Auction 96 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts

Lot 132

Collection of Books – Signatures and Stamps of Hungarian Rabbis – Minchat Yitzchak, Rabbi Yonatan Steif and Others

Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium

Twelve books, with ownership inscriptions, signatures and stamps of Hungarian rabbis, ca. mid-20th century.


Signatures and stamps of the following rabbis:
• R. Chaim Yehudah Segal Deutsch, author of Ahavat Chaim (1876-1938), dayan and posek in Makó. • R. Yitzchak Yaakov Weiss, the Minchat Yitzchak (1902-1989), leading posek, Rabbi in Grosswardein and Manchester, and chief rabbi of the Edah HaCharedit in Jerusalem. • R. Yonatan Steif (1877-1958), dayan and posek in Budapest, leading American rabbi after the Holocaust. • R. Yisrael Welz (1887-1974), rabbi in Tinnye and head of the Budapest Beit Din, leading rabbi in Eretz Israel. • R. Shalom Schnitzler, author of Shaarei Shalom (1920-1989), leading rabbi and rebbe after the Holocaust in Hungary and England. • Rebbe Shalom Eichenstein of Zidichov-Safed (ca. 1900-1989), author of Rav Shalom. • R. Yehoshua Grünwald, Rabbi of Khust, author of Chesed Yehoshua (1909-1969), dayan in Ungvár (Uzhhorod), succeeded his father R. Avraham Yosef Grünwald and his grandfather the Arugat HaBosem as Rabbi of Khust. • R. Reuven Levinbuk, Rabbi of Alytus. • R. Yaakov Yitzchak Neumann, the dayan of Pupa (1919-2007), leading posek after the Holocaust, dayan in Pupa (Pápa), Szombathely, Australia and Canada. • R. Yaakov Klamka of Raab (Győr), disciple of the Vayaged Yaakov of Pupa and teacher of R. Yaakov Yitzchak Neumann. • R. Baruch Tzvi HaKohen Moskowitz-Rappaport, author of Tenuvot Baruch (1907-1990), Rabbi of Paks, head of the Budapest Beit Din, later moved to Vienna. • R. Avraham Yishai Direnfeld of Szombathely (1912-2003), disciple of the Vayaged Yaakov of Pupa and senior Belz Chassid in Antwerp and the United States. • R. Yitzchak Tigerman, Rabbi of Békéscsaba (perished in the Holocaust, 1944), son of R. Yosef Meir Tigerman, Rabbi of Neuhausel (Nové Zámky). • R. Yosef Dov HaLevi Jungreis, dayan and posek in Gyöngyös, where his father R. Asher Anshel Jungreis served as Rabbi.


12 books. Varying size and condition. Overall good to fair condition. Wear and old bindings. Some with traces of former dampness, tears and detached leaves. The books have not been thoroughly examined, and they are being sold as is.

Books of Important Ownership – Rabbis' Signatures and Stamps, Glosses and Dedications
Books of Important Ownership – Rabbis' Signatures and Stamps, Glosses and Dedications