By COLlive reporter
A never-before-seen photo of Rabbi Yitzchok Horowitz OBM, commonly known as Reb Itche der Masmid, has surfaced this week.
The profile photo of the Lubavitch chossid legendary for his intense learning and soulful davening, is being published by the Kfar Chabad magazine.
The Shluchim in Latvia, Rabbi Mordechai and Rivkah Glazman, released the photo for an article about them in the magazine’s supplement Mishpacha Chassidit.
Reb Itche, who traveled throughout Europe to strengthen Jewish people’s commitment to Judaism, was slain by the Nazis on 10 Kislev, 5702 (1941) in Riga, Latvia.
He was born to R’ Shlomo Menachem Mendel and Elka Horowitz in the city of Bereznehuvate, in the Kherson Governorate, and from early youth would study until very late at night.
The photo seems like it may have been a passport picture. It was stamped with blue ink in what is most probably a government seal and Reb Itche’s signature appears under it.
I read a very moving story that Rav Yitzchak Horowitz – zt”l once said over about a simple but Pious Yid who made a Farbrengen – Joyous occasion which helped a very sick girl get back to her full recovery.
From the book “Song of Teshuvah Vol 2 /chapter 8.”
Wow he did not know that his picture would surface on col teaches u how much u can accomplish without knowing
Beautiful picture on the cover of Kfar Chabad! I was zoiche to see this tzadik quite a few times over three trips to E”Y. I would be quite interested in learning of his ties with the Frierdiker Rebbe and Rebbe.