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# A drawing was published in the Algemeiner Journal by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson. It was drawn by R' Shimon Zaltzman who never saw the Rebbe Maharash but drew it based on the description of his brother R' Avraham Zaltzman who had seen the picture in the home of the Rebbe Rashab.
# A drawing was published in the Algemeiner Journal by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson. It was drawn by R' Shimon Zaltzman who never saw the Rebbe Maharash but drew it based on the description of his brother R' Avraham Zaltzman who had seen the picture in the home of the Rebbe Rashab.
# In the Ginzburg family, descendants of the Rebbe Maharash, a portrait was passed down from generation to generation with a tradition that it is a portrait of the Rebbe Maharash.
# In the Ginzburg family, descendants of the Rebbe Maharash, a portrait was passed down from generation to generation with a tradition that it is a portrait of the Rebbe Maharash.
[[File:מיוחס למהר"ש.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:מיוחס למהר"ש.jpg|thumb|Estimated portrait of the Rebbe Maharash, according to the tradition of the Ginzburg family, descendants of the Rebbe Maharash.]]
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[[File:מיוחס למהרש 3'.jpg|thumb|The Appearance of the Rebbe Maharash Published in the newspaper "Algemeiner Journal." Drawn by R' Shimon Zaltzman who did not see the Rebbe Maharash, but drew it according to the description of his brother R' Avraham Zaltzman who saw the picture in the home of the Rebbe Rashab.]]
According to tradition, the facial features of the Rebbe Maharash were similar to those of the Rebbe Rayatz. This is based on a story that the Rebbe Rayatz told and the Rebbe repeated many times:
According to tradition, the facial features of the Rebbe Maharash were similar to those of the Rebbe Rayatz. This is based on a story that the Rebbe Rayatz told and the Rebbe repeated many times:<blockquote>During the Baal HaGeulah's famous visit to the Holy Land, one of the chassidim of the Rebbe Maharash came to him for yechidus, and immediately upon entering the room fainted! When they asked him the reason for his fainting, he answered: I saw in the Rebbe's face the countenance of the Rebbe Maharash... He hadn't seen the Rebbe Maharash for decades, and upon seeing the face of the Rebbe Maharash [in the Rebbe Rayatz], he immediately fainted<ref>12 Tammuz 5745 - Hisvaaduyos 5745 Vol. 4 p. 245</ref></blockquote>
 
During the Baal HaGeulah's famous visit to the Holy Land, one of the chassidim of the Rebbe Maharash came to him for yechidus, and immediately upon entering the room fainted! When they asked him the reason for his fainting, he answered: I saw in the Rebbe's face the countenance of the Rebbe Maharash... He hadn't seen the Rebbe Maharash for decades, and upon seeing the face of the Rebbe Maharash [in the Rebbe Rayatz], he immediately fainted<ref>12 Tammuz 5745 - Hisvaaduyos 5745 Vol. 4 p. 245</ref>


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