Auction 98 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts, Jewish Ceremonial Art
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Letter handwritten and signed by R. Yehuda Zeev Segal, dean of the Manchester Yeshiva. Nisan 1960.
Sent to Jerusalem to R. Yechezkel Abramsky, formerly rabbi in London. R. Segal takes interest in the welfare of the rabbi and his rebbetzin and writes that the yeshiva in Manchester is flourishing in numbers and quality and sends his best wishes for the upcoming holiday (Passover).
Aerogram. Approx. 20 cm. Good condition. Folding creases. Tears from opening the letter.
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![Letter (6 lines) handwritten and signed by R. Chaim Kanievsky. [Bnei Brak], Iyar 1996.
Approbation to a new edition of Chaz](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale98/242.jpg "Letter of Approbation and Blessings by Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky – Bnei Br")
Letter (6 lines) handwritten and signed by R. Chaim Kanievsky. [Bnei Brak], Iyar 1996.
Approbation to a new edition of Chazon Yechezkel on the Tosefta, by R. Menachem Ezra son of R. Yechezkel Abramsky, author of the work.
R. Chaim Kanievsky (1928-2022), leading rabbi of the present generation, only son of the Steipler Gaon, R. Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky, and preeminent son-in-law of R. Yosef Shalom Elyashiv. His voluminous books are classics of the Torah world, and they make heavy use of books of the Chazon Yechezkel.
1 leaf. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.
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![Collection of 14 letters on postcards, handwritten by R. Chaim Kanievsky. Bnei Brak, [1995-1997].
Short, concise responses](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale98/243_1.jpg "Fourteen Letters Handwritten by Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky – Bnei Brak, 199")
![Collection of 14 letters on postcards, handwritten by R. Chaim Kanievsky. Bnei Brak, [1995-1997].
Short, concise responses](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale98/243_2.jpg "Fourteen Letters Handwritten by Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky – Bnei Brak, 199")
![Collection of 14 letters on postcards, handwritten by R. Chaim Kanievsky. Bnei Brak, [1995-1997].
Short, concise responses](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale98/243_3.jpg "Fourteen Letters Handwritten by Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky – Bnei Brak, 199")
![Collection of 14 letters on postcards, handwritten by R. Chaim Kanievsky. Bnei Brak, [1995-1997].
Short, concise responses](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale98/243_4.jpg "Fourteen Letters Handwritten by Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky – Bnei Brak, 199")
![Collection of 14 letters on postcards, handwritten by R. Chaim Kanievsky. Bnei Brak, [1995-1997].
Short, concise responses](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale98/243_5.jpg "Fourteen Letters Handwritten by Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky – Bnei Brak, 199")
Collection of 14 letters on postcards, handwritten by R. Chaim Kanievsky. Bnei Brak, [1995-1997].
Short, concise responses to various questions on Torah matters and halachic customs, sent to R. Y. Wormser of Bnei Brak.
On all of the postcards, the name of the sender "Chaim Kanievsky" and the name and address of the recipient are in R. Chaim Kanievsky's handwriting.
14 postcards. 14.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains and postmarks.
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Large collection of 28 letters – blessings and wishes for the wedding of R. Shlomo Noach Krol (later rabbi of Moshav Chemed and dean of Chemdat Shmuel yeshiva, son of R. Mordechai Shmuel Krol, rabbi of Kfar Chassidim), and Gita, the daughter of R. Yaakov Landau, Rabbi of Bnei Brak. Israel and New York, 1954.
Most letters handwritten on official stationery; some on aerograms or postcards; some typewritten.
28 letters. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
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Large collection of letters sent to the Ezrat Torah organization in the United States and its director, R. Yosef Eliyahu Henkin, from yeshiva deans, rabbis and public figures worldwide: Eretz Israel, the United States and other countries, 20th century.
Over 120 letters. Varying condition. Overall good condition.
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![Letter of the "Yenuka", Rebbe Yisrael Perlow of Karlin-Stolin. Stolin, [Elul, ca. first decade of 1900s].
Scribal](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale98/246.jpg "Letter of Rebbe Yisrael Perlow of Karlin, the \"Frankfurter\" – Shanah T")
Letter of the "Yenuka", Rebbe Yisrael Perlow of Karlin-Stolin. Stolin, [Elul, ca. first decade of 1900s].
Scribal writing with the Rebbe's signature – "Yisrael son of R. Asher". Sent to his relative R. Asher HaLevi, confirming receipt of pidyon money. The Rebbe blesses him and his family: "…And may my blessing be fulfilled: may God grant him a complete recovery from all his ailments, may he have much satisfaction from all his offspring, may they live for good and long days, and may they all be blessed with a good year and may they all be remembered as one to be written immediately for life, as is the wish of his relative seeking his welfare with much love, blessing them with a Ketivah VaChatimah Tovah and Shanah Tovah, Yisrael son of R. Asher".
