Agudas Ezov – From the Heilige Maggid of Kremnitz, Zalkwah 5542 – First Edition – A Metziah for Bnei Torah!
Agudas Ezov, divrei hisorerus and drashos on Megillas Rus, Eichah, and Koheles, from the Heilige Gaon, the fiery Maggid of Kremnitz, Rav Yaakov Yisroel HaLevi, who was meir einei Yisroel with his gadlus in Torah and avodah. Zalkwah 5542 – First Edition.
A Sefer Chaviv to Chassidim and Anshei Maaseh
The sifrei kodesh of the Maggid—Agudas Ezov, Shivtei Yisroel (on Tehillim), and Sfas Emes (on Mishlei)—were treasured by the heiligeh Tzaddikim of all kehillos. His words of emes and kedushah are quoted b’kavod gadol in the Yitav Lev, Yismach Moshe, Amaros Tehoros (from the Noam Megadim), the Heilige Chasam Sofer, the Gaon HaKodosh Rav Shlomo Kluger, the Ben Ish Chai, the Gaon Rav Chaim Palagi, and many other geonim and tzaddikim.
A Tzaddik Nistar Who Was Mar’esh Shomayim
A moiredige maaseh is brought down from the Heilige Chozeh of Lublin, testifying to the madreigos noro’os of the Maggid, how he was rogez and ro’ash in shomayim on Leil Kol Nidrei. He walked into the beis medrash and saw his bas yochid weeping bitterly, holding her son who was also m’oireir bechi. He turned to the child and asked, “Mein kind, far voss hostu a bechi?” The child answered, “If my mother is crying, should I not cry as well?” The Maggid ge’hert di vort, entered the heichal of avodah, and ge’krazt shomayim, shrei’ing mit bitterkeit: "If the Shechinah HaKedoshah is crying, azoi, shouldn’t we cry as well?" The ganze oilam gezittert from his words and were nisorer b’cheshek u’be’eimah l’teshuvah shleimah. (Ohel Rebbe, Or HaNiflaos, Siman 60).
