Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Nov 21, 2023
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Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Nov 21, 2023
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Sold for: $138
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Collection of 42 postcards with photographs from Satmar and Sighet. Various publishers and printers, most of them from Satmar and Sighet, from the first half of the 20th century.
Postcards with photographs depicting streets and town squares, landscapes and cultural, educational, religious and government buildings in Satmar and Sighet (34 postcards of Satmar, six postcards of Sighet and two postcards of Maramureș). Nine of the postcards from the beginning of the 20th century are uncut. Some postcards are in color.
42 postcards. Standard size: approx. 14x9 cm. Varying condition. Most postcards were used, have inscriptions in Hungarian (in pen and pencil), postmarks and stamps. Stains, wear and light creases. Damage to some postcards, mostly to corners.
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Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Nov 21, 2023
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Four photographs of Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam, the third Rebbe of the Bobov Chassidic dynasty.
In the photographs, the Rebbe is seen at various events and places, surrounded by his Chassidim and accompanied by his court. In one of the photographs, the Rebbe is seen at the entrance to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s grave in Meron. One of the photographs is a professional portrait of the Rebbe, with the stamp of the famous American photographer Fabian Bachrach.
4 photographs. Approx. 14x18 cm. Good condition. Minor damage. Creases and minor tears to the margins of one of the photographs. Inscriptions for preparation for press on their backside. Studio stamp on the back of one of the photographs.
Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam (the second) of Bobov (1907-2000), prominent rebbe in recent times. Son of Rebbe Ben Tzion Halberstam, author of Kedushat Tzion (son of the first Rebbe of Bobov, Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam, grandson of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz). In 1931, his father moved from Bobov to Trzebinia, and appointed him as assistant Rabbi in his place in Bobov. Rebbe Shlomo assisted his father in directing the dozens of branches of the large network of yeshivas “Etz Chaim – Bobov” in Galicia. After the Holocaust, he reached the United States where he re-established the Bobov Chassidut. He led his followers for over fifty years, founding communities, yeshivas and Torah institutions in the United States and worldwide (Israel, Belgium and England). Bobov Chassidut is one of the largest Chassidic communities in the world today, numbering tens of thousands of families. His books include Kerem Shlomo, Noam Shlomo, Divrei Shlomo and Chochmat Shlomo.
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Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Nov 21, 2023
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Six printed pictures of important rabbis and Rebbes of Hungary and Galicia. [Europe, ca. 1920s.]
In the collection: “Portrait of the Tzaddik R. Yoel Teitelbaum, of Av Beit Din Carei” [Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, served in Carei 1925-1934], “Portrait of the holy Tzaddik, Av Beit Din of Shinova” [Rebbe Moshe Halberstam of Shinova, passed away 1919]; “Portrait of the Tzaddik, Av Beit Din of Munkacs, author of Darchei Teshuvah, [died] second day of Sukkot 1913” [Rebbe Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro of Munkacs, passed away 1913]; “Portrait of the Tzaddik, the Rabbi of Ottynia” [Rebbe Chaim Hager of Ottynia, passed away 1931]; “Portrait of the Tzaddik, the Rabbi of Belz” [Rebbe Aharon Rokeach of Belz, passed away 1957]; “Portrait of the great head of all rabbis of Jerusalem, R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld” [R. Chaim Sonnenfeld, Gaon Av Beit Din of the Edah HaCharedit in Jerusalem, passed away 1932].
6 pictures. 14 cm. Good condition. Stains and light wear. Creases and minor tears.
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Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Nov 21, 2023
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Photograph of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar on one of his visits to Eretz Israel.
[Jerusalem, ca. 1950s-1960s.]
The Rebbe is seen in the photograph surrounded by his followers and dressed in Eretz Israel dress [in the fashion of the Old Yishuv, customarily worn by Jerusalem Chassidim].
Original photograph of the photographer Kalman (Karl) Weiss of "Photo Weiss" in Jerusalem – on the reverse side of the photograph appear stamps and inscriptions of the archive (a decorated frame surrounding a handwritten inscription: "The history of the people, the Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel").
