Collection of books and booklets by R. Yisrael Salanter and the leaders of the Musar movement in Lithuania:
• Hesped Kedosh Yisrael, eulogy for R. Yisrael Salanter by R. Yosef Feldberg. Vilna: Yehudah Leib Metz, 1883.
• Kevod Yisrael, eulogy for R. Yisrael Salanter by R. David Shlomo Slouschz. Warsaw: Chaim Kelter, 1883. Stamps of "Yosef Baaron Shapiro in Safed".
• Pri Yitzchak, responsa and halachic discussions by R. Yitzchak Blazer. Vilna-Jerusalem: Yehudah Leib Metz and Salomon, 1881-[1913]. Two parts in two volumes.
• Or Yisrael, Musar writings by R. Yisrael Salanter and his disciple R. Yitzchak (Itzele) Blazer. Vilna: Yehudah Leib Metz, 1900. First edition.
The book contains four parts. The central part, Or Yisrael, contains a "collection of letters and various discourses to excite hearts to fear G-d and study fear of G-d and Musar", by R. Yisrael Salanter. The other parts called Shaarei Or, Netivot Or and Kochvei Or were authored by his close disciple R. Yitzchak Blazer.
• Etz Pri, to bolster support for those who study Torah. Writings by R. Yisrael Salanter, R. Yitzchak Elchanan and R. Alexander Moshe Lapidot, with an introduction by the Chafetz Chaim and a "preface by the (first) publisher" [R. Natan Tzvi Finkel, the Alter of Slabodka]. Jerusalem: printer not indicated, 1903. Second edition.
• Chut HaMeshulash, Torah novellae on various topics, from three generations: R. Yisrael Lipkin Salanter, founder of the Musar movement; his father R. Ze'ev (author of novellae Ben Aryeh), and his son R. Aryeh Leib Lipkin. Jerusalem: A. M. Luncz, 1904. First edition.
• Derashot Rabbi Yisrael Salanter, with Even Bochan by R. Shneur Zalman, Rabbi of Kuldīga. Vilna: Yitzchak Yehudah Leib Katzenellenbogen, 1912. With original front wrapper.
• Issue of Or HaMusar, periodical of the Beit Yosef Novardok yeshiva in Poland on Musar matters. Piotrków: R. Henich Follman, 1925. Year III, issue 9, 1st of Adar 1925. Two copies. Stamp of R. Eliyahu David Slotky in one copy.
• Conference lectures of the Organization of Students of the Knesset Yisrael yeshiva in Slabodka [Kovno]. Organization of Slabodka Students, Adar 1937.
• Periodical, El HaMevakesh, Musar discourses on faith and insights on matters of education by R. Yitzchak Elchanan Waldschein, mashgiach of the Beit Yosef yeshiva in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. Piotrków: M. Rosenstein, [1938-1939]. Issue 4 and issue 5, in two volumes (six issues were printed in total).
• Ohel Yosef anthology, dedicated to Torah and Musar, published by the Organization of Beit Yosef Students in the United States. [New York: Schlesinger brothers], 1945-1946. Issue 1, year 1, Kislev 1945. Only one more issue was published in Nisan 1946.
• Shiur Daat (IV) – Shiur Komah, booklet by R. Yosef Yehudah Leib Bloch, dean of the Telz yeshiva. Telz (Telšiai): printed by Sh. Yoselovitz (Kovno), 1934.
• Sichot HaSaba MiSlabodka, Rabbi Natan Tzvi Finkel, recorded by his students, edited by Tzvi Kaplan, with preface by Prof. Feivel Meltzer. Tel Aviv: Avraham Tzioni, 1955.
14 books and booklets in 16 volumes. Varying size and condition. Most in new binding. The books have not been examined thoroughly, and are being sold as is.

Baruch Matir Asurim, booklet published by the Orthodox community of Carei. Seini (Satmar province): Yaakov Wieder, 1935.

Polemical booklet, including letters of the great Rabbis of the generation supporting R. Avraham Abish Horowitz's appointment as Rabbi and Av Beit Din of the Orthodox community in Carei, against his opponents.

Printed during the great dispute on the choice of a new Rabbi for the Orthodox community of Carei, after Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Carei, left to serve as Rabbi in Satmar. The great majority of the Carei community chose R. Avraham Abish (Abishel) Horowitz, son-in-law of the Rebbe of Spinka, the Chakal Yitzchak. Satmar Chassidim in the city didn't accept R. Abishel's appointment, and after their view was not accepted, they founded a small, separate community – the "Sephardic community", appointing R. Shmuel Gross of Berbești as their rabbi (cousin of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum).

