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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Postcard with a letter (2 lines) signed by Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro of Munkacs, author of Minchat Elazar. Munkacs, 6 Tishrei, 1931.
Sent to the philanthropist R. Eliezer Bollag in Baden, Switzerland. The letter is written briefly:
"I send you loving greetings and bless you with a Gmar Chatimah Tovah, to be sealed for a long, blessed life, the year of redemption and salvation speedily in our days among the rest of Israel – Chaim Elazar Shapiro". Official stamp of the Rebbe –
"Oberrabbiner L. Spira Mukačevo".
On the reverse side of the postcard is a letter from the Rebbe's attendant, R. Chaim Dov Grünfeld "writing at the command of the Rebbe": "And I was commanded by the Rebbe to send an affectionate response and bless you with new year wishes of a Gmar Chatimah Tovah and a good year blessed with all good things, with bountiful blessing and success in all your endeavors with all your family, may their names be written for many good years, and may you bring them up to good deeds with happiness and ease, the year of redemption and salvation…".
Postcard. Approx. 15x10.5 cm. Good condition. Stains.
Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro, Av Beit Din of Munkacs (1872-1937), the Minchat Elazar, was a leading Torah scholar, halachic and Chassidic authority. Son of Rebbe Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro, author of Darchei Teshuvah, and grandson of Rebbe Shlomo Shapiro, author of Shem Shlomo (both also Av Beit Din of Munkacs), he was born to the dynasty of Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov, the Bnei Yissachar. He fought for the holiness of Judaism, and his halachic and kabbalistic teachings are studied all over the world. Author of Minchat Elazar, Shaar Yissachar, Nimukei Orach Chaim, Divrei Torah in nine parts, 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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Three letters handwritten by R. Chaim Dov Grünfeld, attendant of Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro, the Minchat Elazar of Munkacs, who signs "at the holy command of the Rebbe". Munkacs, [ca. 1930s].
Letters on postcards, each bearing the official stamp of the Rebbe –
"Oberrabbiner L. Spira Mukačevo".
Sent to the philanthropist R. Eliezer Bollag in Baden, Switzerland. Two of the letters carry varying blessings (written "at the command of the Rebbe" Minchat Elazar) for health, success and livelihood at length: "And I was commanded by the Rebbe to respond affectionately that he entreats and prays for you to have bountiful blessing and success in all your endeavors, and merit to raise all your offspring… in happiness, ease and all your wishes for good and blessing…"; "And I was commanded by the Rebbe to respond affectionately that he entreats and prays for you to have bountiful blessing and success in all your endeavors, and may the creator of cures send your wife a complete recovery, and may you merit to raise all your offspring… in happiness, ease and all your wishes for good and blessing…".
The third letter was written about ten days after the passing of the Minchat Elazar (2 Sivan, 1937). The attendant R. Chaim Dov Grünfeld describes in his letter the loss and grief, and tells of the printing of the Rebbe's ethical will and his desire to go on to print his works in manuscript, and he informs him of the appointment of the Rebbe's son-in-law R. Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinowitz to succeed him as rebbe and rabbi:
"…Due to the bitterness and great grief for the fall of our crown, I was silent and could not take the pen in hand to respond affectionately, and my eye weeps tears for the terrible tragedy that has come to pass… Our only consolation is for his holy words to be fulfilled: that he will neither rest nor be at peace in heaven like the other Tzaddikim until our Messiah is sent, speedily in our days".
He goes on to write about the Rebbe's ethical will and printing his works in manuscript:
"…And I am sending you the holy ethical will that I printed… in which you will see his request of our fellow Chassidim… to help pay the debts and also to print his holy works… And I know that while he was alive you loved him fervently, and since the righteous even when dead are called alive, I ask you to make every effort to dedicate a worthy sum to these matters, in which merit he will advocate for you to be saved in all your wishes for good and blessing as he wrote in his holy handwriting in the above ethical will".
He goes on to tell of the new rebbe's appointment:
"…And I can also inform you that the Rebbe's son-in-law was chosen as Av Beit Din to take the position of his great father-in-law the Rebbe, and he is a new bottle full of aged wine…".
3 postcards. 14.5x9.5 to 14.5x10.5 cm. Good condition. Light wear. Marginal tear to one postcard.
Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro, Av Beit Din of Munkacs (1872-1937), the Minchat Elazar, was a leading Torah scholar, halachic and Chassidic authority. Son of Rebbe Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro, Av Beit Din of Munkacs, author of Shem Shlomo, he was born to the dynasty of Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov, the Bnei Yissachar. He fought for the holiness of Judaism, and his halachic and kabbalistic teachings are studied all over the world. Author of Minchat Elazar, Shaar Yissachar, Nimukei Orach Chaim, Divrei Torah in nine parts, and more.
His son-in-law, Rebbe Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinowitz (1915-1998), son of Rebbe Natan David of Parczew (Biala). Married the only daughter of the Minchat Elazar of Munkacs, in a wedding recorded in the contemporary newspapers as the largest Jewish wedding in Hungary. Served as Av Beit Din of Munkacs and led the community for three years until the Holocaust. During the Holocaust he took an active part in saving Jews, while using his skills to find original means of rescue. After some travels he eventually reached Jerusalem. In 1945 he moved to São Paulo, Brazil, where he served as rabbi and taught in the local university. In 1963 he immigrated to Israel to serve as Rabbi of Holon. In 1976 he moved to Petah Tikva, where he established his Beit Midrash and wrote his books Binat Nevonim and Divrei Nevonim. His children from his first wife are the famous Rebbes of Munkacs and Dinov in the United States.
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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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Midrash Rabbah, Parts II-III, on Vayikra-Devarim and Five Megillot. Vilna: the widow and brothers Romm, 1878. Two title pages (the first shortened). Two parts in one volume. Not including Part I (on Bereshit-Shemot).
Copy of Rebbe Shlomo Shapiro, Av Beit Din of Munkacs – many of his stamps on title pages and margins of other leaves, from his tenure as Rabbi of Strzyżów:
"Shlomo Shapiro, Av Beit Din of Strzyżów".
Rebbe Shlomo Shapiro, Av Beit Din of Munkacs (1831-1893), first Rebbe of the Munkacs dynasty, son of Rebbe Elazar Shapiro of Lantzut (Łańcut) and grandson of Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech Shapiro of Dinov (Dynów), author of Bnei Yissachar. Son-in-law of R. Shmuel Shmelka of Sassov. In 1858, when his father Rebbe Elazar moved to serve as Rabbi of Łańcut, he was appointed to his place as Av Beit Din of Strzyżów, Galicia. In 1880 he began to serve in Munkacs. He traveled to Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin, Rebbe Meir of Premishlan, Rebbe Tzvi Hirsch of Rimanov, the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, the Sar Shalom of Belz and more. His son is Rebbe Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro of Munkacs, the Darchei Teshuvah. His grandson, Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro of Munkacs, the Minchat Elazar, describes his great holiness and the wondrous effects his singing had on his listeners: "Anyone whose soul was sick would be healed immediately, and they would see that while he was singing God's hand was upon him…". He left behind several halachic and aggadic works named Shem Shlomo, but he left the instruction in his will not to publish any of them, since he had not completed them in a state fit for printing, and for another reason he did not disclose. Nonetheless, his teachings were often copied in the book of his son and grandson. In his will, he permitted to write only the following praise in his epitaph: "Did good in religious matters for the town and for individuals".
[2], 2-54, [5]; 2-95, 1-2, 97-120; 1-13; 1-43, [1]; [1], 2-31; [1], 2-31; 1-15 leaves. Missing leaf 3 from the second sequence (before leaf 97). Additional leaves may be missing. 38 cm. Dry paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Creases and wear. Marginal tears and open tears, some reinforced with paper. Inscriptions and stamps. New binding.
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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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Collection of books by Rebbe Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro, Av Beit Din of Munkacs, the Darchei Teshuvah:
* Responsa Tzvi Tiferet. Munkacs: Shmuel Zanvil Kahana and his son-in-law Ozer HaKohen Fried, [1912]. On the title page is an ownership inscription of R. "Yaakov Asher… here in Baka". On the reverse side of the page is an ownership inscription of R. Shlomo Zalman Gutman of Baka, signed by his son R. David Yehudah HaKohen Kahn of Bűdszentmihály.
* Passover Haggadah, with commentary Tiferet Banim. Munkacs: Kahn and Fried, [1914]. At the beginning of the book is an introduction by the author's son, Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro, the Minchat Elazar.
