Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania

Tiferet Shlomo (Radomsk) – Copy of Rebbe Naftali Teitelbaum of Nyírbátor, And his Son-in-law R. Uri Glicklich, Dayan and Posek of Nyírbátor – Piotrków, 1890

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Tiferet Shlomo on the Torah, Chassidic and Kabbalistic discourses on the Torah portions, Neviim and Ketuvim, and selections on the Talmud, by Rebbe Shlomo HaKohen Rabinowitz, Av Beit Din of Radomsk. Piotryków, [1890].

Second edition of Tiferet Shlomo, with many additions from the author's manuscript called "new selections"; the book was printed a second time by the author's grandchildren, with an approbation of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz and an introduction of the author's sons from the first edition (1869).


Copy of Rebbe Naftali Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Nyírbátor, whose stamps appear on the title page and many other pages: "Naftali Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Nyírbátor"; on the back endpaper is a stamp of his son-in-law, R. Uri Glicklich: "Uri Glicklich, dayan and posek of Nyírbátor and director of the yeshiva" (perished in the Holocaust in 1941 in Kamenetsk-Podolsk).

R. Naftali Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Nyírbátor (1867-1938), second son of Rebbe Yisrael Yaakov Yukel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Volova, and grandson and disciple of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum of Sighet, the Yitav Lev. Son-in-law of his uncle R. Moshe Yosef Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Ujhel (son of the Yitav Lev). Served as Av Beit Din of Nyírbátor for forty years, starting in 1898, and led with determination, love and integrity. A prominent rebbe in his times, and head of the Orthodox Bureau in Hungary. He was a close friend of his cousin, R. Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Satmar, and although he was older than him, he honored him and followed his advice as though his student and follower. He is mentioned in some of the letters of the Minchat Elazar of Munkacs, who worked together with him to bolster Judaism and oppose the Zionist movement and religious parties Agudat Yisrael and Mizrachi.


2, 186 leaves. The last leaf, 186, is bound out of sequence. Leaves 179-182 are bound twice. 23.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Creases and light wear. Light tears and worming on margins of several leaves. Reinforced with paper on the margins of several leaves. Leaves trimmed, affecting the headings of some leaves. Stamp (in Latin characters) of R. Lipót (Leib) Friedman of Nyírbátor. New leather binding.

Distinguished Copies – Rebbes of Sighet and the Teitelbaum Family
Distinguished Copies – Rebbes of Sighet and the Teitelbaum Family