Sar Shalom, kavanot for the Passover Seder, Chanukkah and Purim, from Siddur HaRashash [R. Shalom Sharabi], published by HaRav HaSadeh (R. Chaim Shaul Douek HaKohen, dean of the Rechovot HaNahar yeshiva for kabbalists) and R. Eliyahu Yaakov Lajimi. Jerusalem: Lipschitz Brothers, 1912. First edition.

Bound with: Kavanot of Sefirat HaOmer from Siddur HaRashash, published by the Shaar HaShamayim yeshiva, [Jerusalem: Sh. Zuckermann, 1914]. Copy lacking title page. First edition.

Copy of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar – on the title page is an ownership stamp of the Rebbe from his stay in Jerusalem (ca. 1946, before he immigrated to the United States): "Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Satmar and the regions – Jerusalem". Contains catalog inscriptions made while arranging the Rebbe's library in the United States (inscriptions on the title page of Sar Shalom and an additional inscription on the first leaf of Kavanat Sefirat HaOmer).

Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979) was the youngest son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov (1836-1904), and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev (1808-1883), who both served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was renowned from his youth as a leading Torah scholar of his generation, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. At a young age, he was appointed rabbi of Irshava. In 1925, he was appointed rabbi of Karoly (Carei; in place of R. Shaul Brach who went to serve as rabbi of Kashoi), and in 1934, of Satmar (Satu Mare). In all the places he served as rabbi, he also maintained a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of the faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was one of the founding pillars of the Torah world in the generation following the Holocaust. After surviving the Holocaust, he emigrated to the United States, where he established the Satmar Chassidic community. He served as president of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem, and as leader of Orthodox Jewry in the United States and throughout the world. His writings were published in dozens of books: VaYoel Moshe, Responsa Divrei Yoel, Divrei Yoel on the Torah and more.

Two books in one volume. Sar Shalom: [1], 1-48, 53 leaves (missing [4] leaves: leaves 49-52; leaves 45-48 are bound twice). Siddur Kavanot Sefirat HaOmer: [3], 2-12, 77 leaves (missing title page and leaf 13). 18.5 cm. Good general condition. Stains and wear. Tears lightly affecting text (affecting Lamnatzeach Menorah on the last page), repaired with tape. Inscriptions. Stamps. Fine new leather binding.

Seder Olam by the Tanna Rabbi Yosi son of Chalafta, with commentary and glosses from R. Yaakov Emden, the Vilna Gaon, and Meir Ayin by R. Yerucham Meir Leiner of Radzyń. Warsaw: Shimon Ber Landau, 1904.

Copy of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. On the last leaf is the Rebbe's stamp from his tenure as Av Beit Din of Carei: "Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Carei and the region".

Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979) was the youngest son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov (1836-1904), and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev (1808-1883), who both served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was renowned from his youth as a leading Torah scholar of his generation, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. At a young age, he was appointed rabbi of Irshava. In 1925, he was appointed rabbi of Karoly (Carei; in place of R. Shaul Brach who went to serve as rabbi of Kashoi), and in 1934, of Satmar (Satu Mare). In all the places he served as rabbi, he also maintained a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of the faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was one of the founding pillars of the Torah world in the generation following the Holocaust. After surviving the Holocaust, he emigrated to the United States, where he established the Satmar Chassidic community. He served as president of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem, and as leader of Orthodox Jewry in the United States and throughout the world. His writings were published in dozens of books: VaYoel Moshe, Responsa Divrei Yoel, Divrei Yoel on the Torah and more.

[2], 3, IV-XVIII, 46 leaves. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and light wear. Stamps. New leather binding.

Shefa Tal, key to Kabbalah, by R. Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz of Prague. Frankfurt am Main: Shimon Terir Katz Shalit [in press of Johann Kellner], [1719]. Second edition. Kabbalistic illustrations and diagrams.

Distinguished copy.

Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum often studied from this copy. On the final page is a handwritten testimony signed by Rebbe Elimelech Alter Panet of Deyzh-Boro Park: "The Rebbe of Satmar had this holy book… on loan from me a few times, and he learned from it many times, [given to him] by my friend… Mr. Menachem Mendel Greenberg – 13 Sivan 5724 [1964], Brooklyn, Elimelech Alter Panet son of R. Y[osef], Av Beit Din of Deyzh…"; Under the inscription of the Rebbe of Deyzh appears a confirmatory inscription signed by the attendant of the Satmar Rebbe, R. Menachem Mendel Greenberg: "I also sign to confirm the above – Menachem Mendel HaKohen Greenberg". Gloss on the margins of 19a – four words apparently handwritten by Rebbe Yoel of Satmar: "Ki Kol is equal in numerical value to Yesod". Glosses in various hands to the margins of some pages. 

