Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Tziyun LaDrash, index of Rabbinic teachings in the Babylonian Talmud and Jerusalem Talmud appearing in Ein Yaakov, in alphabetical order, by R. Shraga Feivish Segal Fränkel. Przemyśl: Zupnik et Knoller, 1877.
Copy of Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum of Satmar, the Berach Moshe, from his time in Sighet (Sighetu Marmației), Maramureș, with his stamp at the top of the title page. On the title page and on the following leaf is a list of names, Kvitels for a blessing that two of his followers wrote.
Ownership inscriptions of "Mendel son of Aharon Perel of Cearda" [apparently son of R. Moshe Aharon Perel, leader of the community of Cearda, next to Sighet].
Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum, the Berach Moshe of Satmar (1914-2006), son of Rebbe Chaim Tzvi, the Atzei Chaim of Sighet. He first headed the yeshiva of his father-in-law Rebbe Chanoch Henich of Sassov in Keretsky, and later served as rabbi of Zenta, where he founded and headed a yeshiva as well. Following the Holocaust, he served as rabbi of Sighet, later immigrating to the United States where he founded the Atzei Chaim – Sighet Beit Midrash in Boro Park, eventually succeeding his uncle Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum as rebbe of Satmar.
12 pages, 120, 131-156 leaves. Original cover bound at the end of the book. 21.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Marginal tears to some leaves, reinforced with paper and tape. Thick marginal open tears to title page and two following leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper and tape and filled in by pen. Stamps. New binding.
Arbaah Turei Aven, novellae on Rambam, responsa, selections on Talmud and homiletics, by R. Elazar Rokeach, rabbi of Brody and Amsterdam. Lviv: R. Shlomo Yarish Rappaport, [1789]. First edition.
Copy of R. Meshulam Zusha Teitelbaum of Sighet, son of the Atzei Chaim, Rebbe and Av Beit Din of Sighet. His stamp is on the title page. R. Meshulam Zusha Teitelbaum perished in the Holocaust at a young age. There is a known photograph of him next to his mother's father, Rebbe Shalom Eliezer Halberstam of Ratzfert (see: Rabbeinu HaKadosh MeRatzfert, p. 316 and 381).
[1], 28; 2-13 leaves; 15 leaves; [4], 5-12 leaves. Missing leaf 1 from the second sequence. 20 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including ink stains on the last leaves, affecting text. Worming, tears and open tears, affecting text on several pages, some of which are restored with paper filling. Leaves trimmed, affecting the margins of the text on some leaves. Inscriptions. New leather binding.
R. Shlomo Yarish Rappaport's press printed the book Noam Elimelech in 1808, and the workers in the press are traditionally held to have been holy men "of the thirty-six hidden Tzaddikim" [see R. Betzalel Landau, "Rebbe Elimelech of Lizhensk", who cites an oral tradition (in the name of R. Moshe Halberstam) on the great worth of Noam Elimelech from R. Shlomo Yarish's press, which "was printed by God-fearing workers who worked on the printing with holiness and purity, and some of whom were among the thirty-six Tzaddikim upon whom the world stands (Jerusalem, 1963, p. 311 [Hebrew])].
Divrei Moshe, Chassidic and Kabbalistic discourses on the Torah portions, by R. Moshe Shoham, Av Beit Din of Dolyna (student of the Baal Shem Tov). Lviv: Shmuel Katz, 1887.
Approbations of the Imrei Baruch of Vizhnitz, the Shoel UMeshiv of Lviv, the Kedushat Yom Tov of Sighet, the Imrei Yosef of Spinka and Rebbe Moshe Panet of Deyzh.
