Large and assorted collection of about 20 letters sent to Rebbetzin Alta Feiga Teitelbaum of Satmar. 1950s-1970s. Yiddish (one letter in English).

Handwritten letters, some on official stationery. Request to be mentioned to her husband Rebbe Yoel of Satmar, various blessings, advice and guidance, requests for support and financial assistance, and more.

The collection includes letters from: • R. Yechiel Yehudah Isaacson; on the reverse side of the leaf is a letter from his wife Mrs. Chanah Isaacson, daughter of Rebbe Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, the Atzei Chaim of Sighet [son of the Kedushat Yom Tov of Sighet and brother of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar]. Haifa, Adar II 1954; • Letter of Rebbetzin Reizel Bengis, wife of R. Zelig Reuven Bengis, Gaon Av Beit Din of the Edah HaCharedit. At the bottom is an additional letter from Rebbetzin Esther Dushinsky, wife of R. Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, Gaon Av Beit Din of the Edah HaCharedit. Jerusalem, Iyar 1960; • Letter of Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga Lipschitz Halberstam of Stropkov. Ramla, Adar 1952; • Letter of Rebbetzin Malkah Pessel Mutzen, daughter of R. Yaakov Friedman of Sighet; • Letter of R. Tzvi Hirsch Kaufman of Satmar. Jerusalem, Shevat 1960; • Letter of R. Moshe Shaul Sirota, with letter of recommendation from the posek R. Shalom HaLevi Eisen. Tevet 1973; • Lengthy letter (five pages) from Rebbetzin Malkah Sachs, daughter of R. Yosef Steinberg. Shevat 1969; • Letter of Rebbetzin Brachah Lopovitch, wife of Rebbe Moshe Yitzchak Lopovitch of Chernivtsi-Bucharest; and more.

Enclosed: Invitation of the Girls' Educational Institutions of the Edah HaCharedit to a reception on the occasion of the visit of Rebbetzin Alta Feiga Teitelbaum in Jerusalem, 13 Sivan [no year indicated].

About 20 letters. Varying size and condition. Overall good condition.

Rebbetzin Alta Feiga Teitelbaum (1912-2001), second wife of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar and his companion for 42 years. Daughter of Rebbe Avigdor Shapiro of Częstochowa, a descendant of the Maggid of Kozhnitz, author of Maor VaShemesh, and the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. On 13 Elul 1937, she married Rebbe Yoel of Satmar (who had lost his first wife a year and a half earlier). She was rescued in the Holocaust together with her husband the Rebbe in the Kastner train. After the Holocaust, she had a large influence on the Chassidic community and its institutions. She participated in establishing Chassidic institutions, and provided support and raised funds for them. She managed charitable funds, and over her whole life she would visit the sick and marry off brides. She was an intelligent and God-fearing woman, known for her great righteousness and wisdom. After the passing of her husband the Rebbe, the Bnei Yoel Beit Midrash and community was established in her house in Kiryas Joel, Monroe. The Rebbetzin moved to Brooklyn and served as a rebbe in her own right, having public receptions and reading Kvitels. She passed away over 20 years after her husband, and was buried at his side in the Kiryas Joel cemetery. Several Torah and charitable institutions in the United States and Israel are named for her.