In the introduction to the present booklet, R. Abishel's supporters relate the dispute over his appointment as Rabbi, and cite R. Shimon Sofer, Av Beit Din of Erlau (Eger), and the Levushei Mordechai of Mád. They go on to bring letters of assent from Hungarian Rebbes and other rabbis: the Minchat Elazar of Munkacs; R. Chaim Tzvi Ehrenreich, Av Beit Din of Mád; R. Asher Anshel Jungreis, Av Beit Din of Gyöngyös; R. Abishel's father-in-law, the Chakal Yitzchak, Rebbe of Spinka; his Mechutan R. David Dov Meisels, Av Beit Din of Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely); his brother-in-law, Rebbe Yechezkel Halstock, Av Beit Din of Ostrowiec; R. Chaim Mordechai Yaakov Gottlieb, Av Beit Din of Miskolc; R. Menachem Brody, Av Beit Din of Kaliv (Nagykálló); R. Abishel's brother-in-law, R. Naftali Tzvi Weiss of Bilky (son of the Chakal Yitzchak of Spinka); R. Yechiel Baum, Av Beit Din of Guta (Kolárovo); R. Yitzchak Eizik Adler, Av Beit Din of Seredneye; R. Abishel's nephew, R. Menachem Mendel son of Asher Lemil Horowitz, Av Beit Din of Sędziszów.

R. Avraham Abish (Abishel) Horowitz, Av Beit Din of Carei (1897-1944, perished in the Holocaust), son of Rebbe Naftali Horowitz of Melitz (1845-1915) and son-in-law of the Chakal Yitzchak of Spinka. During World War I, he served in his father-in-law's position as Av Beit Din of Spinka. In 1934 he was appointed rabbi of Carei in 1934, a position previously held by Rebbe Yoel of Satmar. The Satmar Chassidim did not accept his authority, and appointed their own rabbi, R. Shmuel Gross of Berbești (grandson of Rebbe Yisrael Yaakov Yukel Teitelbaum of Volove). The Orthodox community was thus split into two factions. R. Abishel founded a large yeshiva, Beit Avraham, numbering about a hundred students, most from the Maramureș region. His son is R. Shmuel Tzvi Horowitz – Rebbe Hershel Spinker, the Spinka Rebbe of the United States (1921-1997), and his son-in-law is Rebbe Yaakov Yosef Weiss (1916-1988), the Spinka Rebbe of Bnei Brak.

[3], 3-16 pages. 23.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Creases and minor tears. Detached leaves. New binding.