Copy of R. Chaim Yitzchak Halberstam, Av Beit Din of Slotfina (Solotvyno). His stamps appear on the title page and first leaf: "Chaim Yitzchak Eizik Halberstam, Av Beit Din of Slotfina and the region". Additional stamps: "Meir Asher son of R. Yitzchak Aryeh Tabak from Bistre" [apparently of the family of the Erech Shai of Sighet]; "Naftali Tzvi Heller, Leordina" [mentioned in list of pre-subscribers at the end of the book Girsa DeYankuta, Sighet 1900]. Handwritten signature on the title page: "R. Shlomo, shochet". R. Chaim Yitzchak Eizik Halberstam (ca. 1899 – perished in the Holocaust 2nd Sivan, 1944), eldest son-in-law of Rebbe Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, the Atzei Chaim of Sighet. Son of Rebbe Yehoshua Halberstam of Dolyna (descendant of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz). After his marriage he was a member of the household of his father-in-law, the Atzei Chaim. In 1925 he was accepted as Av Beit Din of Slotfina (Solotvyno) and the region, establishing a prominent yeshiva there numbering hundreds of students. After the untimely passing of his father-in-law the Atzei Chaim (in 1926), R. Chaim Yitzchak Eizik became the central figure of the family, and he appointed his younger brother-in-law, R. Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum, as Rebbe and Av Beit Din in Sighet. He edited and printed the books of his father-in-law, the Atzei Chaim. He perished in the Holocaust with his community, his wife and nine of his children. His two oldest daughters survived and established important rabbinic families in the United States.
[2], 54, [6] leaves. 24.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and light wear. Marginal tears to title page and several other leaves, reinforced with tape. Stamps. New leather binding.
Chiddushei Maharik, novellae on the Smag in the laws of Pesach, attributed to R. Yosef Kolon (the Maharik). Munkacs: Tzvi Yaakov Kahn and Menachem Klein, 1899. First edition. Approbation of the Darchei Teshuvah of Munkacs, the Ateret Yeshuah of Dzikov and the Maharsham of Berezhany.
Copy of R. Chaim Yitzchak Halberstam Av Beit Din of Slotfina – his signature on the title page and last page: "Chaim Yitzchak Eizik Halberstam of Dolyna"; ownership inscription in his handwriting on the title page and the front inside binding: "Given to me as a gift by R. Efraim Kopolowitz of Dubova"; "…Given to me as a gift by… R. Efraim Kopelowitz son of R. Anshel Kopelowitz of Dubova when I was at Poienile, Maramureș, Hungary – Chaim Yitzchak Eizik Halberstam of Dolyna, Galicia".
Stamp of the publisher on title page: R. "Pinchas Zelig HaKohen Schwartz son of R. N[aftali], author of Beit Naftali, Av Beit Din of Mád" – R. Pinchas Zelig HaKohen Schwartz of Bezded, son of R. Naftali Schwartz, Av Beit Din of Mád, author of Beit Naftali. Handwritten marginal glosses to some leaves.
R. Chaim Yitzchak Eizik Halberstam (ca. 1899 – perished in the Holocaust 2nd Sivan 1944), eldest son-in-law of Rebbe Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, the Atzei Chaim of Sighet. Son of Rebbe Yehoshua Halberstam of Dolyna (son of R. Moshe Halberstam of Bardejov, son of Rebbe Baruch Halberstam of Gorlitz, son of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz). After his marriage he was a household member of his father-in-law the Atzei Chaim for several years. In 1925 he was accepted as Av Beit Din of Slotfina (Solotvyno) and the region, establishing a prominent yeshiva there numbering hundreds of students. After the sudden passing of the Atzei Chaim (in 1926), R. Chaim Yitzchak Eizik became the pillar of the family, and appointed his young brother-in-law R. Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum as Rebbe and Av Beit Din of Sighet. He edited and published the books of his father-in-law the Atzei Chaim. He perished in the Holocaust with his community, his wife and nine of his children. His two eldest daughters were rescued, and established important families of rabbis and rebbes in the United States.
[2], 3-20 leaves. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Small open tears on title page and following leaf, lightly affecting the frame and text. Old binding; the spine and back side of the binding are new.
Two books that were owned by R. Avraham Nisam Teitelbaum of Sighet (son of R. Moshe Yosef Teitelbaum of Ujhel and son-in-law of his uncle, the Kedushat Yom Tov of Sighet):
• Torat Moshe, commentary on the Torah and Megillot by R. Moshe Alshich. Warsaw: Yehoshua Gershon Munk, 1895. Three title pages illustrated with pictures of Moses and Aaron.
