Tikunei Zohar, by R. Shimon bar Yochai – Part I (Tikunim 1-35 of 70). Belgrade: R. Yitzchak Parchi of Jerusalem, [1851]. Small format with large square letters, specially made for the customary study of Tikunei Zohar from the beginning of Elul until Yom Kippur (see introduction of book).
Copy of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, with his stamps. On endpaper, kvittel inscriptions of names to mention while studying, for blessing and salvation. On title page and other leaves appears the stamp: "Yoel Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Irshava and the region". We surmise that these stamps were made and stamped on the books at a later date than his rabbinic tenure in Irshava – see Kedem, Auction 99, Lot 185.
Stamps of former owner: R. "Ezra Meir son of Aharon Avigdor Azriel" of Jerusalem.
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979), a leader of his generation, president of the Edah HaCharedit in Jerusalem and leader of American Orthodox Jewry, one of the founding pillars of Chassidic Jewry after the Holocaust. Born in Sighet, he was the son of the Kedushat Yom Tov and grandson of the Yitav Lev, who both served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was renowned from his youth for his sharpness and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. He settled in Satmar and taught Torah and Chassidut to an elite group of disciples and followers.
He served as rabbi of Irshava (1911-1915, 1922-1926), Karoly (Carei; from 1925), and Satmar (Satu Mare; from 1934), managing in each of these places a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. During the Holocaust, he was rescued by the famous Kastner Train, and after a journey through Bergen-Belsen, Switzerland and Eretz Israel, he reached the United States, where he reestablished what became one of the largest Chassidic groups in the world.
[5], 2-232 leaves. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains and signs of heavy use. Light worming. Stamps. New leather binding.