* Darchei Emunah, discourses for Chanukkah. Munkacs: Kahn and Fried, [1914]. At the beginning of the book is an introduction by the author's son, Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro, the Minchat Elazar. On the title page is a signature of "Chaim Gartenberg" [a printer in Munkacs and a Komarno Chassid; he was the one to make the match between the Minchat Elazar and his wife Rebbetzin Rachel Perl daughter of Rebbe Yaakov Moshe Safrin of Komarno (Seder HaShanah HaAcharonah, Jerusalem 2021, p. 160)].
* Tikkunei Zohar, with commentary Be'er LeChai Ro'i, Part III. Beregszász (Berehove): Shmuel Shmelka Klein, [1921]. At the beginning of the book is an introduction by the author's son, Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro, the Minchat Elazar.
4 books. Good general condition. Stains and light damage. Inscriptions and stamps. New bindings.
The author, Rebbe Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro, Av Beit Din of Munkacs (1845-1913), son of Rebbe Shlomo Shapiro, Av Beit Din of Munkacs, author of Shem Shlomo, son of Rebbe Elazar Shapiro, Av Beit Din of Łańcut, son of Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech, Av Beit Din of Dinov, author of Bnei Yissachar. One of the greatest Torah and Chassidic scholars of his generation, he took his father's place as rabbi of Munkacs. Founder of Munkacs Chassidut, his followers numbered thousands. He founded Kollel Munkacs and served as Nesi Eretz Israel. He authored Darchei Teshuvah, Be'er LeChai Ro'i, Tzvi Tiferet and more.
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Lot 122 Collection of Books by Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro of Munkacs, the Minchat Elazar – 1900-1940
Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Nov 21, 2023
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Large collection of books by Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro, Av Beit Din of Munkacs:
* Responsa Minchat Elazar, Part II. Munkacs: Shmuel Zanvil Kahana and his son-in-law Ozer HaKohen Fried, 1907. First edition
* Shaar Yissachar, on the months of the year and holidays – Parts I, II and III. Munkacs: Grafia (Eliezer Yechiel Kallisch), 1938-1940. First edition. Three volumes.
Signature on the title page of Part II: "Shimon Nemetin"; stamps and handwritten inscriptions to Part II by R. "Naftali Chaim Gutmann" of Debretzen in Bnei Brak, whose inscription (on the front endpaper) includes: "The righteous author was sandak to my brother Menachem, and my teacher R. Shlomo Tzuker was his close disciple and peer, who went with him all the time everywhere, also to Eretz Israel in 5790 [1930]".
* Olat Tamid, novellae on Tractate Tamid. Bratislava: Shlomo Zalman Neufeld and sons, 1922.
* Chamishah Maamarot. Beregszász (Berehove): Shmuel Shmelka Klein, 1922.
* Bound together with: Maamar Milei DeHespeida [printed originally with his book Olat Tamid, Bratislava, 1922].
* Zichron Tzaddikim, eulogies for Rebbe Avraham Yissachar HaKohen Rabbinowitz of Radomsk and his grandfather Rebbe Shlomo Shapiro of Munkacs. Munkacs: Kahn and Fried, 1905. Signature on last leaf: "Yosef Berger"; inscription: "Aharon Menachem Lebowicz son of the Gaon Av Beit Din of Chop" [R. Menachem Aharon Lebowicz, son of R. Yitzchak Tzvi, Av Beit Din of Chop, author of Shulchan HaEzer, and son-in-law of R. Asher Anshel Katz, Av Beit Din of Mediaș and Szerdahely (Dunajská Streda). Served as young rabbi in Chop. Perished in the Holocaust.]
* Zichron Tzaddikim, facsimile print of the above Munkacs, 1905 edition.
* Toldot Rabbenu, biography of R. Chaim Elazar Shapiro, by R. David Kahana. Munkacs: Grafia, 1938. Stamps of R. Aharon Yaakov Altmann.
* Seder Shanah HaAcharonah, biography of R. Chaim Elazar Shapiro, Av Beit Din of Munkacs, issue 1, by Yitzchak Adler of Beregszász, "one of the Rebbe's disciples". Munkacs: Grafia – Eliezer Yechiel Kallisch and partner, 1937.
