Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
Apron used by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum while eating during the years of his sickness.
Enclosed is a certificate of authenticity signed by R. Leib Friedman: "Garment used by the Rebbe of Satmar during the years of his sickness while eating. The garment passed from his possession to R. Meir Deutsch, who gave it as a gift to his son-in-law R. Zalman Glick. I received the garment from R. Zalman Glick".
94x54.5 cm.
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.
R. Meir son of Mordechai Leib Deutsch, Gabbai and attendant of the Rebbe of Satmar for many years. During the years the Rebbe was sick, when it was difficult for him to speak, R. Meir would regularly sit in his room and help his visitors understand his responses. After the Rebbe's passing, he led the Bnei Yoel Beit Midrash in the house of Rebbetzin Alta Feiga in Kiryat Yoel, Monroe. He was in charge of the wedding fund and other mitzvah matters.
The Holiness of Items of Tzaddikim - In the Teachings of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar
In his writings, Rebbe Yoel of Satmar repeatedly relates to the holiness contained in the possessions of a Tzaddik; and conversely to the prohibition of benefitting from the money of the wicked, warning not to accept funding from the Zionist state and the like.
In several places in his book Divrei Yoel on the Torah, the Rebbe describes the tremendous virtue of the belongings of the Tzaddik, which have the power to endow holiness for generations, since the "sparks of holiness" endure in them. Based on this concept, the Rebbe explains Yosef's influence on the Egyptians, who were sustained from his produce during the famine and drew from it "spiritual vibrancy": "…the property of Tzaddikim has the power to impart spiritual vibrancy…" (Divrei Yoel, Shemot, p. 33). Regarding the "aspect of holiness" contained in the belongings of Tzaddikim from "the root of their soul", he writes: "The possessions of Tzaddikim are precious to them… since they contain an aspect of the root of their soul… as they are particular not to steal…" (Divrei Yoel, Vayetze, p. 92).
![Sar Shalom, kavanot for the Passover Seder, Chanukkah and Purim, from Siddur HaRashash [R. Shalom Sharabi], published by HaRa](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol50/41.jpg "Rashash Siddur Sar Shalom and Kavanot for Sefirat HaOmer – Copy of Reb")
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.
Tikunei HaZohar, with commentary Kise Melech, by the Kabbalist R. Shalom Buzaglo (author of Mikdash Melech). [Warsaw: J. Berger, 1885. On title page: "as printed in Brody".
Copy of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. On the title page is an ownership stamp from the Rebbe's stay in Jerusalem (ca. 1946, before he immigrated to the United States): "Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Satmar and the region – in Jerusalem". With bibliographic inscriptions made while arranging the Rebbe's library in the United States.
On the front endpaper appears an inscription of several names to be mentioned before the Rebbe for blessing and salvation – Kvitels written by Chassidim in the book their Rebbe had the practice of reading every month of Elul.
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.
[1], 2-113, 119-125, 121-194, 6 leaves. 22.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and light wear. Light tears. Reinforcing tape on the reverse side of the title page and on the endpapers. Inscriptions and 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.
Tiferet HaGershuni, homilies and comments on the Torah by R. Gershon Ashkenazi. Munkacs: Shmuel Zanvil Kahana and his son-in-law Ozer HaKohen Fried, [1902].
Copy of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar – on the last leaf is a stamp of the Rebbe from his time in his hometown, Sighet (in his youth, from his father's passing in 1904 until 1906): "Yoel Teitelbaum son of the Tzaddik, Sighet"; and a later stamp from his tenure as Av Beit Din of Carei (1926-1934): "Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Carei and the region".
Inscriptions on the title page and last leaves: "Yoel Teitelbaum – Satmar"; "this book belongs to our master Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Orșeva…"; "this book belongs to our master R. Yoel Teitelbaum, Satmar".
Several Kvitel inscriptions on the first and last leaves.
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.
[9], 10-98 leaves. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Creases and tears. Margins of several leaves repaired with paper and tape. Fine 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.
Two books owned by R. Shraga Feivish Ashkenazi and his son R. Yosef Ashkenazi, attendants of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar:
1. Sefer HaManhig. Laws, customs, prayers and blessings, by R. Avraham ben Natan HaYarchi (the Raavan). Lviv: D. H. Schrenzel, 1858. Copy belonging to R. Shraga Feivish Ashkenazi in his youth, while living in Safed and before immigrating to Hungary. His stamps on the title page and last leaf: "Shraga Feivish Ashkenazi in Safed"; "Shraga Feivish Ashkenazi in Safed – Fawisch Aschknasi, Saffed" (in Hebrew and Latin characters). Additional stamps inscribed: "My son Ephraim Yosef Dov, born… 12 Kislev, 1911". Short handwritten glosses on margins of some leaves.
[92] leaves. Approx. 21 cm. Good condition. Light stains. Light worming. Reinforced with tape on some margins. Stamps. New leather binding.
2. Sefer HaGan and Derech Moshe, laws, guidance and ethical teachings by R. Yitzchak son of Eliezer and R. Moshe Kahana of Gewitsch (Jevíčko). Piotrków: M. Knoster of Warsaw, [1910]. Copy of R. Efraim Yosef Dov Ashkenazi. His stamps on the title page from when he lived in Carei alongside his teacher, Rebbe Yoel, who served as rabbi of the city: "Ephraim Yosef Dov Ashkenazi, Carei"; his ownership stamp from a later period, after he moved with his Rebbe to Satmar: "Ephraim Yosef Ashkenazi, Satmar".
[1], 1-36 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Uneven trimming of sheets; some sheets are untrimmed. New binding.
The famous Chassid R. Shraga Feivish Ashkenazi (born ca. 1885, perished in the Holocaust 1944), faithful attendant of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (both the Rebbe and his attendant were descendants of R. Moshe David Ashkenazi of Töltéstava, father-in-law of the Yitav Lev). Son-in-law of R. Yaakov Yitzchak Unger of Safed (descendant of Rebbe Mordechai David Unger of Dąbrowa). Travelled as an emissary from Eretz Israel at the end of the World War I period and reached Hungary. At the advice of the rabbi of Polaniec, R. Shraga Feivish became intimate with his relative, the Rebbe of Satmar, and became his close assistant and attendant for about 27 years (during the latter's tenures as rabbi of Irshava, Carei and Satmar, until the Holocaust).
His son, R. Efraim Yosef Dov Ashkenazi (1911-2002), attendant and confidant of the Rebbe of Satmar for close to sixty years, and his close assistant on all communal matters. R. Yosef was an exceptionally intelligent Torah scholar, great in Chassidut and fear of God. In the Holocaust, R. Yosef accompanied the Rebbe on his journey in the famous Kastner rescue train, later immigrating with him to Eretz Israel and shortly thereafter moving with him to the United States. He was the owner of the Yerushalayim publishing house in Williamsburg. He edited his Rebbe's books in Halachah and Aggadah and published them (see his introduction to Responsa Divrei Yoel). Author of She'erit Yosef on the Torah.
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.