The present copy was given as a bar mitzvah present to R. Avraham Nisan Teitelbaum when he married Hessa, daughter of his uncle the Kedushat Yom Tov, Av Beit Din of Sighet. Ownership inscription on title page: "I gave this book as a bar mitzvah gift to my dear friend, the bridegroom great in Torah and fear of heaven and of illustrious lineage, R. Nisan son of R. Moshe Yosef Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Ujhel, son-in-law of the local rabbi of Sighet – Simchah Yosef Henich"; on the endpaper is an additional inscription: "This book, Torat Moshe Alshich HaKadosh, belongs to… R. Nisan Teitelbaum, may he shine like the sun at noontime – writing for the honor of the Torah and its students, anonymous".
The present copy was subsequently owned by R. Avraham Menachem Manish Sofer of Sighet (an important Chassid of Vizhnitz, a famous scribe known for fear of heaven; Sighet and Vizhnitz Rebbes would purchase Torah scrolls, mezuzot and tefillin written specifically by him). His signature on the title page: "Avraham Menachem Manish, scribe in Sighet"; on the endpaper is his ownership inscription: "now belongs to me, Avraham Menachem Manish Sofer in Sighet".
The copy also belonged to R. Chaim Yosef son of Avraham Grünbaum, Av Beit Din of Blasendorf (Gottlieb, Ohalei Shem, Pinsk, 1912, p. 222) – his stamps on the title page and endpapers: "Chaim Yosef son of R. A[vraham] Grünbaum, Av Beit Din of Blasendorf and the region" (in Hebrew characters); "Josef Grunbaum – Ober Rabbiner Blasendorf" (in Latin characters).
[1], 1-48, 50-68; 1-52; [1], 1-27, 29-34; 1-28; 1-49; [1], 1-17; 1-11; 1-12; 1-10; 1-10 leaves. Missing leaf 28 from the third sequence (Parashat Behar). 29.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Light damage. New binding.
• Arvei Nachal, Part II, by Rebbe David Shlomo Eibeshitz, Av Beit Din of Soroka. Piotrków: Feivel Belchatowski, 1888.
Inscription on the endpaper opposite the title page: "Nisan Teitelbaum". On the reverse side of the endpaper is an additional ownership inscription: "This book Arvei Nachal belongs to my father R. Baruch Bendit".
[1] 2-138 leaves. 22.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Light damage. New binding.
R. Avraham (Elazar) Nisan Teitelbaum of Sighet (ca. 1870-1904), son of R. Moshe Yosef Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely, 1845-1897), son of R. Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum, the Yitav Lev of Sighet. His mother was Rebbetzin Hinda, daughter of Rebbe David Halberstam, Av Beit Din of Chrzanów (son of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz). At a young age he married Rebbetzin Hessa, daughter of his uncle Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Sighet, author of Kedushat Yom Tov. He was a holy man, a pious Tzaddik, who ardently pursued charity and kindness; he underwent suffering his entire life but accepted it with love. He passed away young without descendants, and was buried next to his father in the Ujhel cemetery.
Tiferet Shlomo on the Torah, Chassidic and Kabbalistic discourses on the Torah portions, Neviim and Ketuvim, and selections on the Talmud, by Rebbe Shlomo HaKohen Rabinowitz, Av Beit Din of Radomsk. Piotryków, [1890].
Second edition of Tiferet Shlomo, with many additions from the author's manuscript called "new selections"; the book was printed a second time by the author's grandchildren, with an approbation of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz and an introduction of the author's sons from the first edition (1869).
Copy of Rebbe Naftali Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Nyírbátor, whose stamps appear on the title page and many other pages: "Naftali Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Nyírbátor"; on the back endpaper is a stamp of his son-in-law, R. Uri Glicklich: "Uri Glicklich, dayan and posek of Nyírbátor and director of the yeshiva" (perished in the Holocaust in 1941 in Kamenetsk-Podolsk).
