Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Nov 21, 2023
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Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Nov 21, 2023
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Two leaves (4 written pages), novellae on the Torah – Parashat Acharei Mot, Kedoshim-Emor, handwritten by R. Eliezer David Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Satmar, author of Keren LeDavid.
Author's autograph manuscript. R. Eliezer David's novellae on the Torah were published posthumously in Keren LeDavid on Bereshit (Satmar, 1930) and Shemot (Satmar, 1939). The manuscripts of the other parts, which were not yet printed, were hidden in the ground during the Holocaust, and were finally published only in 1976 by the Vayechi Yosef of Pápa in the United States, and in another edition by R. Aharon Shapiro of Narol (Bnei Brak, 2008).
The present leaf may have been among the writings hidden underground during the Holocaust.
This manuscript contains the initial text, handwritten by the author, which was subsequently edited (with variations) and was published in the Brooklyn and Bnei Brak editions. On the page on Parashat Emor, between the lines there are some lines in a different hand. At the top of the four pages is inscribed "proofread".
[2] leaves. 27.5 cm. Good to fair-good condition. Tears and wear to margins. On the margins of one of the pages, tears are repaired with paper strips and tape, affecting text, dark stains and pasting traces.
R. Eliezer David Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Satmar (ca. 1866 – 1928), prominent Torah leader and yeshiva dean in Hungary and Transylvania. Close disciple of his brother R. Moshe Grünwald, the Arugat HaBosem. He studied for a short period under R. Shmuel Ehrenfeld, author of Chatan Sofer. He served as rabbi and dayan in many prominent communities – Bardejov, Dunajská Streda, Tzelem (Deutschkreutz) and Vişeu de Sus – establishing in each place a large yeshiva where he edified many disciples, including dozens of rabbis and poskim. His yeshiva in Vişeu de Sus alone had hundreds of students. In 1921, he was chosen as Av Beit Din of Satmar, and he headed one of the largest yeshivas of Hungary, the very largest in Transylvania. After his passing, his disciples began to publish his novellae, from which they printed Responsa Keren LeDavid on Orach Chaim (Satmar, 1929; other parts of the Responsa were lost in the Holocaust), Keren LeDavid on the Torah (Satmar, 1930-1939), Keren LeDavid – Homilies (Satmar, 1934), and more.
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Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Nov 21, 2023
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Report card given to a student of the yeshiva of R. David Grünwald of Satmar, author of Keren LeDavid, stamped and signed by the Gabbaim of the yeshiva. Satmar, [11 Iyar], summer 1928.
Report card of the student David Ze'ev Neuman of Șomcuta Mare, who studied in the class of R. Tzvi Kalman in the Keren LeDavid Satmar yeshiva: "Chevrah Bachurim of the yeshiva of the Rebbe Av Beit Din of Satmar". His schedule – basic lecture, Chumash and Rashi, Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah, in-depth lecture.
The report card was issued for summer 1928, months Iyar-Av. Each page is divided into two weeks and arranged into nine spaces (to be filled and signed) for Monday-Thursday and the lectures in Chumash-Rashi, basic lecture, Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah. Some of the spaces are stamped by the Gabbaim of the yeshiva: "passed the test" or "passed the test and satisfied our rabbi".
Afterwards appears an empty page to be filled with the test grades: "lecture tests", "passed the test on the subject", "the great test", "passed the test on Tractate – from folio – to folio –".
On the margins of the pages appears the signature or stamp of the Gabbai of the yeshiva, "Baruch Tzvi Katz Moszkowicz" [on the margins of the title page is a list of other Gabbais of the yeshiva: "Efraim Fishel Moszkowicz, Shmuel David Abrahamowicz, Shmuel David Rappoport and Chaim Weinstock].
On the margins of the first page appears the yeshiva's official stamp: "Stamp of the Av Beit Din and yeshiva dean of Satmar" (inside which is an identical inscription in Romanian and an illustration of an open book); on the margins of the following pages are stamps: "Chevrah Bachurim of the high yeshiva of Satmar".
