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Letter with a segulah for Zera Shel Kayama, in the handwriting of the remarkable kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Waltuch - Letter in the sacred handwriting of the hidden righteous kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Waltuch – sent to his beloved friend, the exceptional righteous scholar Rabbi Yehuda Zerachya Segal, Rabbi of “Kiryat Shalom” in Tel Aviv – Cheshvan 5719 [1958] Graves of Tzaddikim conducive to being blessed with Zera Shel Kayama At the end of the letter, Rabbi Waltuch writes to his friend: ”It is highly effective for Your Honor to prostrate himself at the grave of Rabbi Yossi of Yokrat... and at the grave of the Be'er Mayim Chaim located in Tzfat, and to request children – and he will be answered from Heaven.” At the beginning of the letter, Rabbi Waltuch writes: “…To write Torah subjects, one must ensure they proceed from a holy place. One should not pay attention to dreams, for dreams neither ascend nor descend. And if someone is seeking hidden matters from me—he is mistaken, with all due respect, as stated in Ketubot—I have no involvement in hidden matters…” At the end of the letter appear two handwritten signatures: one with his surname and the other with his mother’s name. The Hidden Righteous Rabbi Yosef Waltuch (1922–1983) A descendant of the Maggid Rabbi Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov. He was among the leading group of hidden tzaddikim in Tel Aviv, which included “the Sandlar” (Rabbi Moshe Yaakov Ravikov), “the Tile Layer” (Rabbi Avraham Fish), “the Painter” (Rabbi Yehuda Patilon), and others. Rabbi Yosef Waltuch would often prostrate at graves of tzaddikim and holy sites and was known to bring about salvations through his prayers. He endured suffering throughout his life and did not merit children (as was common among the hidden tzaddikim). Nevertheless, he served God all his life with supreme joy. He was the subject of wondrous and heavenly miracle stories and revelations of divine inspiration, passed orally even during his lifetime. He passed away suddenly after collapsing inside the ”Idra” cave. Rabbi Ben Zion Mutzafi, may he live and be well, who merited knowing him, writes about him: “…He was a great Torah scholar, a Chassid, humble and modest. He bore many afflictions, kept to himself… I merited to study with him, perhaps extensively—he was a vessel full of all delicacies of Torah: Talmud and Midrash, Zohar and Kabbalah, commentaries and mussar works, halachic codes and legal texts—everything was stored in his mind. He was also a great expert in the history and chronology of our nation; there was no sage from any generation or author of any work whom Rabbi Yosef Waltuch, of blessed memory, did not know by name and era. He showed immense respect to all Torah sages who have passed on, and likewise to the living. He knew suffering and illness, and accepted it in silence. He wandered from place to place, carrying with him only his books, tallit, and tefillin. He was acquainted with many of the great leaders of the generation, especially those who, like him, remained hidden from public view. He lived in a modest room, spent most of his life in solitude—his wife, unfortunately, was ill and institutionalized. Holidays, Moadim, Sabbaths, and weekdays he spent alone with his Creator. He possessed nothing of this world, not even someone to launder his handkerchief or socks. He was holy, a giant, and would not allow anyone to speak his praises or reveal his hidden deeds.” Folded postal letter. 27 cm. Good condition.