Torat Chatat by R. Moshe Isserles (the Rama), with Minchat Yaakov and Torat HaShelamim by R. Yaakov Reischer, Vikuach Mayim Chaim by R. Chaim son of Betzalel of Friedberg (brother of the Maharal of Prague), Damesek Eliezer by R. Eliezer son of Yehoshua of Szczebrzeszyn (Shebreshin), and additional commentaries. Piotrków: Yitzchak Shlomowitch, 1903. Divisional title pages for Torat HaShelamim, Vikuach Mayim Chaim and Damesek Eliezer.
Copy of R. Moshe Aryeh (Rama) Freund, from his tenure as dayan and posek in Satmar (after the Holocaust). His stamps appear on the title page and margins of other leaves: "Moshe Aryeh Freund, dayan and posek of Satmar".
This copy was previously in possession of his father, R. Yisrael Freund, Av Beit Din of Radna and Huedin. On the margins of the title page, an ownership inscription (partially cut off) handwritten by his son, R. Moshe Aryeh Freund: "…the Tzaddik R. Yisrael Freund, Av Beit Din of Randa and the region, Aryeh".
Handwritten glosses on the margins of several pages.
R. Moshe Aryeh Freund (1904-1996), son of R. Yisrael Freund, Av Beit Din of Bonyhád and grandson of Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Freund of Năsăud. Served as dayan and posek in Satmar and Av Beit Din of Năsăud. After the Holocaust, he served for a short time as Av Beit Din of Satmar. He later immigrated to Jerusalem and served as dean of the Satmar Yitav Lev yeshiva and as a posek in the city. After the passing of his teacher, Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar in 1979, he took up his position as Rosh Av Beit Din of the Edah HaCharedit, and after the passing of the Minchat Yitzchak in 1989, he was appointed to his position as Gaon Av Beit Din of the Edah HaCharedit.
His father, R. Yisrael Freund, Av Beit Din of Radna and Huedin (ca. 1873-1940), son of Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Freund of Năsăud, son of R. Moshe Aryeh Freund, leader of Sighet community. In his youth he lived in Sighet and attended the Yitav Lev of Sighet. In 1906 he was appointed Av Beit Din of Radna, and after the passing of his father-in-law R. Ze'ev Goldberger in 1917, he accepted a position as Rabbi in Huedin, where he served for about twenty years. He traveled often to Sanz Tzaddikim, and particularly kept the company of his teacher, the Divrei Yechezkel of Shinova. After his passing, Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar eulogized him as "unique in his generation in the trait of humility" (Mara DeUvda, III, p. 290). His novellae are printed in Ateret Yehoshua on the Torah and Talmud.
[2], 67; [1], 2-21; 11; 11; 9, [1]; [2], 3-26 leaves. Approx. 30 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Creases and tears. Open tears on the margins of the title page and on first two pages, affecting text, restored with paper (verso of title page pasted to a blank leaf). Stamps. New leather binding.
