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LOT 39:
Book of Tehillim in which the Admo"r of Ribnitz Poured out his Heart. Ohel Yosef Yitzchak. 1972
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Book of Tehillim in which the Admo"r of Ribnitz Poured out his Heart. Ohel Yosef Yitzchak. 1972
The Admo"r of Ribnitz, in his holy way, would say the entire book of Tehillim each Shabbat morning before prayers. On the flyleaf, the Admo"r's gabbai-attendant attests to the fact that it was this very book before us from which the Admo"r recited the entire Tehillim for a long period.
The Admo"r Rabbi Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz [1898-1996] was known as "The Ribnitzer Rebbe" or "The Rimnitzer Rebbe." He was wondrously righteous and holy. It was said about him that he was "a tzaddik from previous generations." He was orphaned of his father at the age of two and a half. The wondrous tzaddik Rabbi Avraham Matityahu Friedman, "The Rebbe of Shtefanesht," who did not have any children of his own, adopted him and raised him as his own son. He would say to him, "You are my chiddush." He was totally dedicated and nothing deterred him from fulfilling a mitzvah. He would devotedly circumcise Jewish children in Communist Russia - even the sons of senior government officials, occasionally without their fathers' knowledge.
The rebbe would break through the layer of ice above the lake and though the resulting hole, he would immerse himself in the river underneath, taking the mortal risk that he might not find his way back up through the hole. Until his old age, he used to immerse himself many times in the mikveh, and would do so astonishingly quickly.
In Russia, the Ribnitzer Rebbe had two close friends with whom he studied many Talmudic topics. (He said of himself that at 18 years old, he knew the entire Talmud with Rash"i's commentary.) All three friends eventually became leaders among the Jewish people: the Rebbe, the Admor of Skver, ztz"l, and the Admor of Skulen, ztz"l.
He was known as having divine inspiration and as being a salvation-worker. Thousands came to him and were saved by his blessings. He passed away at an advanced age, close to a hundred years old. Masses visit his grave in Monsey on the day of his yahrtzeit, as well as other days. One of his well-known Chassidim is Mordechai Ben David, who dedicated the song 'Oy Rebbe' in his album Ein Od Milvado to him.
Fine condition. Original binding.
