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Collection of Forms Sent to Rebbe Yoel of Satmar – Lists of Donors for Blessings and Salvation – Bnei Brak, Antwerp and Other Places, 1950-1970

Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,000
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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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Chassidut – Letters and Manuscripts
Chassidut – Letters and Manuscripts