R. Naftali Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Nyírbátor (1867-1938), second son of Rebbe Yisrael Yaakov Yukel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Volova, and grandson and disciple of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum of Sighet, the Yitav Lev. Son-in-law of his uncle R. Moshe Yosef Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Ujhel (son of the Yitav Lev). Served as Av Beit Din of Nyírbátor for forty years, starting in 1898, and led with determination, love and integrity. A prominent rebbe in his times, and head of the Orthodox Bureau in Hungary. He was a close friend of his cousin, R. Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Satmar, and although he was older than him, he honored him and followed his advice as though his student and follower. He is mentioned in some of the letters of the Minchat Elazar of Munkacs, who worked together with him to bolster Judaism and oppose the Zionist movement and religious parties Agudat Yisrael and Mizrachi.
2, 186 leaves. The last leaf, 186, is bound out of sequence. Leaves 179-182 are bound twice. 23.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Creases and light wear. Light tears and worming on margins of several leaves. Reinforced with paper on the margins of several leaves. Leaves trimmed, affecting the headings of some leaves. Stamp (in Latin characters) of R. Lipót (Leib) Friedman of Nyírbátor. New leather binding.
Nezer Yisrael on laws of Shabbat, with Mikra Kodesh, Part II of Nezer Yisrael, on laws of festivals and Chol HaMoed, by R. Yisrael Matityahu Auerbach, Av Beit Din of Cieszanów and Gwoździec, author of Alfei Yisrael (1839-1900). Lviv: A. Nissen Süß, 1878. Divisional title page for Mikra Kodesh.
Copy of Rebbe Moshe David Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Magyarlápos, in his youth while living in Sighet alongside his illustrious grandfather, the Yitav Lev. His signature on the title page: "Moshe David Sighet"; his stamps on the title page and endpaper: "Moshe David Teitelbaum – M. D. Teitelbaum M. Szigeth" (in Hebrew and Latin characters); ownership inscription on back endpaper from a later period, after he was appointed rabbi of Magyarlápos: "this book belongs to the Rebbe of Magyarlápos".
On the front endpaper, signature: "Jackob Teitel" (Yaakov Teitelbaum) – it may be that the present copy previously belonged to Rebbe Moshe David's father, Rebbe Yisrael Yaakov Yukel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Volova, author of Heitev Eitiv (1840-1924), nephew and son-in-law of the Yitav Lev.
The present item later passed into the possession of Rebbe Moshe David's eldest son, R. Avraham Chaim Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Krenitz (Krynica-Zdrój), son-in-law of R. Aryeh Leibush Halberstam, Av Beit Din of Grybów and Sanz (Nowy Sącz). On the back endpaper are his signatures (modeled after a stamp): "Avraham Chaim Teitelbaum of Magyarlápos".
Rebbe Moshe David Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Magyarlápos (1856-1935), eldest son of Rebbe Yisrael Yaakov Yukel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Volova, son-in-law of the Yitav Lev of Sighet. He married the daughter of Rebbe Aryeh Leibush Halberstam, Av Beit Din of Dukla. At the direction of his grandfather, the Divrei Chaim, the wedding took place in Sanz, after which Rebbe Moshe David remained a member of the Divrei Chaim's household for a full year, receiving Torah and Chassidic teachings from him. Afterwards, he moved to Sighet to keep the company of his grandfather, the Yitav Lev. His illustrious grandfather involved him in the editing of the book Tefillah LeMoshe on Tehillim by their forbear, the Yismach Moshe, which was printed in 1880. The Yitav Lev later entrusted him with all of his own manuscripts as well as those of the Yismach Moshe in order to edit and print them; Rebbe Moshe David first printed the books Yitav Panim and Rav Tuv by his mother's father, the Yitav Lev, and he later edited and printed two new parts of the Yismach Moshe, on Neviim and Ketuvim and various other subjects, which were printed in 1906-1908. In 1882, he was appointed Av Beit Din of Magyarlápos (today: Târgu Lăpuș, Romania), and he served there for over fifty years. He established an important yeshiva in his city, numbering over a hundred students. He served as head of the Orthodox Bureau in Transylvania.
[1], 2-123; [1], 54, [1] leaves. Approx. 25 cm. Good condition. Stains and light wear. Creases and tears, some of which reinforced with tape. New binding.