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LOT 275:
Keepsake coin for blessings (Shimra) from the holy Admor of Kopishnitz.. Given to his host in London.
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Keepsake coin for blessings (Shimra) from the holy Admor of Kopishnitz.. Given to his host in London.
An English currency coin dated 1960. Given as a Shmira and blessing
By the holy Admor of Kopishnitz.
Given to one of the Rabbis in England who knew the Rebbe from Vienna & the Rebbe stayed by his house on his trip to London where people came to him for blessings & he then gave this coin to his host for Shmira, Bracha & Hatzlacha.
The recipient Rabbi taped a typed note around it at the time ''The Kopishnitz Rebbe Shlit''a''.
A very rare keepsake- Shmirah - coin.
The holy Admor Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Heschel was born in Husyatin in 1888 to his holy Father Rebbe Yitzchok Meir Heschil the first Kopishnitz Rebbe who was the son in law of the holy Rebbe Mordche Shrage Friedman the first Husyatin Rebbe.
in 1909 he married his cousin Sarah Bracha of Warsaw where he remained to bask in the light of the Polish Rebbes.
After a while he returned to Kopishnitz & when WWI broke out he fled with his family to Vienna where he helped out the tremendous number of refugees.
In 1936 after his father passed away he was crowned ad the Admor of Kopishnitz. in 1939 after he Anschluss he left Vienna for the USA where he replanted his court & was one of the most revered Rebbes there.
Many stories are told of his special warm personality.
