Geon Tzvi, on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, by R. Moshe Tzvi Heller Rabbi of Bokshevitz. Lviv: Yehuda Leib Balaban, [ca. 1839-1840]. First edition.
Copy of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum Rabbi of Satmar, Irshava and Karoly, with his stamps from his tenures as rabbi of Karoly and Irshava on the title page and on other pages. Handwritten ownership inscription at the top of the title page, attesting that the book belongs to "the astute rabbi, splendor of Israel… our master".
Early stamps at the foot of the title page (partially indistinct): "…Katz Rubinstein".
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979), a leader of his generation, president of the Edah HaCharedit in Jerusalem and leader of American Orthodox Jewry, one of the founding pillars of Chassidic Jewry after the Holocaust. Born in Sighet, he was the son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov, and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev, 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, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. After his marriage to the daughter of Rebbe Avraham Chaim Horowitz of Polaniec, he settled in Satmar and taught Torah and Chassidut to an elite group of disciples and followers. He served as rabbi of Irshava, Karoly (Carei; from 1925), and Satmar (Satu Mare; 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. During the Holocaust, he was rescued through the famous Kastner Train, and after a journey through Bergen-Belsen, Switzerland and Eretz Israel, he reached the United States, where he established the largest Chassidic group in the world.
The author, R. Moshe Tzvi Heller (d. Tammuz 1767, Encyclopedia L'Chachmei Galicia, II, p. 656-658). Rabbi of Bakshevitz, a leading Galician Torah scholar. Descendant of R. Yitzchak Chajes Rabbi of Prague, author of Apei Ravrevei. He passed away at a young age, before reaching the age of forty (as stated in the foreword of his grandson, the publisher). He was nevertheless the prime teacher of many prominent Galician rabbis. His renowned disciples include several Chassidic leaders, such as R. Meshulam Feivish of Zbaraz author of Yosher Divrei Emet, R. Tzvi Hirsh Caro Rabbi of Buchach author of Neta Shaashu'im, and R. David Shlomo Eybeschutz author of Arvei Nachal and Levushei Serad.

[2], 88; 9 leaves. 36 cm. Overall good condition. Stains and wear. Marginal worming. Margins of leaf 88 trimmed with damage to colophon. Open tear to top of final leaf, affecting leaf numeral. Stamps. New leather binding.

The date of printing of the book is based on the chronogram on the title page, and on the dates of most of the approbations (Cheshvan 1839 – Tevet 1840). At the foot of the title page, censorship authorization (in German) dated December 1838.

Five Books of the Torah, Mikraot Gedolot, with 32 commentaries. Warsaw: Yoel Lebensohn, 1860. Set in five volumes. Approbations by rabbis and rebbes, including Rebbe Yeshaya Muszkat of Praga, Rebbe Yaakov David of Warka, the Imrei Binah of Kalisch, the Netziv of Volozhin, and others.
Copies of Rebbe Yehuda Hager-Horowitz of Dzikov. Handwritten inscriptions on the endpapers of some volumes, including his signatures (on the endpaper of Shemot part): "Y. Horowitz". All volumes contain several glosses in his handwriting.
Rebbe Yehuda Horowitz-Hager of Dzikov (1905-1989, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut II, pp. 3-4), son of Rebbe Alter Yechezkel Eliyahu of Dzikov, from the Ropshitz dynasty. He was raised in Grosswardein by his maternal grandfather Rebbe Yisrael Hager of Vizhnitz, the Ahavat Yisrael, and married the daughter of his uncle Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager of Vizhnitz (adopting his surname – Hager). In 1936-1944, he served as dayan and posek in Klausenberg. After the Holocaust, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Jerusalem, where he served as lecturer in the Beit Yosef Tzvi (Dushinsky) yeshiva, and edified many disciples. He was closely associated with the Chazon Ish. He refused to serve as rebbe, yet many Chassidim and admirers gathered around him. Near the end of his life, he lived in London, where he led a court. He was known for his tremendous diligence, holiness, and tremendous devotion in his worship of G-d. He exerted himself his entire life in Torah study. Most of his novellae on Halachah and Aggadah were recorded with great concision in the margins of the books in his large library. These novellae were published in the Gilyonei Mahari series.

5 volumes. Approx. 31 cm. Bereshit: [6], 134, [20] leaves. Shemot: 136, 2, 3-8; 8, [1] leaves. Vayikra: [2], 87; 20 leaves. Bamidbar: 96; 8, 13-19 leaves (lacking 4 leaves: leaves 9-12 of second sequence). Devarim: [2], 4-98; 24 leaves (leaves 5-8 of first sequence bound after leaf 12). Overall fair condition. Stains, extensive wear and tears, including several open tears. Several detached leaves. Original leather bindings, worn and damaged (minor worming to one binding). Placed in elegant card slipcase.

