Responsa Ktav Sofer, Yoreh Deah, by R. Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer, Rabbi and yeshiva dean of Pressburg (son and successor of the Chatam Sofer). Part I. Pressburg: David Levi and Avraham Alkalai, 1879. First edition.
• Bound with: Responsa Ktav Sofer, Yoreh Deah, Part II. Pressburg: David Levi and Avraham Alkalai, 1884. First edition.

Part I belonged to Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum, the Yitav Lev of Sighet – a signature appears on the endpaper (opposite title page): "Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum of Sighet"; apparently this is his handwritten signature. Other signatures and inscriptions by other writers appear on front and back endpapers, attesting that the book belonged to Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah, Rabbi of Sighet, with signatures by "Meir Schwartz" [apparently R. Meir Schwartz, the famous attendant of the Yitav Lev and his son the Kedushat Yom Tov in Sighet].
Other signatures and inscriptions on title page: "Yechiel Schwartz", "I attest, Naftali Teitelbaum" [R. Naftali Teitelbaum, who also signed on the back endpaper as "Naftali Teitelbaum Schwartz of Shinova(?)", was apparently a relative of the Yitav Lev].
Part II of Responsa Ktav Sofer in the present item was owned by R. Yechezkel Shraga Zitron, Rabbi of Encs (1899-1944, perished in the Holocaust), son of R. Ze'ev Wolf Zitron, Rabbi of Hajdúdorog (1857-1927) and grandson of R. Shmuel Frankel of Dorog – his signature on title page: "Yechezkel Shraga Zitron of Hajdúdorog, studied here in Hajdúdorog from Kislev 1920 until Shevat 1924" (on margins of title page is an identical inscription in German). Another inscription by "Yehonatan Binyamin—". Handwritten marginal gloss on one leaf.

Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum (1808-1883), the Yitav Lev, son of R. Elazar Nisan Teitelbaum Rabbi of Sighet, and son-in-law of R. Moshe David Ashkenazi – rabbi of Tolcsva who immigrated to Safed. He was a close disciple of his grandfather the Yismach Moshe – Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum Rabbi of Ujhel, and a disciple of Rebbe Asher Yeshayah of Ropshitz. In 1833 (around the age of 25), he was appointed rabbi of Stropkov, and after the passing of his illustrious grandfather, he was selected to succeed him as Rabbi of Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely). He was then appointed Rabbi of Gorlice, and later of Drohobych. In 1858, he went on to serve as Rabbi of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației), capital of the Maramureș region, and founded a large yeshiva there, which numbered at its zenith two hundred students. In Sighet, he earned worldwide renown, and thousands of Chassidim flocked to seek his counsel, wisdom and blessings.

Two parts in one volume. Part I: [2], 2-75, [1] leaves. Part II: [1], 76-137, [1] leaves. Approx. 36 cm. Dry, brittle paper. Part I in fair condition (last leaves in fair-poor condition); Part II in fair-good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Creases and heavy wear to margins of several leaves. Many tears, including marginal open tears affecting text of some leaves. Many inscriptions on endpapers of Part I. New leather binding.

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