[1] photograph. Approx. 23.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases and light wear.
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Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Nov 21, 2023
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Seven photographs from visits of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar in Eretz Israel.
Photograph of the Rebbe testing the children of Talmud Torah Satmar in Jerusalem (during his visit in 1955); photograph of the Rebbe walking down the streets of Bnei Brak surrounded by his followers; photograph of the Rebbe descending from a train surrounded by followers, stewards and policemen; two (different) photographs of the crowds greeting him on Zupnik Square of the Edah HaCharedit in Jerusalem, and above them a sign captioned: "The Edah HaCharedit Greets our Master"; photograph of the Rebbe standing next to a group of people greeting him (including R. Chaim Shmuelovitz, dean of Mir Yeshiva); photograph of a group of Chassidim accompanying the Rebbe to the Safed cemetery.
Original photographs of the photographer Kalman (Karl) Weiss of "Photo Weiss" in Jerusalem – on the reverse side of the photographs appear stamps and inscriptions of the archive (a decorated frame surrounding a handwritten inscription: "The history of the people, the Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel").
7 original photographs, 18x12 cm. Good general condition. Wear and damage to the margins of one of the photographs.
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Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Nov 21, 2023
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Five photographs of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar on his visits in Eretz Israel. Ca. 1950s-1970s.
In one of the photographs, the Rebbe is seen descending from a boat on his visit in 1959, together with his wife Rebbetzin Alta Feiga and his attendant R. Yosel Ashkenazi. An additional photograph depicts the crowds gathered around the Yitav Lev Satmar yeshiva in Jerusalem, under a sign reading "Baruch HaBa BeShem Hashem". In another photograph, the Rebbe is seen walking down the road, accompanied by his court and surrounded by many Chassidim. Two additional photographs depict various portraits of the Rebbe (during a test in Talmud Torah Satmar in Jerusalem).
Four of the photographs are stamped on the reverse side with the studio stamp of K. Weiss of Jerusalem.
5 photographs. Approx. 12 to 13.5 cm. Good general condition. Stains, damage and light wear on some photographs. Inscriptions and stamps on the back.
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Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Nov 21, 2023
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Twenty photographs of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, in various periods of his life. In the photographs, the Rebbe is seen sitting next to Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah Halberstam of Sanz-Klausenburg; at the window of a train in one of his visits to Eretz Israel; sitting at the table of honor at a large council of rabbis; immersed in prayer, adorned with Tallit and Tefillin; lecturing to students; surrounded by followers in a Jerusalem Beit Midrash; sitting in a garden in Switzerland next to several laymen; visiting Talmud Torah Satmar in Bnei Brak, next to his attendant R. Yosel Ashkenazi and the director of the institution R. Ben Tzion Jakobowitz; at graves of Tzaddikim and the Arizal in the Safed cemetery; sitting at the table of honor at a gathering (while the Rebbe of Pápa is giving an inspirational speech at the pulpit); sitting at the table of honor next to R. Yitzchak Grünwald of Tzelem (Deutschkreutz) at a large protest; on his way to the graves of the disciples of the Baal Shem Tov in the Tiberias cemetery; testing the children of Talmud Torah Satmar in Jerusalem during his visit in 1955; conversing with R. Shmuel Wozner in Bnei Brak; and more.
Some photographs are captioned in the margin. One photograph is captioned on the back in pen.
Some of the photographs are original prints. Three of the photographs are labeled on the back with the stamp of the photographer Joseph Herczberg, and another photograph carries the stamp of the Studio "Photo Refaeli Bnei Brak".
20 items. Size varies from approx. 5x7 to 18x11.5 cm. Good condition. Damage and light wear.
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Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Nov 21, 2023
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Collection of photographs (late printings) of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar.
