Bidspirit auction | Mafteach HaParnassah - Amulet Given

Mafteach HaParnassah - Amulet Given from the Hands of Rabbi Yeshayaleh of Kerestir. Tried-and-True - An amulet on parchment, presumably given by the holy hands of the wondrous and miraculous tzaddik, the Rebbe Rabbi Yeshaya of Kerestir, known as the ”Master of the Key to Sustenance, ” whose amulets performed miracles beyond the natural order. Before us is an amulet identical to those distributed by Rabbi Yeshaya. This rare amulet has survived wars and the upheavals of the world from the days of Rabbi Yeshaya until today. It is important to note that Rabbi Yeshaya used to instruct that his amulets could be passed from one person to another, and the amulet was not exclusive to the person for whom it was originally given. Holy Names are written ”ילשת באשר בוליב” (on the top line). These Names are made of the alternate first letters of the verses ”May there be peace within your wall, tranquility within your palaces” [”יְהִי שָׁלוֹם בְּחֵילֵךְ שַׁלְוָה בְּאַרְמְנוֹתָיִךְ”] (Psalms 122:7), and ”No evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent” [”לֹא תְאֻנֶּה אֵלֶיךָ רָעָה וְנֶגַע לֹא יִקְרַב בְּאָהֳלֶךָ”] (Psalms 91:10). The second line contains the holy Names: ”והאפה הב מוג ולה” which is arrived at from the initials of the verse, ”And the men who were at the entrance to the house were struck with blindness from small to large, and they tried in vain to find the entrance.” ”וְאֶת הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר פֶּתַח הַבַּיִת הִכּוּ בַּסַּנְוֵרִים מִקָּטֹן וְעַד גָּדוֹל וַיִּלְאוּ לִמְצֹא הַפָּתַח” (Bereishit 19:11). Parchment amulet, 7.5X3 cm. Good condition. Fold marks. Sold ”AS IS” One of the means at Rabbi Yeshayaleh's disposal was the writing of amulets and giving them so that salvation and would be enacted in a supernatural fashion, and to protect those who merited such along with them as well as their progeny, from all straits and distress. The amulet effected miracles especially in the realm of livelihood, stunning open miracles which were related by word of mouth with awestruck reverence. The book Mofet HaDor tells of an event that occurred to a laundromat owner with a non-Jewish competitor who harassed him. Rabbi Yeshayaleh gave him an amulet like the one before us. The owners of the competing laundromat sent a youth to set fire to his laundromat, and the youth was ”struck with blindness” and couldn't find the Jewish laundromat. He mistakenly set the non-Jewish competitor's laundromat on fire. There is evidence published that whoever held this amulet during the Holocaust miraculously survived. Rabbi Aharon Friedman ztz”l of Bnei Brak had an amulet like this one, which he received from the hands of Rabbi Yeshayaleh to receive an exemption from military service, (the exemption was given in a wondrous way, when a high-ranking officer arrived and sent him home without examination or investigation). Rabbi Aharon Friedman went through all of the events of he Holocaust with the amulet and was miraculously saved more than once. The amulet continued protecting his descendants in Israel as is already publicly known, at customs crossings and the like. The chain of wonders and salvations which were standard at Rabbi Yeshayaleh's has not stopped in our days, and those few who possess amulets today attest that they have been openly privileged to much abundance and Supreme protection.