesh Chaya (Tzlach) on Tractate Brachot, by Rabbi Yechezkel Segal Landau of Prague. Lemberg 1876. Note of ownership. Stamped: "Rabbi Binyamin HaCohen Shikovitzki. Tel-Aviv, 3 HaTikva Street. The Maggid of Minsk".

Rabbi Binyamin HaCohen Shikovitzk (died in 1939) was "The Maggid of Minsk", the last of the famous Russian preachers. Born in Aishishok and was called in his youth "The young Maggid of Aishishok". He used to travel from Minsk to various cities to lecture and arouse Jews to repentance. During World War I he founded an underground organization for teaching Torah to hundreds of children from Minsk. He was a great expert on the Midrashim. In 1934, he immigrated to the Holy Land and became a lecturer in the Great Synagogue and other synagogues in Tel Aviv. He was known for his great love of Israel.
All books in good-excellent condition.