Bidspirit auction | A historic broadside! An exceptionally

A historic broadside! An exceptionally rare sermon by the holy Rebbe Rabbi Shlomke of Zhvile! - A broadside announcing a series of sermons delivered by 27 rabbis, among the leading righteous figures of Jerusalem, intended to strengthen adherence to pure religious education and to oppose the secular (“free”) schools. At the bottom of the broadside appear the names of the rabbis delivering the sermons, together with the locations at which they were to speak. At the bottom of the second column—in an exceedingly rare and remarkable manner—appears the name of the holy Rebbe Rabbi Shlomo Goldman (!!): “The Admor of Zvila, R. Shlomo Goldman, may he live long, [will preach at] the Karlin Hasidim study hall.” As is well known, after immigrating to the Land of Israel in 1926, the Rebbe made great efforts to preserve his anonymity and modesty, and for a long time it was not publicly known that he was the Rebbe of Zhvile. According to tradition, when he disembarked from the ship at Jaffa he said to his grandson: “We are throwing the Rebbe-hood into the sea.” It is reasonable to conclude that due to the exceptional importance and sanctity he attributed to the matter of pure religious education, the Rebbe went beyond his usual practice and consented to the publication of his name—and even then only in a subdued and almost concealed manner, at the very bottom of the second column. This broadside therefore constitutes an extraordinarily rare historical relic connected with the holy Rebbe of Zhvile, renowned as a worker of salvations. The broadside bears no printed date. However, one of the listed rabbis, Rabbi Ḥaim Shlomo Golbentzitz, passed away in Ḥeshvan 5699 (1938), indicating that the broadside dates to 1938 or earlier. It should further be noted that computerized searches of the period press reveal that the Rebbe’s name is almost entirely absent from newspapers until the early 1940s—underscoring the exceptional rarity and significance of this item. One large sheet: 31.5 × 47.5 cm. Condition: Good to fair; several light tears, many folds, and a few small pinholes.