Lot 140
Netzach Yisrael, by the Maharal of Prague - Copy of the Satmar Rebbe
Netzach Yisrael, about the Messiah and the Redemption, by R. Yehuda Loew - the Maharal of Prague. Lvov, 1869. Approbations by Levi Yitzchak of Berdychiv and R. Yisrael the Magid of Kozienice, from 1793, are printed on the last leaf.
Various ownership inscriptions, signatures and stamps. On the page preceding the title page is a dedication by R. "Yitzchak Shimon Berger son of Alte Esther Malka", who gave the book as a gift to "the Rebbe of Carei", the famous R. Yoel Teitelbaum Rabbi of Satmar who served previously as Rabbi of Carei (Nagy Károly).
R. Yoel Teitelbaum (1887-1979), grandson of the Yitav Lev and son of the Kedushat Yom Tov who both served as Rabbis of Siget. He was known from a young age for his sharpness and Torah proficiency and for his amazing holiness and purity. After he wed the daughter of R. A. C. Horwitz, the Rabbi of Połaniec, he settled in Satmar and taught Torah and Chassidism to a select group of disciples and Chassidim. He served in the rabbinate of Orşova, Carei (from 1925) and Satmar (from 1934). In each of these communities, he also managed a yeshiva gedola and a large Chassidic community. He stood at the helm of the extreme faithful Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureş region. He was saved during the Holocaust in Dr. Kastner's famous "rescue train" and arrived via Bergen Belsen and Eretz Israel to the US in which he established the largest Chassidic community in the world - the Satmar Chassidism which until today is the most dominant community of Orthodox Jews in the US. He headed the opposition to Zionism and the establishment of the State of Israel. He wrote many halachic responsa and his works have been published in dozens of books: VaYo'el Moshe, the Divrei Yoel responsa, Divrei Yo'el on the Torah, etc.
83 leaves. 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Wear and stains, tears to title page. Worn contemporary binding.
