Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania
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Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Mayer-Teitelbaum of Sassov (son-in-law of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar). Jerusalem, [24 Sivan], 1946.
Written on official stationery of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa from his period of residence in Jerusalem (after he was rescued in the Holocaust and immigrated to Eretz Israel): “Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Szemihaly, Rosh Av Beit Din of Satmar – residing here in Jerusalem, Beit Yisrael HeChadashah”.
Letter of testimony to permit remarriage for R. Menachem son of R. Chaim Adler, whose wife and children perished in Auschwitz: “…I know him for a long time as a God-fearing, trustworthy man, and his words can be unquestionably relied upon. And I, the undersigned, have also heard from some people who were from his city who were with his wife and family in a ghetto, and were later sent together to the death camp Auschwitz… She stayed there… because she was occupied with little children, as is known that… women such as these went together with their families to the left side, may God save us and have mercy. And I sign as evidence here in Jerusalem… Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum”.
To the side of his signature appears his stamp: “Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Szemihaly, Rosh Av Beit Din of Satmar, in Jerusalem”.
Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Mayer-Teitelbaum of Sassov (1906-1966), son of Rebbe Chanoch Henich Mayer of Sassov-Keretsky and Rebbetzin Esther, daughter of the Kedushat Yom Tov of Sighet. In 1924 married Rebbetzin Chaya Roiza, daughter of his uncle Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, in Orsheva. After the marriage, he lived near his father-in-law and uncle, and assisted him in directing his yeshivot in Orsheva, Carei and Satmar. He served in tandem as rabbi of Szemihaly (Bűdszentmihály) and Rosh Av Beit Din of Satmar. During the Holocaust, both son-in-law and daughter attempted to rescue the Rebbe from the war. In late 1943 the Rebbe sent his daughter Chaya Roiza to Budapest to get certificates to immigrate to Eretz Israel for himself and his family, but they did not succeed in getting them. They fled through Romania and reached Eretz Israel, and the Rebbe later managed to escape through the Kastner rescue train. Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa founded the yeshiva Yitav Lev in Jerusalem, and served as Rabbi of Beit Midrash Ohel Rachel of Satmar Chassidim in the city. During the 1948 War of Independence, Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa left Jerusalem and joined his father-in-law and uncle, Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, in the United States (who had reached it about a year and a half earlier in 1946). His wife, Chaya Roiza, passed away in 1953 without children, and she was buried in a Tiberias cemetery. In 1955 he married the widow of R. Mordechai Pergamenski, and rebuilt Sassov Chassidut in the United States. In late 1963, he returned to Eretz Israel and built the Yismach Moshe neighborhood, where his son R. Yosef David Teitelbaum currently serves as Rebbe of Sassov.
[1] leaf, official stationery. Approx. 27 cm. Good condition. Folds and creases. Filing holes, affecting some letters in the text. Stains and wear.
Letter handwritten and signed by R. Yechiel Yehudah Isaacson, Rabbi of Sighet (son-in-law of the Atzei Chaim of Sighet, brother of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar). Sighet, 25 Adar, 1947.
Written on his official stationery, with his signature and stamp. Sent to the Special Beit Din for Agunot founded in Budapest after the Holocaust – a clarification about two missing people in the Holocaust.
R. Yechiel Yehudah Isaacson (1921-1977), son of R. Avraham Yissachar Dov Isaacson, Rabbi of Polien-Riskeve (Poienile de sub Munte) and son-in-law of R. Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, the Atzei Chaim of Sighet (brother of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar). Disciple of R. Yehudah Segal Rosner, Rabbi of Székelyhíd (Săcueni). After the Holocaust, he served for a short period of time as She'erit HaPletah rabbi in Sighet, in place of his brother-in-law Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum, the Berach Moshe. He later immigrated to Israel and served as rabbi of Achuzat Shmuel, Haifa. In his later years he immigrated to the United States and served as rabbi of the Magen Avraham community and dean of the Torat Emet yeshiva in Los Angeles.
[1] leaf, official stationery. Approx. 20x16 cm. Good condition. Folds. Browning of margins. Small marginal open tear.
Printed poster, "A time to eulogize" – a eulogy in Jerusalem for the passing of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, author of Kedushat Yom Tov, Av Beit Din of Sighet. Jerusalem, Adar 1904.