Rebbe Yisrael Perlow of Karlin-Stolin, known as "the Yenuka" (1868-1921), orphaned from his father R. Asher of Stolin and appointed rebbe at the young age of four and a half (!). Son-in-law of R. David Twersky of Zlatopil. He passed away at the age of 53, and was buried in Frankfurt, thus earning the appellation of "the Frankfurter" amongst Karlin Chassidim. He left behind six sons – Rebbe Moshe of Stolin, Rebbe Avraham Elimelech of Karlin, Rebbe Yochanan of Lutzk, Rebbe Yaakov of Detroit, R. Aharon of Warsaw and R. Asher of Stolin – along with four daughters. All his descendants were killed in the Holocaust, apart from his sons Rebbe Yaakov Chaim Perlow, who passed away in Detroit, United States in 1946, and Rebbe Yochanan Perlow of Lutzk and the United States (1900-1956), grandfather of the present rebbes of Karlin-Stolin and Lutzk, the last surviving lines descending from the Yenuka.
[1] double leaf. 10.5x13 cm. Good condition. Stains. Folding marks and creases.
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Large manuscript leaf (2 written pages), novellae on Tractate Beitzah, handwritten by R. Eliezer David Grünwald, Rabbi of Satmar, author of Keren LeDavid.
Author's autograph manuscript – novellae on Beitzah 19a.
R. Eliezer David Grünwald, Rabbi of Satmar (ca. 1866-1928), prominent Torah leader and yeshiva dean in Hungary and Transylvania. Close disciple of his brother R. Moshe Grünwald, the Arugat HaBosem. He studied for a short period under R. Shmuel Ehrenfeld, author of Chatan Sofer. He served as rabbi and dayan in many prominent communities – Bardejov, Dunajská Streda, Tzelem (Deutschkreutz) and Vişeu de Sus – establishing in each place a large yeshiva where he edified many disciples, including dozens of rabbis and poskim. His yeshiva in Vişeu de Sus alone had hundreds of students. In 1921, he was appointed Rabbi of Satmar, and he headed one of the largest yeshivas of Hungary, the very largest in Transylvania.
R. Eliezer David's writings were published posthumously. Those parts which had not yet been printed were hidden underground during the Holocaust, and were finally published only ca. 1969-1981.
The present novellae were printed as an appendix to the third edition of Responsa Keren LeDavid, published by the Pupa yeshiva in 1981. The present leaf is the conclusion of the lengthy piece (see enclosed material). The present leaf may have been among the writings hidden underground during the Holocaust.
[1] leaf (written on both sides). Approx. 34 cm. Stains, including dark stains and darmpstains, with ink fading in several places. Open tear to center of leaf. Marginal open tears, affecting text.
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A large collection of over 120 signed letters and documents (lists and donor reports), sent from rabbis and Rebbes, gabaim, and various donors, to "Kollel Shomrei HaChomot – Kollel Ungarn". Hungary, Transylvania and various countries, ca. 1890s-1930s.
Among the rabbis whose signatures appear in this collection:
Rebbe Naftali Teitelbaum, rabbi of Nyírbátor (2 letters). • Rabbi Moses Chaim Lits-Rosenbaum, rabbi of Kleinwardein (Kisvárda). • Rabbi Mordechai Vorhand, rabbi of Nitra. • Rabbi Yerachmiel HaCohen Katzburg, rabbi of Ózd. • Rabbi Yosef Elimelech Kahana, rabbi of Ungvár. • Rebbe Eliezer Lipa HaLevi Silberman of Ratsfert (Újfehértó) – son of Rabbi Moshe of Ratsfert and grandson of Rabbi Hirtzka of Ratsfert (4 letters). • Rabbi Chaim HaLevi Silberman (3 letters). • Rabbi Yosef Meir Moshe HaCohen Steiner, rabbi of Ilok – son-in-law of Rabbi Hillel of Kolomyia (2 letters). • Rabbi Yisrael Hillel Yitzchak HaCohen Steiner, rabbi of Ilok (4 letters). • Rabbi Yonatan HaCohen Strasser, rabbinical judge of Győr (Raab; 5 letters). • Rabbi Asher Anshel Schick, Szikszó. • Rabbi Meir Schick, rabbi of Timișoara. • Rabbi Yaakov Shmuel Schreiber and Rabbi Menachem Broin, rabbis of Salgótarján (4 letters). • Rabbi Moshe Chaim Grünfeld, rabbi of Sânpetru (6 letters). • Rabbi Shalom Zvi Adler, rabbi of Diósgyőr (2 letters). • Rabbi Moshe Tannenbaum, rabbi of Sepsimiklósvár. • Rabbi Mordechai Leib Fischer, rabbi of Nagykáta (2 letters). • Rabbi Moshe Bonim Krausz, rabbi of Baden (3 letters). • Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Blum, rabbinical judge in Berettyóújfalu (son of the "Beit She'arim"). • Rabbi Gavriel Gesztettner, rabbinical judge of Szombathely. • Rabbi Avraham Broin of Károly (4 letters). • Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Greenwald, rabbi of Columbus, Ohio. • Rabbi Ze'ev Zvi Klein, Buenos Aires. • And many additional letters.
126 letters and postcards, most on official stationery. Size and condition vary. Some with open tears and fire damage (saved from a fire), affecting text.
