"Call for assistance!" – a printed poster for the establishment of the Tomchei Yeshivot Society, signed by important Transylvanian rebbes and rabbis, including rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. Grosswardein (Oradea): Glanzer, 21 Adar II, 1929.
Public appeal to establish the Tomchei Yeshivot Society in Transylvania. The goal of the society was to establish a special monetary fund to provide assistance for yeshiva deans and improve the conditions of life of poor yeshiva students by providing a stipend and establishing special dormitories and cafeterias (to replace the custom of yeshiva students dining on particular days with various community members).
The society was established consequent to the decision of the assembly of rabbis and representatives of the Orthodox communities of Transylvania which was held with great ceremony in Grosswardein (Oradea) in Adar, 1929. During the assembly, a dispute arose as to where the society would be located – while the initiators of the idea, headed by R. Yosef Seltzer, forcefully argued that the society's activities should be centered in Grosswardein, since the well-to-do community would have the resources necessarily for the venture's success, other important Transylvanian rabbis and rebbes, led by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Carei, opposed the move, since they were suspicious of the heads of the community in Grosswardein, a majority of whom were members of Mizrachi.
The public appeal is signed by many important Transylvanian rebbes and rabbis: Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (at the time Av Beit Din of Carei); Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager, Av Beit Din of Vishova; R. Shmuel Zalman Weinberger, Av Beit Din of Marghita; R. Yehudah Segal Rosner, Av Beit Din of Săcueni; Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah Halberstam of Klausenburg; R. Mordechai Brisk, Av Beit Din of Tășnad; R. Yisrael Freund, Av Beit Din of Hunedoara; and more.
[1] leaf. 34 cm. Good condition. Folds. Stains and light wear.