Announcement of eulogy that R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger was to deliver in memory of the Kedushat Yom Tov of Sighet, in the Chassidic Beit Midrash Ohel Moshe Gershon Verechl in the Kollel Ungarn buildings in Jerusalem.
"A time to eulogize – for the departure of the ark of God, Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Sighet. R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger will eulogize him… on the day of Moses' passing, 7 Adar, at 9:00 in the Chassidic Beit Midrash Ohel Moshe in the Kollel Ungarn building, and all the house of Israel will mourn…".
Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Sighet, the Kedushat Yom Tov (1836-1904), son and successor of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum, the Yitav Lev. Disciple of his father and prominent disciple of Rebbe Chaim Halberstam of Sanz, the Divrei Chaim, who once told his father the Yitav Lev that "he has made him into a perfect utensil". The Rebbe of Shinova reputedly said of him "he remained holy from his arrival in this world until his departure to the next world". He succeeded his father after the latter's passing as Rabbi of Sighet and leader of the Chassidim. Under his leadership, the Sighet Chassidut flourished and numbered thousands of Chassidim. He was a foremost leader of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region, an uncompromising zealot and a fierce opponent of the Zionist movement. His work Kedushat Yom Tov on the Torah and the festivals was published after his passing. His sons were Rebbe Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, author of Atzei Chaim, who succeeded him as Av Beit Din and rebbe of Sighet, and Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum, author of VaYoel Moshe, who served as Av Beit Din and rebbe in Satmar. R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger (1837-1922), author of Lev HaIvri, son-in-law of R. Hillel Lichtenstein of Kolomyia, disciple of the great Hungarian rabbis and a zealous opponent of the Reform and Haskalah movements. In 1870 he immigrated to Jerusalem, where he continued his struggle against the "innovators". He worked to support the Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel; he was embroiled in a controversy with the Old Yishuv when he contested the Chalukah system, and he was involved in additional controversies.
[1] leaf. 30 cm. Good condition. Folds and creases. Tears to folds, reinforced with tape to reverse side. Small marginal open tears.
Very rare – only copy known to us. Does not appear in the catalog of the National Library of Israel.
Printed leaf – notice on the kosher certification given to wine produced in Fiume, Italy (today: Rijeka, Croatia), signed by great rebbes and rabbis of Hungary and Galicia. Sighet: Wieder, 10 Tevet (January 1), 1901.
The notice relates to the kosher status of wine imported from Fiume, Italy (today: Rijeka, Croatia), and warns to buy only from vendors with a kosher certification signed by the two supervisors – R. Moshe Ze'ev Abraham of Satmar, and R. Moshe Yitzchak Levi of Grosswardein (Oradea). [In order to determine the kosher status of wine imported from the distant Fiume, Italy, several rabbinical conferences were held, on which see Responsa Arugat HaBosem (Orach Chaim 94-95) and Igrot Shapirin (pp. 160-163).]
The notice is signed by twenty-two of the greatest Rebbes and halachic decisors of Hungary and Galicia at the time: the Kedushat Yom Tov, Rebbe of Sighet; Rebbe Moshe Panet of Deyzh; the Darchei Teshuvah of Munkacs; Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam (the first) of Bobov; Rebbe Moshe Halberstam of Bardejov; the Maharsham of Berezhany; the Arugat HaBosem of Khust; the Zichron Yehudah of Satmar; the Harei Besamim of Stryj; R. Avraham Menachem Mendel HaLevi Steinberg, Av Beit Din of Brody; R. Yeshayah Silberstein, Av Beit Din of Vác; and others. On the reverse side of the notice are Torah inscriptions handwritten by R. David Sperber of Brașov [from his youth].
[1] leaf. 30 cm. Good-fair condition. Folds and creases. Stains and wear. Small tears and open tears to margins (affecting name of printer).
"Call for assistance!" – a printed poster for the establishment of the Tomchei Yeshivot Society, signed by important Transylvanian rebbes and rabbis, including rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. Grosswardein (Oradea): Glanzer, 21 Adar II, 1929.
Public appeal to establish the Tomchei Yeshivot Society in Transylvania. The goal of the society was to establish a special monetary fund to provide assistance for yeshiva deans and improve the conditions of life of poor yeshiva students by providing a stipend and establishing special dormitories and cafeterias (to replace the custom of yeshiva students dining on particular days with various community members).
