Bidspirit auction | Signature of the Holy Rebbe


Signature of the Holy Rebbe David Twersky of Skver? or the Holy Rebbe David Twersky of Makarov?. Noam Megadim V'Kavod HaTorah, Lviv after 1821. - Sefer Noam Megadim V'Kavod HaTorah, Hassidic articles on the weekly portion by Rabbi Eliezer Horovitz. Lemberg, [after 1821?] Printed by the widow “Chaya Taba, Printer”. Second edition. In the margin of the title page the date of printing remains only as 18--. R’ Aharon the printer who printed the first edition in 1807, died in 1821 and thereafter his widow Haya Toiba managed the press. Vinograd writes that this was printed in 1825. Flyleaf with signature of which it's possible to make out ''David son of the HHG''K Mohar''i Shlit''a. It's hard to ascertain whether this is indeed his signature, but we show another confirmed signature of his & it seems similar in style & shape. Although that signature if from his later years after his Holy father died in 1885. Also possible that this is the signature of his cousin the Holy Rebbe David Twersky of Makarov. Indeed it is more similar to his signature. Antique leather binding (Curiously titled Mevaser Tzedek on the spine) Rebbe Itzikl's son by his third wife Chana Sima, Reb Dovidl was born in 1848 He succeeded his father as Skverer Rebbe. He was known to be ascetic and exceedingly reticent. He once said, ”Men shvagt un men shvagt, dernoch riet men abisl un men shvagt vater” (”We keep silent, and we keep silent; then we speak a bit, and go on keeping silent”). In 1919, Rebbe Dovidl left Skvira for Kiev due to the Bolshevik revolution, which left smaller cities and towns unsafe. He stayed in Kiev until his death (on 15 Kislev 5680-1920) later that year. He left no published works. His cousin the Holy Rebbe David Twersky of Makarov was born circa 1850 to his Holy father Rebbe Yaakov Yitzchak of Makarov. He died in Kyiv in 1903.