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Collection of 36 handwritten leaves, with lists of the names of Chassidim of R. Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, who donated money to Chassidic causes to be remembered by the rebbe in his prayers for salvation, blessing and compassion in material and spiritual matters. [Bnei Brak, Antwerp, Montevideo and New York, ca. 1950-1970].
The leaves were arranged and prepared every year by the Rebbe's assistants in synagogues and batei midrash of Satmar Chassidim in Israel and abroad, and they contain lists of hundreds of names of Chassidim – first names, mothers' names and last names (many names are repeated in various years and lists). These names include several important Chassidim who were close to the Satmar Rebbe and among the founders of the Satmar institutes in Bnei Brak.
• Most of the leaves include the list of "Kollelot" sent by Satmar Chassidim in Bnei Brak, residents of the Kiryat Yoel neighborhood, and members of the batei midrash in Shikun Heh, Zichron Meir and "Beit Midrash Bnei Brak". Some are not dated and other bear dates: Elul 1964, Tevet 1967, Sivan 1969, Cheshvan 1970.
• Two more leaves with lists of the name of the donors among Satmar Chassidim in Antwerp, from Tishrei 1960 and Tishrei 1961.
• Leaf with a list of the donors among Satmar Chassidim in Montevideo (Uruguay), in the months Tamuz, Av and Elul 1950.
Enclosed: a printed leaf, completed by hand, with a list of the names of donors at a dinner which took place in New York in 1967, apparently by R. Yosel Ashkenazi, and the amounts collected.
36 handwritten leaves (mostly on thin paper). Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
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Large volume, notebook for writing Torah novellae, which belonged to Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. Not filled in by hand.
Thick volume with hundreds of leaves. All leaves blank. At beginning of volume, stamp of the Rebbe from his tenure as Rabbi of Carei (1926-1934): "Yoel Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Carei and the region".
Hundreds of leaves (blank). 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Some stains and wear. Original binding, damaged (binding repaired and endpapers replaced).
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![Letter handwritten and signed by R. Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Meyer-Teitelbaum, the Sassov rebbe. [Carei?, ca. 1920s-1930s].
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![Letter handwritten and signed by R. Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Meyer-Teitelbaum, the Sassov rebbe. [Carei?, ca. 1920s-1930s].
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Letter handwritten and signed by R. Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Meyer-Teitelbaum, the Sassov rebbe. [Carei?, ca. 1920s-1930s].
Letter of Torah thoughts, written on the official postcard of his father-in-law R. Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, during his tenure as rabbi of Carei (1926-1934); signed by the Rebbe of Sassov: "Chananya Yom Tov Lipa".
The letter is addressed to R. Yehuda Aryeh and is concerned with sources of the book Heshiv Moshe authored by his grandfather, author of Yismach Moshe. Also discussed are the words of the midrash regarding the circumcision of Avraham Avinu.
Apparently, the letter had never been sent (no address appears on the postcard and no postage stamps or ink stamps exist).
Official postcard. 10.5X15 cm. Fair-good condition. Folding marks. Stains, large dampstains and ink stains.
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Long letter handwritten and signed by R. Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Meyer-Teitelbaum (later, the Sassov Rebbe), and a letter by his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Roiza daughter of R. Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. [Jerusalem, 1946]. Hebrew and Yiddish.
The letter was sent to their relative, the rebbe's assistant R. Yosel Ashkenazi, shortly after his rescue from the Holocaust together with their father, R. Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar in the Kastner train, and their arrival in Switzerland. On the recto is a letter by R. Chananya Yom Tov Lipa and on the verso is a letter by his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Roiza (the only daughter of the Satmar Rebbe who survived the Holocaust – her two sisters died abroad in 1921 and in 1931. During the Holocaust she and her husband escaped to Jerusalem, about a year before her father arrived there. Eventually, they all moved to the USA).
R. Chananya begins the letter with details of his many efforts to obtain a certificate for R. Ashkenazi to allow his immigration to Eretz Israel. He writes that he travelled to Sefad to find documents testifying that R. Yosel was born there, however, he could not find any evidence, even the slightest hint of his or his father's place of birth, concluding that all the ledgers must have been lost or burnt during the previous war. He then informs Yosel that after much effort, he was able to obtain the certificate because he found someone in Sefad and in Tiberias who could verify the true facts.
Further in the letter, R. Chananya Yom Tov Lipa requests that R. Yosel write to him all that he knows about the fate of his brother, R. Yoel Teitelbaum of Királyháza (1913-1986) and about the rest of his family left behind. He proceeds to tell him of his wife's wondrous dream, in which she is told of the survival of one of her relatives.
At the end of the letter, R. Chananya reports of the complete shutdown of the Romanian postal service and that no clear reports of the state of the refugees and the survivors can be obtained. He writes that recently, according to the local newspapers, about 300,000 people have returned from the various camps and there is no way of finding out their identity.
On the verso is a Yiddish letter handwritten and signed by Rebbetzin Chaya Roiza with good wishes and her hope to hear good news.
[1] leaf (written on both sides). 20.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Filing holes.
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