* Bound with: Taryag Mitzvot, ordered according to the human limbs, by R. Shmuel son of Azriel Yechiel Rubin. Vranov nad Topľou: Shmuel Katz Singer, 1934.
* Divrei Kodesh, Torah discourses from Hoshana Rabba – two booklets, with sermons delivered by the Rebbe of Munkacs between 1933-1934. Jerusalem: HaMaarav, 1933 / Munkacs: Grafia, 1934. Two volumes.
* Divrei Torah – First, second, third and fourth series, four booklets with novellae of Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro, Av Beit Din of Munkacs. Bratislava-Munkacs, [Shlomo Zalman Neufeld and sons], Eliezer Yechiel Kallisch and partner, Grafia, 1922-1930. Four volumes.
18 books and booklets in 16 volumes. Varying sizes and conditions. New bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are sold as is.
Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro, Av Beit Din of Munkacs (1872-1937), the Minchat Elazar, was a leading Torah scholar, halachic and Chassidic authority. Son of Rebbe Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro, Av Beit Din of Munkacs, author of Shem Shlomo, he was born to the dynasty of Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov, the Bnei Yissachar. He fought for the holiness of Judaism, and his halachic and kabbalistic teachings are studied all over the world. Author of Minchat Elazar, Shaar Yissachar, Nimukei Orach Chaim, Divrei Torah in nine parts, 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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Three books by R. Neta Shlomo Schlissel, dayan and posek in Munkacs. Munkacs, 1925-1940. First and only editions.
1. Neta Shaashuim, novellae and pilpul on Talmud and poskim, with responsa. Munkacs: Aharon Ber Meisels, 1925. With approbation of his teacher, the Minchat Elazar of Munkacs.
The present copy was dedicated to the head of the Central Orthodox Bureau in Budapest, R. Shmuel Zanvil Kahana-Frankel – fine leather binding, with dedication printed in gilded letters:
"Loving gift to the head of the Central Orthodox Bureau in Pest, R. Shmuel Zanvil Kahana Frankel – by the author" [the book was apparently dedicated in 1940 – on the reverse side of the binding is an illustration of an eagle headed by a caption indicating that year].
[15], 2-184 pages. Stamps of
"Talmud society of Orthodox community, Budapest".
2. Shulchan Neged Tzorerai, "Part I, containing 111 sections". Munkacs: Grafia, 1932.
Sharp polemical work, written in response to Shulchan Melachim by the dayan R. Moshe Tzvi Landau of Kleinwardein (Kisvárda), who had argued with the halachic decisions of the author's teacher, the Minchat Elazar of Munkacs.
[9], 2-176 pages. Partial copy (missing 28 pages of approbations at the beginning of the book). Stamps: R.
"Asher Anshel HaLevi Jungreis" (apparently a grandson of the Menuchat Asher, Av Beit Din of Csenger).
3. Gan David, with Pri HaGan and Etz HaGan, on the 39 primary forbidden labors on Shabbat and their derivatives, by R. David Schlissel, Rosh Av Beit Din of Munkacs, with glosses "Pri Nitei Shlomo" by the son of the author, R. Neta Shlomo Schlissel. Munkacs: Eliezer Yechiel Kallisch, Grafia, 1940. [10], 3-64, [2] leaves.
Three volumes. Varying size and condition. Good general condition. Light damage. New bindings to two of the books.
The author, R. Neta Shlomo Schlissel (1903-1944, perished in the Holocaust), dayan and posek and dean of Darchei Teshuvah yeshiva in Munkacs. Born to his father R. David Schlissel, dayan and posek in Zborov, and later Rosh Av Beit Din in Munkacs; author of Imrei David. Studied in Munkacs in the yeshiva of Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro, the Minchat Elazar, and was known from a young age as sharp-witted and erudite. His first book, Neta Shaashuim, was printed at the young age of 21, with the approbation of his teacher, the Minchat Elazar. After his marriage, he lived for many years with his father-in-law in Krenitz (Krynica-Zdrój), and in 1933 he was appointed dayan in the court of the Minchat Elazar, Rebbe of Munkacs. He was a confidant and devoted follower of the Rebbe of Munkacs. He served as rabbi and lecturer in the Beit Midrash Yeshuot Yisrael in Munkacs. After his father's passing in 1940, he was appointed Rosh Av Beit Din in his place.
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