Three Shemirah (Protection) Papers – "Shemirah for a Plague" by the Yismach Moshe and "Shemirah for a Child" by the ...

Three Shemirah (Protection) Papers – "Shemirah for a Plague" by the Yismach Moshe and "Shemirah for a Child" by the Baal Shem Tov – Hungary, Early 20th Century

Three printed leaves – Shemirah (protection) papers, amulets and prayers:

• "Shemirah for a plague, tried and true, by the Tzaddik R. Moshe Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Ujhel". No place or date indicated. [Hungary, Ujhel?, early 20th century.]

• "Segulah for livelihood and success – Shemirah for a plague, tried and true, by the Tzaddik R. Moshe Teitelbaum… Av Beit Din of Ujhel". Budapest: Yehoshua Weiss, [early 20th century].

• "Shemirah for a child, by the Baal Shem Tov". Satmar: bookshop of Avraham Meir Süsswein, press of [Meir Leib] Hirsch, [ca. 1920-1940].

Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Ujhel (1759-1841), the Yismach Moshe, an illustrious Chassidic leader in Hungary and Galicia, and progenitor of the Sighet and Satmar Chassidic dynasties. An outstanding Torah scholar and kabbalist, he was an expert in both the revealed and hidden Torah. He was famed during his lifetime as a holy wonderworker possessing ruach hakodesh. He first served as rabbi in Shinova from 1785-1808, and subsequently in 1808 he was appointed rabbi and Av Beit Din of Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely) and the region. Rebbe Moshe was originally opposed to Chassidut, and in his youth he traveled to study with the Vilna Gaon. He joined Chassidut at a later age, influenced by his son-in-law, R. Aryeh Leib Lipschitz, Av Beit Din of Vishnitza (Nowy Wiśnicz), author of Responsa Aryeh DeVei Ila'i, who convinced him to travel to the Chozeh of Lublin. With the Chozeh he became aware of clear manifestations of ruach hakodesh, and from that point on he became his close disciple, devoting himself to the Chassidic way and spreading its teachings in his regions. He likewise traveled to visit the Ohev Yisrael of Apta. Starting in 1815, he began to distribute amulets to those in need of salvation, thereby performing countless wonders. It is told that he hesitated about whether to continue making amulets until he heard a heavenly voice calling out to him while he was awake: "Do not fear, for I am with you" (Tehillah LeMoshe). To this day, most of the amulets and shemirot in Ashkenazic lands are attributed to the amulets of the Yismach Moshe, including the printed shemirot for children and child-bearing women and for plague. The famous "Keresterir's amulets", which were written by rebbes as a Segulah to guard one's house and property, originate with the Yismach Moshe.

[3] leaves. Varying size and condition. Good general condition.