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
Opening: $150
Sold for: $300
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Printed polemical booklet – "Ketov Zot Zikaron BeSefer!" from the "Orthodox Torah-observant community of Khust" against the appointment of the "dayan of Ungvár" R. Yehoshua Grünwald as Rabbi of Khust. [Vynohradiv (Vinogradov, Sevlus): Klein, 1934.] Hebrew and Yiddish.
"Why we have had the Orthodox people… of our community gather and fight an obligatory war against the destroyers of the religion, who conspired… to appoint a rabbi [R. Yehoshua Grünwald] against the Torah and the ordinances and the adjurations of the great men of our time… And we turned to the great rabbis… what to do… Therefore we have separated from this evil community and established a new community here… the 'Orthodox Torah-observant community'".
In 1933, after the passing of the Gaon Av Beit Din of the Edah HaCharedit, R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, and the appointment of R. Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky to his place, a frantic race began for the Khust rabbinate in Zakarpattia. At first there were three candidates – Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum (who then served as Av Beit Din of Carei); Rebbe Yaakov Yechizkiyahu Grünwald, the Vayaged Yaakov of Pupa [son of the Arugat HaBosem who formerly served as Av Beit Din of Khust], and his nephew R. Yehoshua Grünwald, the dayan of Ungvár (Uzhhorod), author of Chesed Yehoshua.
In the elections that were held in Tamuz 1934, R. Yehoshua won the support of the majority of the community, and on Rosh HaShanah eve, 1934 he began to serve as Rabbi of Khust [on p. 15 of the booklet is a photograph from the day of his arrival in Khust, surrounded by many policemen to keep him safe]. The supporters of his uncle, the Vayaged Yaakov of Pupa, refused to accept R. Yehoshua Grünwald's appointment as Rabbi of Khust and separated from the city's central Orthodox community and established a separate community called the "Orthodox Torah-observant community", and in order to be recognized by the secular authorities, they registered as a Neolog community.
The present booklet was printed by the independent seceding community headed by the Vayaged Yaakov of Pupa, in which the heads of the community recount the history of the controversy, the claims and reasons supporting their side, and the approbations and responsa of rabbis and rebbes supporting them: Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar; R. Shaul Brach of Nitra, Av Beit Din of Košice; R. Yitzchak Tzvi Amsel, Av Beit Din of Zborov; R. Asher Lemel Segal Spitzer, Av Beit Din of Kirchdorf; R. Yehoshua Buxbaum, Av Beit Din of Galanta; R. Shmuel David Ungar, Av Beit Din of Nitra; Rebbe Moshe David Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Magyarlápos (Târgu Lăpuș); R. Yehudah Segal Rosner, Av Beit Din of Săcueni; and more.
Against the present booklet, the central Khust community published the booklet "Kosht Divrei Emet – Response to the Allegations" (Munkacs, 1935), containing letters of rabbis and rebbes supporting R. Yehoshua Grünwald, led by the Minchat Elazar of Munkacs.
[2], 3-32 pages. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Marginal tears and holes; open tears lightly affecting text on last pages. Disconnected pages. Missing back cover [containing the place of printing and name of the printer – see Bibliography of the Hebrew Book Project].
Rare. To the best of our knowledge, has not been offered for sale at auction.
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Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Nov 21, 2023
Opening: $100
Sold for: $350
Including buyer's premium
Kitvei Kodesh – Milchemet Mitzvah HeChadash – polemical work against Belz Chassidim in Munkacs. Munkacs (Mukachevo): Graphia, 1928. Hebrew and some German.
"Letters of halachic decisions… from… the famous protectors of our generation against the troublemaking party… destroyers of the faith, who deceitfully left the holy Orthodox community in Munkacs… published by the Orthodox Beit Din and leaders of this community".
Published in the wake of the great dispute in Munkacs between the Rabbi of the city, Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro, author of Minchat Elazar, and Rebbe Yissachar Dov Rokeach of Belz, who fled his city during World War I and settled for some years in Munkacs. The Belz Chassidim in Munkacs founded an independent community called Adat Yere'im, and in order to achieve official recognition, registered it as a Neolog community. They appointed as their leader the dayan R. Shlomo Grünfeld, brother of R. Shimon (Maharshag) of Bűdszentmihály, and appointed their own shochatim. In consequence, the Minchat Elazar of Munkacs laid a ban against the new community and its shochatim. Both sides printed polemical works – Belz Chassidim published Sefer HaEdot VeHaMishpatim, Kuntres Kol MeHeichal Hashem, and more. Munkacs Chassidim in turn published Kuntres Da Mah SheTashiv and the present sharp polemical work – Kitvei Kodesh – Milchemet Mitzvah HeChadash, laying grave accusations against Belz Chassidim and including over a hundred letters of Rebbes and other rabbis supporting the Minchat Elazar of Munkacs.
