Shoshanat Ha'Amakim, by Rabbi Yosef Te'omim, author of Pri Megadim. Lemberg, 1837. Printed by Chaya, widow of Rabbi Naftali Hertz Groishman.
On the title page is the signature of "Matityahu son of Rabbi Yosef Av Beit Din of Iasi" and an inscription in the same handwriting "Yosef" [i.e. the son wrote that the book belongs to his father, the Av Beit Din of Iasi].
Rebbe Yosef Landau Av Beit Din of Iasi, author of Birkat Yosef (1791-1854), a leading Chassidic leader. Disciple of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdychiv, Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin, Rabbi Baruch of Medzhibozh and the Rebbe of Apta.
His son Rabbi Matityahu Landau (1837-1917), a Ruzhin Chassid was renowned from a young age as an outstanding Torah scholar and exchanged halachic correspondence with leading Galician rabbis: the author of Sho’el U’Meshiv, Rabbi Shalom Toibesh, Rabbi Shlomo Kluger and Rabbi Mordechai Ze’ev Ittinger. He served in the rabbinate of several Romanian cities: Lespezi, Făget and Podul-Turcului. Author of Toldot Yosef, a biography of his father and Tosefet Shem on the book Shem Olam on the subject of names for Gittin.
50 leaves. 23 cm. Fair condition, stains and wear. Leaves trimmed on margins of text. Old binding.

Manuscript, Pinkas Zera Kodesh to assist the holy grandchildren of Rabbi Moshe of Lelov, in Jerusalem. Emissary's notebook for Rabbi Yitzchak HaCohen Kintzlich, on his journey to the US, with recommendations and signatures of Lelov Rebbes and rabbis and American rabbis. [Jerusalem, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore]. 1890. Hebrew and English.
Large format. Titles adorned in red and gold ink. the notebook contains only the first leaves, with recommendation and signatures, including the title page and the original binding [with embossment: Pinkas Zera Kodesh to assist my holy grandchildren, R' M. of Lelov…"].
Ornamented title page, followed by letters of recommendation [three in Hebrew and one in English], which request aid for the descendants of Rebbe Moshe of Lelov "who promised with his holy mouth…that all who arise to assist his children and grandchildren, will never be forgotten in World Above… to arouse compassion and revealed chesed".
Signatures and stamps of descendants of the House of Lelov: Rebbe Yerachmiel Yosef Biderman and his brother Rebbe Avraham Bezalel Natan Neta Biderman – sons of Rebbe Elazar Menachem Biderman [son of Rebbe Moshe of Lelov]; Rebbe Shimon Natan Neta Biderman – son of Rebbe David Zvi Shlomo Biderman [son of Rebbe Elazar Menachem]; Rebbe Bezalel Yeshaya Bernstein – dayan in the Badatz of the Chassidim in Jerusalem [his mother was the granddaughter of Rabbi Moshe of Lelov], and the signature of his father-in-law Rabbi Yerucham Teitelbaum of Tarnów.
During the emissary's travels to the US, more recommendations and rabbis' signatures were added to the notebook: Rabbi Eliezer Kleinberg of Philadelphia, Rabbi Reuven Rabinowitz Ra'avad of Baltimore, Rabbi Yehoshua Segal Rabbi of Kehillot Yisrael in New York. Authorizations and stamps of the US consulate in Jerusalem and in New York.
[5] leaves, 8 written pages. 38 cm. Fair-poor condition, degenerating brittle paper. Tears [with damage to text], stains and wear. Original binding, damaged, torn spine.