Photographs from various periods in the Rebbe's life: in some the Rebbe is seen on his way to the graves of Tzaddikim and the Arizal in the Safed cemetery (with his attendant R. Yosel Ashkenazi and R. Moshe Yitzchak Levinger at his side); walking on the streets of Jerusalem next to the Rebbe of Zidichov, the philanthropist R. Yisrael Zupnik and his attendant R. Yosel Ashkenazi; sitting next to Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah Halberstam of Sanz-Klausenburg; in Switzerland after his arrival from Bergen-Belsen; in his visit to Montreal; at the window of a train in one of his visits to Eretz Israel; at the table of honor at a large council of rabbis; on his way to the graves of the disciples of the Baal Shem Tov in the Tiberias cemetery; and more.
Two photographs are captioned in the margin. One of the photographs has a printed caption: "In memory of… Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum; there was and will be no one like him in previous generations and future generations]…".
20 photographs (10 of them identical portraits of the Rebbe). Size varies from approx. 15x10 to 25 cm. Very good condition.
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Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Nov 21, 2023
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Large-sized photograph of Jewish leaders at the "General Assembly" of the Central Rabbinical Congress and Union of Orthodox Rabbis. [Brooklyn, New York, Wednesday, 9 Sivan, 1961.] Photograph of the stage at the joint assembly of the two Orthodox rabbinic organizations in the United States – the Central Rabbinical Congress, headed by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, and the Union of Orthodox Rabbis, headed by R. Moshe Feinstein. The assembly for the strengthening of religion and Orthodox Judaism in the United States was held in the large assembly hall in the St. George hotel, Brooklyn, New York, and was attended by hundreds of rabbis, rebbes, yeshiva deans, Orthodox Jewish leaders, and representatives of the United States Orthodox communities, as well as countless laymen. In his address to the assembly, Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar adjured his listeners to carefully check for kosher and holy tefillin and mezuzot when purchasing them. In the photograph appear dozens of rebbes and rabbis, members of the Central Rabbinical Congress and Union of Orthodox Rabbis. Sitting in the first row (from right to left): 1. R. Chaim Tzvi Krieger, Av Beit Din of Brussels; 3. R. Simcha Elberg; 4. R. Mordechai Pinchas Teitz of Elizabeth, New Jersey; 5. R. Levi Yitzchak Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Tzelem (Deutschkreutz); 6. president of the Central Rabbinical Congress Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar; 7. Rebbe Yissachar Ber Rottenberg, Av Beit Din of Wodzisław; 8. Rebbe Yisrael Shapiro of Bluzhov; 10. the Berach Moshe of Satmar; 11. president of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis R. Moshe Feinstein (speaking at the podium); 12. R. Shmuel Ehrenfeld, Av Beit Din of Mattersdorf; 13. R. Shimon Yisrael Posen, Av Beit Din of Sopron; 14. R. Moshe Yaakov Beck, Av Beit Din of Apsha; 15. R. Menashe Horowitz, Av Beit Din of Żołynia; 16. Rebbe Eliezer Zusia Portugal of Skulen; 17. R. Tzvi Hirsch Meisels, Av Beit Din of Weitzen (Vác); 18. Rebbe Elazar Shapiro of Mezőkövesd. Sitting in the second row: 1. R. Elazar Meisels, Av Beit Din of Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely); 3. R. Naftali Hertzka Henig of Sărmașu; 4. R. Chaim Meisels, Av Beit Din of Szarvas; 5. R. Yosef Moshe Meisels, Av Beit Din of Ujvar (Gherla); 7. R. Yaakov Leibowitz, Av Beit Din of Kopisch (Kaposvár); 8. R. Avraham Shlomo Katz, Av Beit Din of Riskeve (Poienile de sub Munte). In the next rows sit many rabbis, including: R. Moshe Beck, Av Beit Din of Medzhybizh; R. Avraham HaKohen Kleinman, Av Beit Din of Margareten (Marghita); and more. Approx. 25.5x20 cm. Good-fair condition. Folds and creases. Abrasions. Tears and wear. Small marginal open tear (not affecting photograph). Inscriptions of preparation for print on the reverse side of the photograph. Enclosed: Nine additional copies of the photograph – late prints (in large format: approx. 25.5x20 cm).
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