Auction 048 Rebbes of Satmar, Sighet and Bobov - Books, Objects, Letters and Manuscripts, Broadsides and Printed Items
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Two polemic books printed by the two sides, during the split in the Sighet community:
1. Ohev Mishpat. Published by the "Sefardic" community in Sighet. Lviv: Felix Bednarski, 1887. Two title pages.
[4], 16 pages; [24], 25-104 leaves. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Paper repairs on verso of first title page. Wormhole through half the book. New binding.
2. Open letter and Milchemet Mitzvah. Sighet: Menachem Mendel Wieder, 1888. Includes booklets published during the course of the polemic: Ein Mishpat, Yashuv Mishpat and Emek HaMishpat. On the title page, stamp of R. Chaim Dov Gross of Munkacs (d. 1938), close attendant of the Minchat Elazar.
[2], 2-157, [2] leaves (some leaves are not numbered – the three booklets which were distributed independently before the printing of the book was completed). 24.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Marginal tears and minor open tears to some leaves, not affecting text. New binding.
The Split in the Sighet Community
In 1883-1890, a stormy controversy broke out in Sighet between the members of the community who joined the Central Bureau of the Autonomous Orthodox Jewish Communities, and a group of community members who refused to be subordinate to the bureau, and established an independent, Status Quo "Sefardic" community. The Orthodox community was headed by the Yitav Lev and the Kedushat Yom Tov of Sighet, while the seceding camp was led by the powerful Kahana family, and some Vizhnitz Chassidim.
With time, the split in the Sighet community affected many other Hungarian communities, with most the Hungarian rabbis, as well as many rabbis from Galicia and Poland, taking sides in the polemic.
Printed proclamation, rabbinic prohibition to vote for the Zionists. Orsheva (Irshava), "Tuesday Parashat Vayikra" [5th Adar II] 1924.
Letter from R. Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky Rabbi of Khust, forbidding voting for the Zionist parties in the elections to the Czechoslovak parliament in March 1924.
Followed by an approbation signed by Rebbe Yisrael Yaakov Yukel Teitelbaum Rabbi of Volova, Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum and R. Chim Meir Hager of Vizhnitz.
Since such a ban was illegal, the rabbis were forced to supposedly retract it in a proclamation issued the following day (see following item, no. 71).
[1] leaf. 28.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Stains and minor wear. Tear repaired with tape on verso. Stamp of the Jewish-Hungarian periodical Múlt és Jövő (Past and Future).
Printed proclamation, denial of the ban issued by the rabbis on voting for the Zionist parties in the elections for the Czechoslovak parliament. Orsheva (Irshava), "Wednesday Parashat Vayikra" [6th Adar II] 1924. Munkacs: Bernhard Meisels.
In the proclamation, the rabbis deny the prohibition published in their name to vote for the Zionist parties. Signed by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, R. Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, R. Chaim Meir Hager, and Rebbe Yisrael Yaakov Yukel Teitelbaum Rabbi of Volova.
With the approach of the Czechoslovak elections, the aforementioned rabbis had issued the day before (5th Adar II 1924) a proclamation forbidding voting for the Zionist parties (see previous item). Since such a ban was illegal, they were forced to retract it in the present proclamation (presumably only outwardly, for the authorities).
[1] leaf. 23.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Tears to margins and folds. Minor wear.
Proclamation against Zionsim and the Mizrachi movement. Sighet, 1930.
The main part of the leaf contains a proclamation originally published in Av 1920 in Grosswardein (Oradea), prohibiting joining or assisting the Zionist and Mizrachi movements, signed by the leading rebbes and rabbis in Transylvania and Maramureș: R. Moshe David Teitelbaum Rabbi of Magyarlápos, R. Shaul Brach Rabbi of Karoly, Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum, and others.
The proclamation is followed by an approbation dated 1930, signed by the rabbis and dayanim of Sighet: R. Shlomo Dov HaLevi Heller (son-in-law of the Erech Shai), R. David Meir Tabak (son of the Erech Shai) and R. Yekutiel Yehuda Gross (previously rabbi of Berbești).