Among the authors: the Levushei Mordechai of Mád; R. Shimon Sofer, Av Beit Din of Erlau (Eger); R. Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich, Av Beit Din of Șimleu Silvaniei; R. Yosef Elimelech Kahana, Av Beit Din of Tzelem (Deutschkreutz); R. Shalom Sofer, Av Beit Din of Brezno; R. Moses Chaim Litch-Rosenbaum, Av Beit Din of Kleinwardein (Kisvárda); Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Freund, Av Beit Din of Interdam (Lușca) and Năsăud; R. Yoel Ze'ev Wolf Glattstein, Av Beit Din of Helmetz (Kráľovský Chlmec); Rebbe Chanah Halberstam of Kołaczyce; R. Yehoshua Buxbaum, Av Beit Din of Galanta; R. Menachem Mendel Tennenbaum, Av Beit Din of Tarnów; R. David HaLevi Horowitz, Av Beit Din of Stanislav (Ivano-Frankivsk); R. Yehoshua Falk Jungreis, Av Beit Din of Santov (Abaújszántó); R. Shimon Sofer, Av Beit Din of Páks; R. David Dov Berish Meisels, Av Beit Din of Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely); Rebbe Yechezkel Panet, Av Beit Din of Deyzh (Dej); R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld; R. Yeshayahu Silberstein, Av Beit Din of Weitzen (Vác); R. Shlomo Eliezer Alfandari (the Saba Kadisha, the Hakham Bashi of Damascus and later of Safed); and many others.
[8] leaves, [1], 2-120 pages. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases and minor marginal tears to some leaves (mostly last leaf). Inscriptions and stamps. Marginal trimming affecting headings of some leaves. New leather binding.
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Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Nov 21, 2023
Opening: $100
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Two printed posters – letter of the Munkacs Rebbe against joining Agudat Yisrael, and a poster announcing his visit to Eretz Israel:
1. "Urgent warning", a poster containing a letter of Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro of Munkacs, author of Minchat Elazar, against Agudat Yisrael, and support and praise for Agudat HaKodesh founded in Jerusalem opposing Agudat Yisrael institutions. Jerusalem: Eretz Yisrael Press, [1929]. "Brought to press by special individuals, members of Agudat HaKodesh".
The poster was printed in the wake of the second Great Congress in Vienna (1929) and includes the warning of the Minchat Elazar of Munkacs against joining Agudat Yisrael: "An urgent warning from R. Chaim Elazar Shapiro, Gaon Av Beit Din of Munkacs… after the publication of the testimony and protocol of the Congress of Rabbis in Chop [in 1922] and subsequently the letter of the Geonim and Tzaddikim of the generation… and also the letter of the Rebbe [Rayatz] of Lubavitch… we decided to print once more the decision [of the Congress of Rabbis in Chop]… forbidding us… to join the Agudah… Chaim Elazar Shapiro".
The poster also singles out the Rabbinical Seminary in Warsaw, the educational institutions of Agudat Yisrael in Eretz Israel and elsewhere, and the agricultural settlements in Eretz Israel for special blame. At the end of the poster, the Rebbe asks for assistance obtaining signatures and donations.
[1] leaf, 33.5 cm. Good condition. Folds and light creases. Minor tears to margins and folds.
2. "Urgent message", a poster announcing the arrival of Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro in Eretz Israel from Munkacs. Alexandria, Egypt: Yaakov Ben Atar, 9 Iyar, 1930.
In 1930, the Rebbe of Munkacs came for a short two-week visit in Eretz Israel. The goal of his trip was to meet the elderly Sephardic R. Shlomo Eliezer Alfandari, and to visit the holy sites and the Batei Munkacs neighborhood built by his followers in Jerusalem. The present poster was printed in advance of the Rebbe's arrival in Eretz Israel by the directors of the Munkacs Kollel in Jerusalem, and delineates the Rebbe's travel plans: "When the Rebbe of Munkacs comes for a short time to the Holy Land, he a[sks not to be disturbed] with any general or particular matter, since he will not involve himself in any political matter, and he only came here to visit the holy sites… And anyone who wishes to come even just for a greeting… can contact the committee appointed for this… Signed Wednesday, 9 Iyar, 1930, directors of Kollel Munkacs VeEser Gelilot".
[1] leaf, 27.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Creases and tears. Open tears, affecting some words in the text.
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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