Archive of Rabbi Elimelech Yisrael Solnik, an elder Gerrer Chassid, close friend of Rebbe Simcha Bunim Alter, author of Lev Simcha of Ger, and member of Mo'etzet Agudat Yisrael in Tel-Aviv. A prominent Chassid of Rebbe Yisrael Alter, author of the Beit Yisrael of Ger.
· Collection of approximately 11 handwritten notebooks and leaves – words of Torah spoken by the Rebbe, author of Beit Yisrael at his weekly Shabbat Tisch (on Shabbat eve and at Se'udat Shlishit), which were written by Rabbi Elimelech Yisrael Solnik, most from 1949-1954. [the five volumes of Beit Yisrael on the Torah were published on the basis of these writings and those written by other Chassidim]. · Stencil-printed words of Torah by the Rebbe ["Words spoken by the Rebbe during his visit to R' Yisrael Artin…in Bayit Vegan…1954; etc.]. · List of the Kollelim from the month of Nisan…Kishon 33 Tel Aviv – handwritten list of the names of members of the Kishon Shteibel in Tel Aviv – one of the most active centers of Ger Chassidism in those days. · Two stencil leaves "Seder HaKinus", containing prayers, including the E-l Male Rachamim prayer for the Kedoshim murdered in various European countries. Apparently, these were the prayers recited during the convention which took place at the Churva Synagogue in 1942, following the reports of the catastrophic destruction of European Jewry, with the participation of the Rebbe, author of Imrei Emet of Ger. · Wedding invitations, and several documents. · Various newspapers reporting the death of various Gerrer Rebbes, photographs and pictures of Gerrer Rebbes (some on newspaper clippings). · Notebook, "Di Knessia Mechina fun Agudat Yisrael" – in preparation of the Fourth Knessia of Agudat Yisrael. London, 1946. Yiddish. With photographs of rabbis and convention members.
· Enclosed: a collection of cassettes - Torah words, mostly the discourses of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam of Sanz.
Dozens of ephemera (hundreds of leaves). Varied size, overall good condition.

Ge'ulat Yisrael, Part 1-2, compilations from the teachings of the Ba'al Shem Tov and Chassidic leaders elucidating verses, sayings of Chazal and midrashim. "As printed in Amsterdam" [Ostroh, 1821]. First edition.
Bound with: Copy (missing title page) of the pamphlets Ruach Chaim and Kanfei Ruach, a eulogy on Rabbi Chaim Davidson Av Beit Din of Warsaw, by Rabbi Binyamin David Rabinowitz. [Warsaw, 1854].
[2], 31 leaves; (missing 2 leaves: title page and introduction to Part 2), 25 leaves; 2-11 leaves. 21 cm. Bluish-green paper, fair condition, stains and restored damages (several leaves with damages to text). New binding with leather spine.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 107. Rare Chassidic book which has not been offered at an auction. Most subsequent editions contain only part of this book. Its first part was printed with the title Pitgamin Kadishin.

Yishmach Moshe, on Bereshit. By Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum Av Beit Din of Ujhely. Lemberg, 1848. First edition.
the author, Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum Av Beit Din Ujhely (1756-1841) was called by the name of his famous book, the Yismach Moshe. He was born in Poland and from his youth was privileged to study in the Beit Midrash of the Vilna Gaon. Served as Rabbi of Sieniawa and Ujhely, he exchanged halachic correspondence with leading rabbis in his times (the Chatam Sofer an others). In his later years he was drawn to Chassidism (after his daughter's marriage to Rabbi Aryeh Leib, author of Aryeh Devei Ila'i, who accompanied him on his travels to Lublin) and he became a disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin and the Ohev Yisrael of Apta.
In 1808, he was appointed Rabbi of Ujhely and thereafter spread Chassidism in Hungary. He was renowned as a prominent rebbe and wonder-worker and wrote many amulets. Among his books: Heshiv Moshe halachic responsa, Yismach Moshe, and Tefillah L'Moshe. Among his descendants are the Rebbes of Siget and Satmar and other prominent Hassidic dynasties.
Many ownership inscriptions: "Asher Yeshaya Schwartz", Yitzchak Isaac Schwartz", "Moshe David Freidman ben Rabbi Ya'akov Peretz…", "Mordechai Avraham Truk", "Chaim Shnitzer", "Aharon Shmuel Deutch", etc.
[1], 117 leaves. 24 cm. Good-fair condition, wear and stains. Ancient binding, damaged.
Stefansky Chassidut no. 239.