[1] leaf. 32 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Minor wear. Minor marginal open tears, repaired in part with tape on verso.
Printed proclamation against Zionism and the Mizrachi movement. Khust-Karoly, Nissan-Iyar 1933.
In the right-hand column, letter from R. Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, prohibiting joining the Zionist and Mizrachi movements or participating in their meetings. Khust, Thursday Parashat Vayikra [3rd Nissan] 1933.
In the left-hand column, similar letter from Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum. Karoly (Carei), [4th Iyar] 1933.
Approx. 29X20.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Tears and minor wear.
Illustration of fish at the center of the leaves, with the inscription "Adar – Mazal Dagim", within decorative frames with floral and geometric motifs and Stars of David.
Approx. 42.5X31.5 cm. Overall good condition. Creases and wear. Minor marginal tears. One copy linen-backed for preservation (with open tear to upper margin, affecting border, repaired with paper).
8 copies. 86.5X59 cm – 82X59 cm. Condition varies; overall good to good-fair condition.
Printed booklet, regulations of the Yitav Lev – Satmar community, founded in 1948. Brooklyn NY: Avraham Yitzchak Friedman, [1952]. Yiddish. First edition.
Booklet comprising dozens of regulations of the new community founded by Rebbe Yoel of Satmar in Brooklyn NY – the Yitav Lev Satmar community.
Early document, from the formative years of the Satmar Chassidut in the United States.
28, [2] pages. Approx. 13 cm. Very good condition. New binding.
Two booklets dealing with Shemittah Etrogim – halachic polemic aroused by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar against using Etrogim grown in Eretz Israel relying upon Heter Mechirah:
1. Kuntress Shalosh Teshuvot by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. Brooklyn, New York: Twersky Brothers, 1953.
Three responsa on the above topic, in which Rebbe Yoel of Satmar rules decisively that one shouldn't buy, make a blessing or fulfill one's obligation with such an Etrog.
[3], 4-94 pages. 23 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Original binding, slightly worn.
2. Milchemet Mitzvah, by R. Yitzchak Yechiel HaKohen Gross author of Igeret L'Nevochim. Jerusalem: Chorev, 1959.
Booklet defending the position of R. Yoel Teitelbaum against the objections of R. Kahanov in Torat HaSheviit on R. Teitelbaum's ruling.
[7], 6-51, [1] pages. 23 cm. Good condition. New leather binding.
![Al HaGeulah VeAl HaTemurah, by R. Y. T.B. [Yoel Teitelbaum] Rabbi of Satmar. Brooklyn NY: Sender Deutsch, 1967. First edition](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/OL48/104_1.jpg "Al HaGeulah VeAl HaTemurah – First Edition – Brooklyn, 1967 – Polemic")
![Al HaGeulah VeAl HaTemurah, by R. Y. T.B. [Yoel Teitelbaum] Rabbi of Satmar. Brooklyn NY: Sender Deutsch, 1967. First edition](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/OL48/104_2.jpg "Al HaGeulah VeAl HaTemurah – First Edition – Brooklyn, 1967 – Polemic")
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum's famous anti-Zionist work, written in the wake of the victory of the State of Israel in the Six Day War.
209, [1] pages. Approx. 23 cm. Good condition. Original binding, worn.
Large and assorted collection of large broadsides, notices, leaflets and leaves – against participating in elections and against the State of Israel and Zionism in general, signed (in print) by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, the Berach Moshe of Satmar, and by the prominent rebbes and rabbis of the Edah HaCharedit and Neturei Karta. [Eretz Israel and the United States, ca. second half of 20th century].
Some of the broadsides express opposition to the State of Israel and Zionism in form of prohibiting accepting funding from the state, not participating in the Independence Day celebrations, against conscription to the army and national service for girls, prohibition of visiting the Western Wall and other holy sites, and more.
54 items. Size and condition vary.
See Hebrew description for list of publications.
Dozens of booklets in approx. 12 volumes, including typewritten booklets (mimeographed). Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Signatures and stamps. Old and new bindings.