The society was established consequent to the decision of the assembly of rabbis and representatives of the Orthodox communities of Transylvania which was held with great ceremony in Grosswardein (Oradea) in Adar, 1929. During the assembly, a dispute arose as to where the society would be located – while the initiators of the idea, headed by R. Yosef Seltzer, forcefully argued that the society's activities should be centered in Grosswardein, since the well-to-do community would have the resources necessarily for the venture's success, other important Transylvanian rabbis and rebbes, led by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Carei, opposed the move, since they were suspicious of the heads of the community in Grosswardein, a majority of whom were members of Mizrachi.
The public appeal is signed by many important Transylvanian rebbes and rabbis: Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (at the time Av Beit Din of Carei); Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager, Av Beit Din of Vishova; R. Shmuel Zalman Weinberger, Av Beit Din of Marghita; R. Yehudah Segal Rosner, Av Beit Din of Săcueni; Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah Halberstam of Klausenburg; R. Mordechai Brisk, Av Beit Din of Tășnad; R. Yisrael Freund, Av Beit Din of Hunedoara; and more.
[1] leaf. 34 cm. Good condition. Folds. Stains and light wear.
![Letter of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. Brooklyn, New York: [26 Kislev], 1964.
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Letter of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. Brooklyn, New York: [26 Kislev], 1964.
Scribal writing [apparently his attendant R. Yosef Ashkenazi], on the Rebbe’s official stationery: "Yoel Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Satmar and the region"; the letter contains the Rebbe’s signature as well as some words added in his handwriting.
Sent to R. Shlomo Eliezer Margaliot, on the occasion of the birth of a daughter. In his letter, the Rebbe blesses him with a Mazal Tov, and wishes him much satisfaction, for the daughter to be healthy, and to raise all their offspring with satisfaction and ease, signing “Yoel Teitelbaum”.
On the margins of the leaf, the Rebbe asks to relay his greetings and blessings to his father, the kabbalist R. Yeshayah Asher Zelig Margaliot.
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979), one of the great leaders of his generation, president of the Edah HaCharedit and leader of American Orthodox Jewry, and a pillar of Chassidic Jewry after the Holocaust. Born in Sighet (Sighetu Marmației), he was the son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov, and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah, the Yitav Lev, who both served as rabbis of Sighet and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was renowned from his youth for his sharpness and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. After marrying the daughter of Rebbe Avraham Chaim Horowitz of Połaniec, he settled in Satmar (Satu Mare) and taught Torah and Chassidut to a select group of disciples and followers. He served as rabbi of Irshava (1911-1915, 1922-1926), Carei (from 1926) and Satmar (from 1934), managing in each of these places a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. In 1944, he was rescued by the famous Kastner train, and after a journey through Bergen-Belsen, Switzerland and Eretz Israel, he reached the United States, where he reestablished Satmar Chassidut, which is one of the largest and most important Chassidic communities in the world today. In 1951 he was appointed president of the Edah HaCharedit in Jerusalem, and in 1953 he was appointed rabbi of all the Ashkenazi communities by the Edah HaCharedit. A leading opponent of Zionism and the State of Israel, he led crucial battles for the preservation of the Jewish people’s character and holiness, fearful for the honor of the Torah and the future of faithful Jewry. He was renowned as an exceptionally charitable person; his door was open to the poor and his ear attentive to the needy from every stream of the Jewish people. An outstanding Torah scholar, he responded to many halachic queries, and his writings were published in dozens of books: VaYoel Moshe, Responsa Divrei Yoel, Divrei Yoel on the Torah and more.
The recipient of the letter, R. Shlomo Eliezer Margaliot (1931-2002), son of the famous Jerusalem kabbalist R. Yeshayah Asher Zelig Margaliot (1894-1969).
[1] leaf, official stationery. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folds. Light wear. Small marginal tear; repaired with tape to reverse.
![Letter densely filled with blessings by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. Brooklyn, New York, [23 Cheshvan], 1960.
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Letter densely filled with blessings by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. Brooklyn, New York, [23 Cheshvan], 1960.
Scribal writing [probably his attendant R. Yosef Ashkenazi], on the Rebbe's official stationery: R. "Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Satmar and the region"; the letter is signed by the Rebbe, with a few words added in his handwriting.
Sent to R. Tzvi Pinchas HaKohen Moskowitz, a faithful disciple and an enthusiastic follower of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar. In his letter, the Rebbe blesses him: "…I pray for God to send His word and heal him fully and speedily, and may he return to his full strength and power and may the Kohen return to his service at full health, and may he succeed in all his physical and spiritual matters, and may only good and kindness reside in your tents, and may he merit to be a bearer of good tidings always, as is his heart's desire and that of his friend in heart and soul who seeks his welfare with much love, Yoel Teitelbaum".
