Machzor for Yom Kippur with commentaries: Ivri Teitch, Mitzvot Hashem, Mishlei Ya’akov, Sefer HaYashar and more. Lemberg, 1907. The title page bears the Admo”r Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Husiatyn’s owner’s stamp. The leaf preceding the title page bears handwritten notations of names to recall and for a good year, and notations of sums that were given to charity. (The names include the Admo”r himself and his two daughters Chayah Sarah and Chavah.)
Before us is the personal machzor of the renowned tzaddik and wonder-worker, the Admo”r Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Husiatyn, after whom all the leaders of the generation called out, “Mekudash, mekudash.” (In Belz Chassidut, it is accepted that when Rabbi Aharon of Belz would mention the moniker “The Rebbe” without an accompanying name, his intent was the rebbe of Husiatyn, who he referred to as a “tzaddik, pillar of the world” [“צדיק יסוד עולם”]!). With this machzor, the Rebbe of Husiatyn would pour out his soul before Hashem with his wondrous prayers. Only his lips would move, no voice would be heard. With these prayers, he would work his famous supernatural wonders for one and all. We will point out that exceptionally, this machzor is full of the Rebbe’s tear stains along the entire length of the machzor, beginning right from the minchah prayer on the eve of Yom Kippur all the way through the last page, bearing the declaration “Next year in Jerusalem” – the place the Rebbe loved so much and carried in his soul with all his longing.
Refer to the Hebrew text for a brief biography of Admo”r Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Husiatyn .
207, [7] leaves. Approximately 22 cm.
Fine condition: Aging and tear stains. Isolated worming perforations. Partially detached binding and leaves. Slight wear to the margins of several leaves.