Printed poster, "A time to eulogize" – a eulogy in Jerusalem for the passing of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, author of Kedushat Yom Tov, Av Beit Din of Sighet. Jerusalem, Adar 1904.

Announcement of eulogy that R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger was to deliver in memory of the Kedushat Yom Tov of Sighet, in the Chassidic Beit Midrash Ohel Moshe Gershon Verechl in the Kollel Ungarn buildings in Jerusalem.

"A time to eulogize – for the departure of the ark of God, Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Sighet. R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger will eulogize him… on the day of Moses' passing, 7 Adar, at 9:00 in the Chassidic Beit Midrash Ohel Moshe in the Kollel Ungarn building, and all the house of Israel will mourn…".

Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Sighet, the Kedushat Yom Tov (1836-1904), son and successor of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum, the Yitav Lev. Disciple of his father and prominent disciple of Rebbe Chaim Halberstam of Sanz, the Divrei Chaim, who once told his father the Yitav Lev that "he has made him into a perfect utensil". The Rebbe of Shinova reputedly said of him "he remained holy from his arrival in this world until his departure to the next world". He succeeded his father after the latter's passing as Rabbi of Sighet and leader of the Chassidim. Under his leadership, the Sighet Chassidut flourished and numbered thousands of Chassidim. He was a foremost leader of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region, an uncompromising zealot and a fierce opponent of the Zionist movement. His work Kedushat Yom Tov on the Torah and the festivals was published after his passing. His sons were Rebbe Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, author of Atzei Chaim, who succeeded him as Av Beit Din and rebbe of Sighet, and Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum, author of VaYoel Moshe, who served as Av Beit Din and rebbe in Satmar. R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger (1837-1922), author of Lev HaIvri, son-in-law of R. Hillel Lichtenstein of Kolomyia, disciple of the great Hungarian rabbis and a zealous opponent of the Reform and Haskalah movements. In 1870 he immigrated to Jerusalem, where he continued his struggle against the "innovators". He worked to support the Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel; he was embroiled in a controversy with the Old Yishuv when he contested the Chalukah system, and he was involved in additional controversies.

[1] leaf. 30 cm. Good condition. Folds and creases. Tears to folds, reinforced with tape to reverse side. Small marginal open tears.

Very rare – only copy known to us. Does not appear in the catalog of the National Library of Israel.