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.
The recipient of the letter, R. Tzvi Pinchas HaKohen Moskowitz (1905-1979), a disciple of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar in his youth and son-in-law of R. Natan Neta Glick of Satmar. He headed a yeshiva in Halmeu. He immigrated to Eretz Israel before the Holocaust and settled in the Katemon neighborhood in Jerusalem. He founded a Beit Midrash for Satmar Chassidim in the city. During the Holocaust, he was one of the most vigorous in his efforts to save the Rebbe and attain a visa for him to immigrate to Eretz Israel, and he greeted the Rebbe on the ship when he reached Eretz Israel.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folds. Light wear. Inscriptions in pencil.
Letter written "at the command" of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar requesting a donation for purchase of a new building for the yeshiva and Talmud Torah near the house of the Rebbe in Williamsburg. Brooklyn, New York, "Isru Chag of Sukkot" (24 Tishrei), 1950.
Printed on official stationery of Rebbe "Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Satmar and the region", and bearing the signature of the Rebbe's faithful secretary, R. Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Friedman, head of the Yitav Lev community and director of Satmar institutions in the United States (son-in-law by his first marriage of R. Shaul Brach, Av Beit Din of Košice).
Sent to the philanthropist R. Menachem Mendel Feder "at the command of the Rebbe". At the beginning of the letter, R. Lipa Friedman describes the development and expansion of the Satmar community and institutions, and the newfound need to purchase a place for the yeshiva and Talmud Torah: "Thank God we found a house at a comfortable price in the Rebbe's neighborhood [Williamsburg], so we decided to purchase it, but unfortunately few can comprehend the importance and urgency of the matter…".
R. Lipa adds that the Rebbe directed him to write to him personally and ask him to donate a "respectable sum for the purpose of purchasing the house". Likewise, he asks him to visit the Rebbe who is interested in speaking with him on the matter: "We would be very satisfied if he would take the time to visit the Rebbe to speak with him face to face about the whole matter, and also personally see the house that we bought and the students of the yeshiva – I am certain that he will be satisfied and that it will give him spiritual pleasure and make an unforgettable impression on him".
On the margins of the letter is a handwritten inscription (in pen), the reply of R. Menachem Mendel Feder who writes of his donation of 200 dollars for the cause: "Here attached is a check for 200 dollars for the holy yeshiva building – Respectfully, Menachem Mendel Feder".
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] leaf, official stationery. Approx. 28 cm. Good condition. Folds and creases. Tears and light wear to the margins.
![Letter of blessing from Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. Brooklyn, New York, [8 Tevet], 1963.
Printed on official stationer](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol50/69.jpg "Letter of Blessing from Rebbe Yoel of Satmar, Written \"At his Holy Com")
Letter of blessing from Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. Brooklyn, New York, [8 Tevet], 1963.
Printed on official stationery of the "Secretary of the Satmar Rebbe", with details filled in in handwriting by the famed attendant R. Efraim Yosef Dov Ashkenazi. Sent to R. Yechiel son of Hinda(?), who attached a Pidyon Nefesh donation of 100 dollars to his letter to the Rebbe, "and he prayed for him and his household and blessed him with success and satisfaction from all his children, and may he merit to be a bearer of good tidings always – written and signed at the holy command seeking his welfare, Yosef Ashkenazi, attendant".
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. Efraim Yosef Dov son of R. Shraga Feivish Ashkenazi (R. Yosel; 1911-2002), attendant and confidant of the Rebbe of Satmar for close to sixty years, and his close assistant in all communal matters. R. Yosef was a particularly astute Torah scholar, great in Chassidut and fear of God. During the Holocaust, R. Yosef accompanied the Rebbe on his journey in the famous Kastner rescue train, and later immigrated with him to Eretz Israel, and immigrated to the United States shortly thereafter. 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.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 21.5x14 cm. Good condition. Folds. Stains and light wear.
Letter handwritten and signed by R. Yosel Ashkenazi, famed attendant of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. Brooklyn, New York, [29 Sivan], 1964. Yiddish.