The Gabbai of the yeshiva whose signature is on the present document – R. Baruch Tzvi HaKohen Moszkowicz (1907-1990), born in Makó. Studied seven years in the yeshiva of the Keren LeDavid in Satmar, where he advanced beyond his peers and was chosen as Gabbai of the Chevrah Charifut. He traveled to the Ahavat Yisrael in Vizhnitz, to the Minchat Elazar in Munkacs and to Rebbe Aharon of Belz, but he was closest with his own rebbe, Rebbe Yoel of Satmar. After the Holocaust, in 1947 he was appointed Av Beit Din of the Orthodox community in Páks, where he established an important yeshiva. Ten years later, in 1957 he was appointed Rosh Av Beit Din of Budapest, and in 1959 he moved to Vienna. During that period he authored and published his important books Tenuvot Baruch, Mishmeret Tzvi and more. In 1981 he moved to the United States and established his Beit Midrash in Brooklyn, "Beit David of Páks". He was known as great in Torah, Chassidut and fear of God. He was a loyal childhood friend of both the Vayechi Yosef of Pápa and the Berach Moshe of Satmar.
[7] leaves. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Inscriptions on the back cover. Stamps in Romanian (apparently of the owner of the report card, the student David Ze'ev Neuman).
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Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Nov 21, 2023
Opening: $120
Sold for: $2,000
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Collection of first editions of the Keren LeDavid series, responsa and novellae on the Torah and festivals by R. Eliezer David Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Satmar.
The collection includes:
* Keren LeDavid, responsa, Orach Chaim section. Satmar: Meir Leib Hirsch, 1929. Lacking [3] final pages ("names of signatories"). At the top of the title page is a handwritten dedication from the author's son-in-law, the publisher R. Yosef Grünwald:
"Wedding gift to… R. Moshe son of R. Tzvi Lamm of Vișeu de Sus, disciple of the author. May he merit from his own labor all good. The wishes of his friend and well-wisher, Yosef Grünwald". Stamps of the recipient, R. Moshe Lamm-Kahan, on the title page and second leaf.
* Keren LeDavid, aggadic novellae on the Torah – Part I on Bereshit and Part II on Shemot. Satmar, 1930-1939. Two parts in two volumes. At the beginning of the two parts is an introduction by the publisher, Rebbe Yosef Grünwald of Pupa (grandson of the Arugat HaBosem, the author's brother). In Part I – stamps and signatures:
"Chaim Aryeh Kahana – Timișoara"; stamp of
"Leib Miller – Sapinke (Săpânța)"; signature:
"Menachem Nachum – shochet"[?]. In Part II – signature:
"Mordechai Efraim ---".
* Keren LeDavid, Aggadic novellae and homilies on the festivals – Part I on Elul and the Tishrei festivals, Part II on the other festivals. Satmar: Meir Leib Hirsch, 1934. Two parts in two volumes. At the beginning of Part I is an introduction by the editor, Rebbe Yosef Grünwald of Pupa (grandson of the Arugat HaBosem, the author's brother).
Ownership inscriptions in Part I title page and endpaper by R. Meir Yitzchak Eizik Rosenberg of Borșa, Maramureș; someone who received it as a gift from R. Meir Yitzchak Rosenberg; and additional inscriptions. Stamps:
"Mordechai Steinmetz – shochet of Mediaș, formerly of Ruscova"; and stamps of the society to publish the works of the author, R. Eliezer David Grünwald.
The pre-subscribers list at the end of Part II mentions "the Rebbe Av Beit Din" [Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum, who was appointed the same year, 1934, to serve as abbi of Satmar]; and "Avraham Yitzchak Kahn" [later the Rebbe of Toldot Aharon – at the time learning in the yeshiva of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar].
Five volumes. Varying size and condition. Good general condition. Worming and light damage. New bindings.
The author, R. Eliezer David Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Satmar (ca. 1866-1928), prominent Torah leader and yeshiva dean in Hungary and Transylvania. Close disciple of his brother R. Moshe Grünwald, the Arugat HaBosem. He studied for a short period under R. Shmuel Ehrenfeld, author of Chatan Sofer. He served as rabbi and dayan in many prominent communities – Bardejov, Dunajská Streda, Tzelem (Deutschkreutz) and Vişeu de Sus – establishing in each place a large yeshiva where he edified many disciples, including dozens of rabbis and poskim. His yeshiva in Vişeu de Sus alone had hundreds of students. In 1921, he was chosen as Av Beit Din of Satmar, and he headed one of the largest yeshivas of Hungary, the very largest in Transylvania. After his passing, his disciples began to publish his novellae, from which they printed Responsa Keren LeDavid on Orach Chaim (Satmar, 1929; other parts of the work were lost in the Holocaust), Keren LeDavid on the Torah (Satmar, 1930-1939), Keren LeDavid – Homilies (Satmar, 1934), and more.
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