Auction 048 Rebbes of Satmar, Sighet and Bobov - Books, Objects, Letters and Manuscripts, Broadsides and Printed Items

Responsa Avnei Tzedek (by the Yitav Lev) – Lviv, 1886 – Copy of R. Chaim Yitzchak Halberstam Rabbi of Slotfina (Son-in-Law of the Atzei Chaim of Sighet), with His Signatures

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Responsa Avnei Tzedek, Part II on Yoreh De'ah, Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat, by Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda Teitelbaum Rabbi of Sighet (the Yitav Lev). Lviv: Uri Ze'ev Wolf Salat, 1886. First edition.
Copy of R. Chaim Yitzchak Halberstam Rabbi of Slotfina, with three of his signatures on the title page: "Chaim Yitzchak Eizik Halberstam of Dolyna" (one signature partially trimmed).


R. Chaim Yitzchak Eizik Halberstam (ca. 1899 – perished in the Holocaust 2nd Sivan 1944), eldest son-in-law of Rebbe Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, the Atzei Chaim of Sighet. Son of Rebbe Yehoshua Halberstam of Dolyna (descendant of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz). Rabbi of Slotfina (Solotvyno) and the region, establishing a prominent yeshiva there.


[3], 81-154 leaves. 45.5 cm. Condition varies, good to fair. Stains and wear. Marginal tears to some leaves, repaired in part with sellotape. Open tears to first and final leaves, with damage to text, repaired with paper and tape. Stamps. New binding.

Books of Important Ownership – Rebbes of Sighet, Volove and their Descendants
Books of Important Ownership – Rebbes of Sighet, Volove and their Descendants