Letter on official stationery of Rebbe "Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Satmar and the region", written and signed by "Yosef Ashkenazi – Gabbai". Sent to "Mrs. Zlotnik" [apparently, the widow Rebbetzin Zlotnik of Shaarei Chesed, sister-in-law of R. Eliyahu Zlotnik, dayan of the Edah HaCharedit in Jerusalem]. In his letter, R. Yosel Ashkenazi writes that the Rebbe received the Kvittel and Pidyon of 300 dollars she had sent, and prayed for her and blessed her with "salvation, for all your wishes to be fulfilled for good, with everything good".
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. Efraim Yosef Dov son of R. Shraga Feivish Ashkenazi (R. Yosel; 1911-2002), attendant and confidant of the Rebbe of Satmar for close to sixty years, and his close assistant in all communal matters. R. Yosef was a particularly astute Torah scholar, great in Chassidut and fear of God. During the Holocaust, R. Yosef accompanied the Rebbe on his journey in the famous Kastner rescue train, and later immigrated with him to Eretz Israel, and immigrated to the United States shortly thereafter. 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.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folds.
Letter of recommendation by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, written and signed by the famous attendant R. Yosel Ashkenazi. Brooklyn, New York, first night of Chanukkah [25 Kislev], 1974.
Letter on official stationery of Rebbe "Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Satmar and the region", written and signed by "Yosef Ashkenazi – attendant" – "who writes and signs at the holy command".
Written for men "performing an important mitzvah for an urgently important matter that cannot be detailed in writing, and it is a great mitzvah to take part in it, each according to his means and God's blessing upon him, because a large sum is required for this. And may the merit of the mitzvah protect all those helping and assisting to be saved from all distress and afflictions and be blessed with bounteous blessing and success, as the Rebbe blesses and prays on their behalf".
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. Efraim Yosef Dov son of R. Shraga Feivish Ashkenazi (R. Yosel; 1911-2002), attendant and confidant of the Rebbe of Satmar for close to sixty years, and his close assistant in all communal matters. R. Yosef was a particularly astute Torah scholar, great in Chassidut and fear of God. During the Holocaust, R. Yosef accompanied the Rebbe on his journey in the famous Kastner rescue train, and later immigrated with him to Eretz Israel, and immigrated to the United States shortly thereafter. 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.
[1] double leaf, official stationery. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folds. Stains, creases and wear. Minor tears to margins and folds.
Letter of approbation signed by Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Sighet (later Rebbe of Satmar), author of Berach Moshe. Brooklyn, New York, 11 Tevet, 1950.
Typewritten on Rebbe's official stationery during his stay in Brooklyn after the Holocaust, signed "Moshe Teitelbaum".
Sent to R. Tzvi Yaakov Abraham (formerly Av Beit Din of Turda and director of the Orthodox Bureau in Transylvania), regarding his commentary Maasei Melech on the Pesach Haggadah, prefaced by "introduction from our holy rabbis, the great disciples of the Baal Shem Tov, most of which have never been printed". The Rebbe writes that he greatly enjoyed reading his novellae, and especially in that he "saved these holy Torah teachings from oblivion", and he closes with the hope that all Torah learners merit to enjoy the book and that his novellae "be accepted by the sages and their disciples".
Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum of Satmar (1914-2006), author of Berach Moshe, second son of Rebbe Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Sighet, author of Atzei Chaim. He was a son-in-law (by his first marriage) of his uncle, Rebbe Chanoch Henich of Sassov, Av Beit Din of Keretsky (son-in-law of the Kedushat Yom Tov). Initially he directed the Beit David yeshiva of his uncle and father-in-law in Keretsky, and he was later appointed as Rabbi of Senta, where he founded a yeshiva and served as its dean. After the Holocaust, he served as Rabbi in his hometown Sighet. After persecution under the Communist regime in Romania intensified, he immigrated to the United States and founded the Atzei Chaim – Sighet Beit Midrash in Boro Park. He was one of the great members of the Central Rabbinical Congress and a confidant of his uncle, Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. In 1979 he began to serve as Rebbe of Satmar, succeeding his uncle Rebbe Yoel (whose three daughters passed away in his lifetime without children). His sons Rebbe Aharon Teitelbaum and Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah (Zalman Leib) Teitelbaum lead the two large Satmar Chassidic communities in the United States and worldwide.
[1] leaf, official stationery ("Moshe Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Sighet – 152 Hughes St., Brooklyn, NY"). 28 cm. Good condition. Folds and minor creases.