Manuscript page, handwritten by the kabbalist Rabbi. Zekil Loeb Wormser – the Ba’al Shem of Michelstadt.

Accounting, debts, payments and expenditure. 1832.

The miraculous Kabbalist Rabbi Zekil Loeb (Yitzchak Aryeh) Wormser (1768-1848) – the Ba’al Shem of Michelstadt. Scion of the Luria family, descended from the Maharshal and from Rashi and from Rabbi Eliyahu (Elijah) Loans, known as the Ba’al Shem of Worms. In his youth, he studied under Rabbi Natan Adler in Frankfurt and later returned to his hometown, Michelstadt. Upon his return, he established his Beit Midrash and served as

Rabbi of the city and its district and established a yeshiva which drew many students. He was especially renowned as a Tzaddik who worked wonders which earned him the appellation "Ba’al Shem". People from various countries seeking salvation and remedies flocked to his court and many were delivered by his blessings, segulot and amulets.

He was celebrated by Jews and non-Jews alike. Reputedly, German soldiers who prayed at his gravesite during WWI all returned from the battlefield healthy and well. The Michelstadt municipality placed a memorial plaque on the house in which he lived, describing him "a friend of the people". Rabbi Zekel Leib promised that the prayers of anyone who would pray at his grave would be accepted, and until this very day, there is a steady stream of Jews visiting the Jewish cemetery in Michelstadt. (see Kivrei Tzaddikim B’Ashkenaz p. 126). His writings and chiddushim were published in the sefer Baal Shem MiMichelstadt (Machon Yerushalayim).

33 Cm.

Lot #249

Manuscript of the Holy Rabbi Sekl Loeb Wormser – the Ba'al Shem of Michelstadt.

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Manuscript of the Holy Rabbi Sekl Loeb Wormser – the Ba'al Shem of Michelstadt.

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