The Admo"r' Rabbi Yankeleh of Pshevorsk's Weisse Zocken

The Admo"r' Rabbi Yankeleh of Pshevorsk's Weisse Zocken

"I will rejoice deeply with Hashem ... for he has dressed me in a garment of salvation ... like a bridegroom exalted with splendor and a bride bedecked with jewelry"

Two pairs of socks, black and white, that belonged to the renowned wonder-worker the Admo"r Rabbi Yankeleh of Pshevorsk, leading Admo"r of Europe and one of the most prominent Admo"rim of his generation. Extremely rare items worn by the sacred Rebbe directly on his body without anything intervening!

* Pair of black socks worn by the Rebbe on weekdays. On 21 Adar (The Rebbe R' Elimelech of Lizhensk's yahrtzeit) 1997, which came out that year on a Friday, when the Rebbe changed his clothing from weekday clothes to Shabbat clothes, he gave them as a gift to his devoted attendant (as appears in the included confirmation).

* Pair of white socks - weisse zocken of the type worn by Admo"rim on Shabbats and festivals. On the evening following Shemini Atzeret 1996, when the Rebbe removed them, his faithful attendant received them (as appears in the attached confirmation).

The segulah of all of a tzaddik's belongings is well-known, tried-and-true. As elucidated in the book  Divrei Torah by the Minchat Elazar of Munkacs (first edition, sections 22-23) as follows: "We have found this custom among the tzaddikim, our rabbis and our ancestors - that they considered the vessels used by tzaddikim to have much significance, and some tzaddikim and Chassidim paid huge sums for them. The source for this is in the Yerushalmi - an item used by a tzaddik, even a material item, gives one knowledge, and all the more so, many benefits of this world." How much more so are these garments, worn by this pure body of a tzaddik with nothing intervening, capable of bringing about healing, stated in the name of the Rebbe Rabbi Moshe of Kossov, author of  Lekket Ani: "All items that come from a holy person, if worn by a person who is ill, Heaven forbid, the external force flees from his and he recovery comes on its own."

In Jewish communities across the Diaspora, people have sought to wear clothing that was used by tzaddikim at special life-cycle occasions (ritual circumcision, redemption of a firstborn, wedding) as an auspicious omen, especially kippahs that were worn by rabbinic leaders of the generations. The garments were usually the property of the tzaddikim’s descendants, or that of wealthy people who paid large fortunes for them and they would generously lend them to the celebrants (until unsavory characters desired these sanctified items for themselves and they ceased to be lent out). The owners of the garments themselves would wear them as a segulah also on the high holidays – on Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, or when ill, Heaven forbid, as it says in  Otzar Yu"d HaChayim (section 280): "There is a pure source for tzaddikim who are particular to wear on Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, etc, a garment that belonged to early tzaddikim - refer to the Yerushalmi Ta'anit Chap.4 Halachah 1 etc."

Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the  Admo"r Rabbi Yankeleh of Pshevorsk.

Overall condition: Very fine.

Signed authorization included, handwritten by his personal attendant over his final years, Rabbi Shalom Ya'akov Yisrael Vyshurun Kahana, regarding the authenticity of these items and that they came to him in an upright manner, with authority and proper supervision.