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Sacred Letters in the Handwriting of the Renowned Righteous Rabbi Hillel of Kolomea Zt''l - Matters of Ethics and Repentance. Special letters by the famous Tzadik Rabbi Hillel of Kalmiya Zt''l, including initials on the beginning of a title page of a sefer in his holy handwriting with the phrase ”I have set the Lord always before me” (Psalm 16:8). On one side of the page: Rabbi Hillel writes an extraordinary letter to the great Rabbi Naftali Sofer Ab''d Petshi-Neudorff, regarding the wicked people in his city, whom he cannot disturb because it is written, ”Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger” (Isaiah 10:5). He writes that every wicked person in his generation and in his time... ”How can I dare to cancel his mission? Rather, the straight path is... to awaken the hearts of the people... to remind them of the common laws of the Torah... the study of Torah... the observance of Shabbat... and the gravest issue, the sin of the covenant (sexual impurity)... And if he does so, they will surely return him from the heavenly court [in repentance?]... and the prosecutor will turn into a defender.” On the other side: A portion of a letter to the great Rabbi Zalman Spitzer of Vienna, with great titles, in which he wishes him an immediate inscription and sealing in the Book of the Righteous. It is worth noting that the Elder Rabbi of Alexander mentioned himself before the holy Rabbi Hillel of Kolomea during the Ten Days of Repentance, writing to him in his great humility to pray for him that he might merit repentance, as printed at the end of the holy book ”Yismach Yisrael.” The Tzadik Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein of Kolomea (1815 – 1891), son of Rabbi Baruch, a Daysn in Vetch, and a prominent disciple of the ”Chatam Sofer” Zt''l. After marrying, he settled in Galanta, where he established a yeshiva until the year 1850, when he was appointed as the rabbi of Klausenburg, and later the rabbi of Oradea, and finally as the rabbi of Kalmiya, by which name he became famous. He was a renowned tzaddik of his generation, who traveled across Europe to spread Torah and ethics and to fight the battles of God against the reformers. It is told of the holy Rabbi Chaim of Sanz, who, when he met him, asked, ”Rabbi Hillel, you give ethics to all of Israel; give some to me as well.”  The Rabbi replied, ”In the Rebbi's house, there is not a square cubit at the entrance as a reminder of the destruction (as per Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 560:1).” Immediately, Rabbi Chaim of Sanz rose and scraped off a square cubit from the wall. Among his works are ”Shirei Maskil, ” ”Maskil El Dal, ” responsa ”Beit Hillel, ” and more. A page and a half, in good to fair condition, with some wear and paper reinforcements.