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Historic letter by R. Yosef Waltuch - R. Yosef Waltuch (1921-1983), was descendant of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov. He was close to leading kabbalists, such as Baba Sali and his son Baba Meir. He was known as ”the street-cleaner” (since for a long period he earned a living cleaning the streets of Tel Aviv), and belonged to a group of hidden Tzaddikim in Tel Aviv who earned a living from manual labor while secretly gathering together to study kabbalah: R. Moshe Yaakov Rabikov (”the shoemaker”), the hidden Tzaddik R. Hillel Simchon, R. Avraham Fish (”the floorer”), R. Ezra Eliyahu HaKohen (father of ”the milkman”, R. Chaim Kohen), and R. Yehuda Leon Patilon (”the painter”). R. Yosef Waltuch often travelled to holy sites in the Galilee and around the country, and wondrous stories about him circulated. Some of them were recorded in HaTzaddik HaPil'i (two volumes, by Mordechai Almaz, Jerusalem, 2013), in Od Yosef Chai (Jerusalem, 1986), Tzaddikim Nistarim BaDor HaAcharon (Jerusalem, 2011). He was famous for his trademark blessing which he frequently bestowed upon one and all: ”All salvations!!”.