Midrash Shmuel on Pirkei Avot, by Rabbi Shmuel di Ozida. "As printed in Amsterdam" [Russia-Poland, ca. 1820].
Copy of Rebbe Elimelech Shapira of Grodzisk, and of his sons Rebbe Kalonymus Shapira of Piaseczno, author of Chovat HaTalmidim, and R. Yeshayahu Shapira, "HaAdmor HaChalutz".
The signature of R. Elimelech appears at the top of the title page: " Elimelech Rabbi of Grodzhisk". The title page and other leaves in the book bear many stamps of R. Elimelech: " Elimelech Shapira Rabbi of Grodzhisk", and of his sons: " Kalonymus Kalman son of R. E. Shapira – Grodzhisk", " Yeshaya son of R. E. Shapira – Grodzhisk".
R. Elimelech Shapira of Grodzisk (1824-1892), son of Rebbe Chaim Meir Yechiel – the "Saraf of Mogelnitza", and grandson of the Maggid of Kozhnitz and R. Elimelech of Lizhensk. A prominent rebbe and tzaddik in Poland, he profoundly influenced the entire country. His teacher, R. Yisrael of Ruzhin, commanded him to serve as rebbe and receive kvitlach (he later sent a lengthy letter to the Divrei Chaim of Sanz regarding the venerable holiness of R. Yisrael of Ruzhin and his righteous sons). Many Polish rebbes were his disciples, the most renowned of them being R. Yechiel Meir HaLevi, Rebbe of Ostrovtse (Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski). He authored Imrei Elimelech and Divrei Elimelech.
In his senior years, when already a grandfather of many (many of his grandsons served as rebbes, including R. Yisrael of Grodzisk and R. Yisrael Perlow, the "Yenuka" of Karlin), he married his second wife, the daughter of the Rebbe of Khentshin (Chęciny). She bore him two sons – R. Kalonymus Kalman and R. Yeshayahu (see their biographies below). After his passing, his wife, Rebbetzin Chana Bracha, served as rebbe, receiving kvitlach and even donning tzitzit (Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, p. 627). She lived a long life and died in Cheshvan 1939.
Their son, Rebbe Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira of Piaseczno (1889-1943), was a holy tzaddik as well as a profound and original Torah scholar. Son-in-law of Rebbe Yerachmiel Moshe Hopstein of Kozhnitz. He was a prominent Chassidic thinker during WWII and the preceding era. In 1909, he began serving as rebbe in Piaseczno, a town near Warsaw, and in 1913 he was appointed rabbi of the town. In 1923, he opened his Daat Moshe Yeshiva in Warsaw, personally devoting himself to each and every disciple. An exemplary educator, he gave his soul to teaching his disciples and educating the young generation. His original books earned him worldwide renown: Chovat HaTalmidim for young men (Warsaw 1932, the only book published in his lifetime), Hachsharat HaAvrechim, Mevo She'arim, Derech HaMelech, Bnei Machshava Tova, and his diary Tzav V'Ziruz. His books are a unique blend of Chabad doctrine with Karlin and Kozhnitz thought – original profundity with passionate yearning. His most poignant work is the historical Esh Kodesh, a powerful book compiling the sermons he delivered and wrote during the Holocaust, from 1940 to 1942, while confined in the Warsaw ghetto. This book offers a moving portrayal of the depth of emotional torment experienced by believing Jews such as himself, in times of Divine concealment such as the Holocaust. In 1943, he placed his manuscripts in a milk flask and buried them in the ghetto. They were miraculously found during construction work in the ghetto area several years after the war. Following the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, the Rebbe, together with the remaining Jews, was deported to the Trawniki concentration camp near Lublin, where he was murdered on 5th Cheshvan 1943.
Their youngest son, Rebbe Yeshayahu Shapira (1891-1945), immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1920 and was very active and influential within the Po'el Mizrachi settlement movement. With his warm Chassidic fervor, he encouraged his fellow members to become G-d fearing Jews, and became known as "HaAdmor HaChalutz". In 1943, he realized his lifelong dream – to farm his own plot of land in Kfar Pines. Unfortunately, he passed away shortly afterward at the home of his brother-in-law Rebbe Chanoch Bornstein of Sochatchev upon hearing the terrible tidings from Europe.
[2], 3-84; 36 leaves. 23.5 cm. Soft paper. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Much damage and worming, affecting text (the entire book was professionally restored with paper). Stamps. New leather binding.

Printed invitation to the wedding of R. Yehoshua Rokeach son of Rebbe Yissachar Dov of Belz, with the bride Shifra Chana daughter of Rebbe Moshe Elyakim Beri’a Fromer, in Belz on 13th Kislev 1924. (Radom): "M. Zucker, Radom", [1924].
A handwritten invitation letter is inscribed on the verso, including one line handwritten and signed by the father of the bride: "From me, who awaits the Redemption and salvation, Moshe E.B. son of R. Y.". The letter was sent to Łódź to his mechutan Rebbe Betzalel Yair Danziger of Alexander: "To my honored… mechutan, the holy rabbi and Tzaddik… R. Betzalel Yair". The leaf also contains various inscriptions in pen and pencil, including kvitel inscriptions of names to be mentioned in prayer and for blessing.
The groom: R. Yehoshua Rokeach, later rebbe of Yaroslav (Jarosław; 1897-perished in the Holocaust 1943), son of Rebbe Yissachar Dov of Belz (elder Chassidim asserted that his attributes were similar to those of his father). He was the son-in-law of Rebbe Yosef Meir Twersky of Machnovka in his first marriage, and of Rebbe Moshe Elyakim Beri’a of Ostrovtza (Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski) in his second marriage. Following his father’s passing in 1927, he moved to Yaroslav, where he served as rebbe, occasionally frequenting the court of his brother Rebbe Aharon of Belz. During the Holocaust, he fled to Zborov, where he was murdered by the Nazis together with his wife and children. His eldest son (from his first marriage) immigrated to Eretz Israel, and was the father of Rebbe Yehoshua Rokeach of Machnovka.
Rebbe Moshe Elyakim Beri’a Fromer (1877-perished in the Holocaust 1942), father of the bride who signed the letter and invitation, was the son and successor of Rebbe Yerachmiel Fromer of Ostrovtza. A scion of the rebbes of the Lipsk-Kozhnitz dynasties. In 1909, he was appointed rebbe in Radom. His son Rebbe Yechiel Elimelech Fromer of Łódź served as rebbe already in his father’s lifetime, and was the son-in-law of the recipient of this invitation, Rebbe Betzalel Yair Danziger of Alexander and Łódź (1865-1934).
[1] double leaf. Approx. 23.5 cm. Fair condition. Tears to folds (professionally restored). Stains. Old tape stains.