“It says in the Yerushalmi that a person’s garb absorbs his sanctity, and one who wears it after him receives that same spirit for better or worse” (Chatam Sofer on parashat Toldot)
the gadol hador Rabbi Aharon Yehudah Leib Shteinman’s personal velvet robe. Elegant and luxurious robe made of a black velvety textured weave with a delicate striped pattern. Manufactured by the Charles Goodnight company. Important sacred item of one of the most unique righteous geonim of recent generations. “King David was old, advanced in age, and they covered him with garments” (I Melachim 1:1)-.
Direct testimony to the auction house from a beloved grandson and close associate of the gaon Rabbi Aharon Yehudah Leib Shteinman, the gaon Rabbi … [one of the famed geonim of Bnei Brak, whose name is available from the auction house, which can be reached by calling the office, 02-5385670]. He attended to Rabbi Shteinman in his final years, and attests primarily to three things, having witnessed them with his own eyes over the years, and not just from hearing about it:
* Rabbi Aharon Leib gave him this robe personaly and he would wear it primarily during the winter for mant years. [The robe is made of a special fabric which was especially warm. This was necessary for the rabbi due to so many years of self-denial.]
* Rabbi Aharon Leib would be particular to wear this beautiful robe over the course of Shabbat and holidays.
* This robe was used by Rabbi Shteinman for many years.
Rare sacred item with value almost impossible to overstate – personal ” chaluka d’rabbanan ” that belonged to the leader of the previous generation, and which he wore in the last years of his life, when he reached the climax of his spiritual height, and led the entire Jewish people. As the Chatam Sofer stated: “One who wears it after him receives that same spirit for better or worse. This is the secret by which a person’s sons wear it after him”!
The segulah of tzaddikim’s belongings have always been known amongst the Jewish people.
The midrash (Shir HaShirim Rabbah Parashah 1, on the passuk “L’reiach shmenecha tovim”) says “Rabbi Eliezer’s study hall was shaped like an eyelash. One stone was there, designated as his seat. Once Rabbi Yehoshua entered and began to kiss this stone, saying that it is like Mount Sinai, and the one who sat on it is like the ark of the covenant.”
The Yerushalmi (Moed Kattan 3:5b) states: “He had Rabbi Meir’s rod in his hand, and it taught him wisdom.”
The Chatam Sofer ( parashat Toldot, HaLo …) explains: “The Yerushalmi implies at the beginning of Perek V’Eilu Megalchin that a person’s garb is influenced by the sanctity of its wearer, and this is also true in the reverse, so one who wears it after him receives that same spirit for better or worse. This is the secret by which a person’s sons wear them after him.”
The Ba’al Hafla’ah, in his work Panim Yafot (Bereishit 14:22) writes as follows: “And also to the contrary, property of tzaddikim, had spiritual inspiration upon it, as we found in Dor HaMidbar , about whom it is written that their clothes did not wear out, etc.”
The Munkatcher Rebbe (In his sefer , Divrei Torah LaGaha”k MiMunkacs , 1:22) writes that an item that was used by a tzaddik, even a material item, has the ability to grant wisdom, how much more so the benefits of this world …
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the gaon Rabbi Aharon Yehudah Leib Shteinman .
Fine-very fine condition. Usage marks.
The proceeds from the sale of the item are intended for the support of Torah!