This copy formerly belonged to R. Mordechai Eliezer Ehrengruber, Av Beit Din of Vranov, author of Nachalat Yosef (disciple of the Shevet Sofer in the Pressburg yeshiva, son-in-law of R. Pinchas Steiner, Av Beit Din of Ilok) – his stamp on the title page: "Mordechai Eliezer Ehrengru[ber], Vranov and the region" - R. Mordechai Eliezer Ehrengruber, Av Beit Din of Vranov, author of Nachalat Yosef (ca. 1868-1942), one of the great rabbis of Hungary. Son-in-law of R. Pinchas Steiner, Av Beit Din of Ilok, author of Briti Shalom. In his youth he learned in the yeshiva of R. Moshe Pollak, Av Beit Din of Bonyhád, and in 1885 he traveled together with his childhood friend and fellow resident of Paks, R. Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, to learn in the Shevet Sofer yeshiva in Pressburg. He later returned to his parents' home and studied under the local authority R. Zusman Sofer. In 1902 he was appointed rabbi of the Beit Midrash in Steinamanger (Szombathely), and in 1908 he was appointed dayan, posek and rabbi of the Talmud Society in Pápa. In 1911 he began to serve as rabbi of Vranov, where he served until his death 32 years later. His only son, R. Hillel Meir Moshe (1892-1919), was a son-in-law of the Arugat HaBosem and a follower of R. Yissachar Dov Rokeach of Belz.

Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979) was the youngest son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov (1836-1904), and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev (1808-1883), who both served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was renowned from his youth as a leading Torah scholar of his generation, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. At a young age, he was appointed rabbi of Irshava. In 1925, he was appointed rabbi of Karoly (Carei; in place of R. Shaul Brach who went to serve as rabbi of Kashoi), and in 1934, of Satmar (Satu Mare). In all the places he served as rabbi, he also maintained a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of the faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was one of the founding pillars of the Torah world in the generation following the Holocaust. After surviving the Holocaust, he emigrated to the United States, where he established the Satmar Chassidic community. He served as president of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem, and as leader of Orthodox Jewry in the United States and throughout the world. His writings were published in dozens of books: VaYoel Moshe, Responsa Divrei Yoel, Divrei Yoel on the Torah and more.

Rebbe Elimelech Alter Panet of Deyzh-Boro Park (1929-2005), Av Beit Din of Zichron Yosef community in Brooklyn, New York, and president and founder of the Mareh Yechezkel Kollel in Eretz Israel. Son of R. Yosef Panet, Av Beit Din of Ileanda and Deyzh (Dej), and grandson of Rebbe Yechezkel Panet, author of Knesset Yechezkel. Son-in-law of R. Yechiel Greenzweig, Av Beit Din of Dolha (Dovhe).

The attendant R. Nisan Menachem Mendel HaKohen Greenberg (known as "R. Mendel Chicago") served for many years as Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum's "hoiz bochur" (living in the Rebbe's house and attending to his needs). In his youth he was a household member of R. Tzvi Hirsch Meisels, Av Beit Din of the She'erit Yisrael community in Chicago, and traveled at his recommendation and advice to study in the Satmar yeshiva in Williamsburg, where he became close with the Rebbe of Satmar. He served as his personal attendant for many years, and in 1959 even accompanied the Rebbe on his trip to Eretz Israel.

[2], 2-16, 18-53, 53-62, 64-66, 66-74, 76-80 leaves. Approx. 34 cm. Most leaves in good condition. Stains, creases and wear. First and last leaves in fair condition – tears and open tears, affecting text; large open tears on the title page, heavily affecting both sides of leaf, and frame; margins of some leaves repaired with paper and tape. Inscriptions and stamps. New leather binding.

Responsa Shemen Rokeach, Part I, on the four parts of the Shulchan Aruch, by R. Elazar Lev. [Seini, Satmar region: Jacov Wieder, 1909.]

Copy of the first Chassidic Beit Midrash established by the young Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum in Satmar (ca. 1906). Many stamps, including later stamps, after his appointment as rabbi of Satmar in 1934.

Shortly before Rosh Hashanah 1905, about a year and a half after his marriage, Rebbe Yoel left his hometown Sighet for the nearby Satmar. For the High Holiday prayers, a small Chassidic Minyan gathered in his new house. Immediately after coming to the city, Rebbe Yoel opened a small Beit Midrash, and a small group of young followers of his father, the Kedushat Yom Tov (as well as some Sanz-Shinova Chassidim in the city), charmed by his outstanding righteousness and learning, began to consolidate around him. The primary supporter of Rebbe Yoel and his Beit Midrash was the famous Chassidic philanthropist R. Chaim Freund, owner of a large textile factory. In 1911, Rebbe Yoel went to serve as Rabbi in Irshava, and in 1926 he went to serve as Rabbi in Carei. For over twenty years, his followers in Satmar maintained his Beit Midrash in the city, until they managed to recall him in 1934 to serve as Rabbi of Satmar.

Handwritten glosses on the margins of some pages.

On the endpaper and margins of some other pages, signatures of some of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar's students: R. Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Schwartz, one of the Satmar Rebbe's earlier disciples, author of HaMeazreni Chayil and director of the Satmar Yitav Lev institutions in Jerusalem; Avraham Simchah Halpert of Khust; Yaakov Glickman; Anshel Stern; Yaakov Stern; Meir Chaim; Aharon Friedman; Aharon Waldman (also in Latin characters: Valdman Aron); and others.

[2], 104, [1] leaves. Missing leaf [3] at the beginning of the book and five final leaves (pre-subscribers). Approx. 30 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, creases and wear. Tears and worming, lightly affecting text. Bottom third of the title page is torn and missing, affecting the frame and text (also on the reverse side). Reinforced with paper. Inscriptions and stamps. New leather 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])].