Siddur with the kavanot of the kabbalist R. Shalom Sharabi, the Rashash. Jerusalem: Shmuel Zuckerman, 1916. Nine parts in one volume.
Copy of R. Moshe Aryeh Freund, head rabbi of the Edah HaCharedit, with dedications to him and his stamps from various periods: "Moshe Aryeh Freund, dayan and posek of the Orthodox community of Satmar"; "Moshe Aryeh Freund, head of all the Beit Din of all the Ashkenazi communities and dean of the Yitav Lev Satmar yeshiva in Jerusalem". On front and back endpapers, dedications from "Nachum Mordechai son of Kreintsha" [R. Nachum Mordechai Spitzer], who dedicated the book to "the holy rebbe, head of the Beit Din of Satmar, now in New York".
Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Freund (1904-1996), eldest son of R. Yisrael Freund, Rabbi of Hunyad (d. 1940), and grandson of Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Freund of Năsăud. Served as dayan and posek in Satmar and head of the Năsăud Beit Din. After the Holocaust he served as head of the Satmar Beit Din, immigrated to the United States and later to Jerusalem, where he served as dean of the Yitav Lev yeshiva of Satmar, posek and head of the Beit Din of the Edah HaCharedit; he later succeeded the Minchat Yitzchak as chief rabbi of the Edah HaCharedit. For many years he was known as a wonderworker. The Rama Torah school and yeshiva in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh are named for him.
The book also contains stamps of former owners and ownership inscriptions, including an ownership inscription of R. Yechiel Rosenberg of Sighet (an intimate of the Kedushat Yom Tov, great in both revealed and hidden realms of the Torah). After his passing the siddur passed to his brother R. Alter Rosenberg, who writes that he received the siddur from his sister-in-law and sold it to R. Yisrael Weiss, the Sighet bookseller.
The Rashash siddur was long preserved in manuscript. Part I was first printed in 1911, Part II in 1912 and Parts III-IX apparently in 1916. The present item is the complete edition of 1916.
Nine parts in one volume: Part I: [2], 86 leaves. Part II: 161 leaves. Part III: 36 leaves. Part IV: 115 leaves (the words "Part IV" are missing from the first page). Part V: 44 leaves. Part VI: 12 leaves. Part VII: 99, 60-63 leaves. Part VIII: 68 leaves. Part IX: 21 leaves. 22 cm. Most leaves on high-quality paper. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Signs of heavy use, detached leaves, a few tears and paper repairs. Old fabric binding, non-original, slightly rubbed and worn.
PLEASE NOTE: Some lot descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to the Hebrew text.