Marcheshet, responsa and novellae by R. Chanoch Henoch Eigis, rabbi of Vilna, Part I, on Orach Chaim and Yoreh De'ah, with sections on the topics of Hazamah (refuting witnesses) and Ye'ush (despair). Bilgoraj: Nata Kronenberg, 1931. First edition.
Copy of the Chazon Ish, with glosses in his handwriting. The book contains nine scholarly glosses, all or some of them handwritten by R. Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, the Chazon Ish (some of the glosses may have been written by a member of his household, or written by him while lying in bed or under other circumstances that made writing difficult; in any case, the contents and style of glosses are typical of the Chazon Ish's study method).
R. Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz (1879-1953), author of the Chazon Ish, a foremost scholar in Halachah and Jewish philosophy in our times. A preeminent Torah scholar and hidden righteous man, his first book Chazon Ish was published in 1911 anonymously. In his great modesty, he would sign his name with his acronym only: Ish. After WWI, during which he fled to Belarus, he returned in 1920 to Lithuania and lived for several years in Vilna. He immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1933, where he became recognized as the leading Torah authority, and stood at the helm of the resurrection of the Torah world in our generation. He authored and published numerous volumes of Chazon Ish, which were written with great toil and in-depth study, covering nearly all Talmudic topics.
During the time the Chazon Ish lived in Vilna, he was closely associated with the rabbis of the city, R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinski and R. Chanoch Eigis author of the Marcheshet, who would discuss Torah with him and held him in high esteem (Pe'er HaDor, biography of the Chazon Ish, [part I, p. 340] describes the departure of the Chazon Ish for Eretz Israel on Motza'ei Shabbat 7th Tammuz 1933 – heading the crowd of well-wishers on the platform of the Vilna train station were R. Chaim Ozer and R. Chanoch Eiges).

[3], 3-124, [1] leaves + [2] leaves – front and back printed wrappers. 34 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition. Stains and wear. Original binding (with new spine), with minor blemishes.

Early amulet for protection of the home, customarily given by R. Yeshaya Steiner of Kerestir, the Yismach Moshe, and other rebbes. [Europe, ca. late 19th century].
Stam script on parchment.
The book Mofet HaDor about R. Yeshaya of Kerestir notes that most the amulets he would give contained the present text. It is told there of a Jewish store which was miraculously saved from being set on fire by a non-Jewish competitor, through such an amulet received from R. Yeshaya of Kerestir. See there two pictures of such amulets.
The book Elef Ketav (by R. Yitzchak Weiss of Vrbové, section 515) interprets this amulet: the first line contains the initials of two verses of protections from Tehillim (122:7 and 91;10), alternating; the second verse contains the initials of a verse of protection from Bereshit (19;1).
Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum, the Yismach Moshe, would give amulets containing this text for protection of the home from thieves and destructive forces. A picture of a similar amulet written by the Yismach Moshe and given by his grandson the Yitav Lev to his attendant R. Meir Schwartz appears in Nachalat Tzvi (XVI, pp. 126-127). It is related there that when the Divrei Yoel of Satmar came to Eretz Israel, he went specially to view the amulet and took pleasure in it. Similar amulets were later given by the rebbes of Sanz, Belz, Ruzhin, Sighet and Liska. Likewise, R. Hillel of Kolomyia, in his book Teshuvot Beit Hillel HaChadash (section 32) recommends to place this amulet at every entrance of a new house for a period of time, to protect the household members from harm.

63X23 mm. Mounted on card, 95X40 mm. Good condition. Ink slightly faded and cracked from age.

Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Yehoshua Horowitz of Dzikov, the Ateret Yeshuah. Dzikov (present day: Tarnobrzeg), [ca. 1900s].
Certificate of ordination for the shochet R. Yisrael Schub; Rebbe Yehoshua Horowitz attests to the shochet's knowledge of the laws of shechitah and bedikah, and approves of his shechitah. Signed: "Sunday, Parashat Tazria, ---, Dzikov. Yehoshua Horowitz".
At the beginning and end of the letter, stamps (faded and damaged) of the rebbe.
Rebbe Yehoshua Horowitz of Dzikov (1848 – Tevet 1912), leading rebbe in western Galicia (south-eastern Poland). Son of Rebbe Meir of Dzikov, the Imrei Noam, grandson of R. Naftali of Ropshitz. He was known as a brilliant genius from a young age, and corresponded with Torah leaders of his times. His father attested that at the age of 20, he had already finished studying the entire Zohar twice. In his father's lifetime, he was appointed rabbi of Dzikov, and from 1877, he began serving as rebbe of Dzikov. During his tenure, the Dzikov court numbered thousands of Chassidim who were elevated in Torah and fear of G-d through his presence. He was a leader of Galician Orthodox Jewry, and one of the founders of Machzikei HaDat in 1879. He published books on halachah and Talmudic topics: Emek Halachah (Lviv, 1870) and more, but was primarily known for the Ateret Yeshuah series on the Torah and festivals, and responsa.

[1] leaf. 23 cm. Fair-poor condition Open tears to center of letter, affecting text, repaired with paper. Stains.