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Kol Mevaser – Copy of the Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Voltach, with His Ownership Signatures and Annotations. Jerusalem, 1926 - Kol Mevaser – On the Whereabouts of the Ten Lost Tribes. Copy of the Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Voltach, with His Ownership Signatures and Manuscript Annotations. Jerusalem, 1926. Kol Mevaser, a fascinating work devoted to the whereabouts of the Ten Lost Tribes—one of the most enduring mysteries in Jewish history. Written by the renowned Jerusalem kabbalist Rabbi Shimon Tzvi Horowitz, founder and head of the Sha'ar HaShamayim Kabbalistic Yeshivah. Jerusalem, 1926. The volume gathers traditions and testimonies concerning the Ten Lost Tribes, including accounts of travelers who claimed to have encountered them beyond the legendary Sambatyon River, as well as letters attributed to members of the tribes that were said to have reached the Jews of Jerusalem. The title page states that the work contains ”important information regarding the distant islands, the locations of the Ten Tribes and the descendants of Moses camped beyond the Sambatyon River, as well as the descendants of Jonadab son of Rechab.” The final six pages contain an English summary of the work. Rabbi Shimon Tzvi Horowitz (1870–1947), also known as Rabbi Shimon Lider, was among Jerusalem's foremost kabbalists. Born in Lida to Rabbi Meir Leib Kaminitzky, he immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1887, studied at the Etz Chaim and Beit El yeshivot, and was among the founders of the Ashkenazic kabbalistic yeshivah Sha'ar HaShamayim, together with Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach, father of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach. A distinguished copy bearing the ownership signatures of the kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Voltach, with his handwritten corrections and manuscript annotations throughout. Rabbi Yosef Voltach (1921–1983) was counted among the circle of hidden righteous men active in the early years of the State of Israel. This remarkable group included Rabbi Moshe Yaakov Ravikov (”HaSandlar”), Rabbi Leon Patillon (”The Painter”), Rabbi Avraham Fish of Tel Aviv, Rabbi Chaim Moshe Mendel of Bnei Brak, and others. Descended from the Maggid of Zlotchov, Rabbi Voltach maintained close ties with leading Chassidic rebbes, including Rabbi Shlomo of Zvhil, the rebbes of the Ruzhin dynasty, and Rabbi Moshe Mordechai of Lelov, all of whom held him in great esteem and directed people to seek his blessing. [16], 112, [1], 113–116, [5], 6 pages. 22 cm. Condition: Good. Unbound.