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Tziyun LaDrash, index of Rabbinic teachings in the Babylonian Talmud and Jerusalem Talmud appearing in Ein Yaakov, in alphabetical order, by R. Shraga Feivish Segal Fränkel. Przemyśl: Zupnik et Knoller, 1877.
Copy of Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum of Satmar, the Berach Moshe, from his time in Sighet (Sighetu Marmației), Maramureș, with his stamp at the top of the title page. On the title page and on the following leaf is a list of names, Kvitels for a blessing that two of his followers wrote.
Ownership inscriptions of "Mendel son of Aharon Perel of Cearda" [apparently son of R. Moshe Aharon Perel, leader of the community of Cearda, next to Sighet].
Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum, the Berach Moshe of Satmar (1914-2006), son of Rebbe Chaim Tzvi, the Atzei Chaim of Sighet. He first headed the yeshiva of his father-in-law Rebbe Chanoch Henich of Sassov in Keretsky, and later served as rabbi of Zenta, where he founded and headed a yeshiva as well. Following the Holocaust, he served as rabbi of Sighet, later immigrating to the United States where he founded the Atzei Chaim – Sighet Beit Midrash in Boro Park, eventually succeeding his uncle Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum as rebbe of Satmar.
12 pages, 120, 131-156 leaves. Original cover bound at the end of the book. 21.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Marginal tears to some leaves, reinforced with paper and tape. Thick marginal open tears to title page and two following leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper and tape and filled in by pen. Stamps. New binding.
Arbaah Turei Aven, novellae on Rambam, responsa, selections on Talmud and homiletics, by R. Elazar Rokeach, rabbi of Brody and Amsterdam. Lviv: R. Shlomo Yarish Rappaport, [1789]. First edition.
Copy of R. Meshulam Zusha Teitelbaum of Sighet, son of the Atzei Chaim, Rebbe and Av Beit Din of Sighet. His stamp is on the title page. R. Meshulam Zusha Teitelbaum perished in the Holocaust at a young age. There is a known photograph of him next to his mother's father, Rebbe Shalom Eliezer Halberstam of Ratzfert (see: Rabbeinu HaKadosh MeRatzfert, p. 316 and 381).
[1], 28; 2-13 leaves; 15 leaves; [4], 5-12 leaves. Missing leaf 1 from the second sequence. 20 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including ink stains on the last leaves, affecting text. Worming, tears and open tears, affecting text on several pages, some of which are restored with paper filling. Leaves trimmed, affecting the margins of the text on some leaves. Inscriptions. New leather binding.
R. Shlomo Yarish Rappaport's press printed the book Noam Elimelech in 1808, and the workers in the press are traditionally held to have been holy men "of the thirty-six hidden Tzaddikim" [see R. Betzalel Landau, "Rebbe Elimelech of Lizhensk", who cites an oral tradition (in the name of R. Moshe Halberstam) on the great worth of Noam Elimelech from R. Shlomo Yarish's press, which "was printed by God-fearing workers who worked on the printing with holiness and purity, and some of whom were among the thirty-six Tzaddikim upon whom the world stands (Jerusalem, 1963, p. 311 [Hebrew])].
Divrei Moshe, Chassidic and Kabbalistic discourses on the Torah portions, by R. Moshe Shoham, Av Beit Din of Dolyna (student of the Baal Shem Tov). Lviv: Shmuel Katz, 1887.
Approbations of the Imrei Baruch of Vizhnitz, the Shoel UMeshiv of Lviv, the Kedushat Yom Tov of Sighet, the Imrei Yosef of Spinka and Rebbe Moshe Panet of Deyzh.
Copy of R. Chaim Yitzchak Halberstam, Av Beit Din of Slotfina (Solotvyno). His stamps appear on the title page and first leaf: "Chaim Yitzchak Eizik Halberstam, Av Beit Din of Slotfina and the region". Additional stamps: "Meir Asher son of R. Yitzchak Aryeh Tabak from Bistre" [apparently of the family of the Erech Shai of Sighet]; "Naftali Tzvi Heller, Leordina" [mentioned in list of pre-subscribers at the end of the book Girsa DeYankuta, Sighet 1900]. Handwritten signature on the title page: "R. Shlomo, shochet". 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). After his marriage he was a member of the household of his father-in-law, the Atzei Chaim. In 1925 he was accepted as Av Beit Din of Slotfina (Solotvyno) and the region, establishing a prominent yeshiva there numbering hundreds of students. After the untimely passing of his father-in-law the Atzei Chaim (in 1926), R. Chaim Yitzchak Eizik became the central figure of the family, and he appointed his younger brother-in-law, R. Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum, as Rebbe and Av Beit Din in Sighet. He edited and printed the books of his father-in-law, the Atzei Chaim. He perished in the Holocaust with his community, his wife and nine of his children. His two oldest daughters survived and established important rabbinic families in the United States.
[2], 54, [6] leaves. 24.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and light wear. Marginal tears to title page and several other leaves, reinforced with tape. Stamps. New leather binding.
Chiddushei Maharik, novellae on the Smag in the laws of Pesach, attributed to R. Yosef Kolon (the Maharik). Munkacs: Tzvi Yaakov Kahn and Menachem Klein, 1899. First edition. Approbation of the Darchei Teshuvah of Munkacs, the Ateret Yeshuah of Dzikov and the Maharsham of Berezhany.
Copy of R. Chaim Yitzchak Halberstam Av Beit Din of Slotfina – his signature on the title page and last page: "Chaim Yitzchak Eizik Halberstam of Dolyna"; ownership inscription in his handwriting on the title page and the front inside binding: "Given to me as a gift by R. Efraim Kopolowitz of Dubova"; "…Given to me as a gift by… R. Efraim Kopelowitz son of R. Anshel Kopelowitz of Dubova when I was at Poienile, Maramureș, Hungary – Chaim Yitzchak Eizik Halberstam of Dolyna, Galicia".
Stamp of the publisher on title page: R. "Pinchas Zelig HaKohen Schwartz son of R. N[aftali], author of Beit Naftali, Av Beit Din of Mád" – R. Pinchas Zelig HaKohen Schwartz of Bezded, son of R. Naftali Schwartz, Av Beit Din of Mád, author of Beit Naftali. Handwritten marginal glosses to some leaves.
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 (son of R. Moshe Halberstam of Bardejov, son of Rebbe Baruch Halberstam of Gorlitz, son of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz). After his marriage he was a household member of his father-in-law the Atzei Chaim for several years. In 1925 he was accepted as Av Beit Din of Slotfina (Solotvyno) and the region, establishing a prominent yeshiva there numbering hundreds of students. After the sudden passing of the Atzei Chaim (in 1926), R. Chaim Yitzchak Eizik became the pillar of the family, and appointed his young brother-in-law R. Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum as Rebbe and Av Beit Din of Sighet. He edited and published the books of his father-in-law the Atzei Chaim. He perished in the Holocaust with his community, his wife and nine of his children. His two eldest daughters were rescued, and established important families of rabbis and rebbes in the United States.
[2], 3-20 leaves. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Small open tears on title page and following leaf, lightly affecting the frame and text. Old binding; the spine and back side of the binding are new.
Two books that were owned by R. Avraham Nisam Teitelbaum of Sighet (son of R. Moshe Yosef Teitelbaum of Ujhel and son-in-law of his uncle, the Kedushat Yom Tov of Sighet):
• Torat Moshe, commentary on the Torah and Megillot by R. Moshe Alshich. Warsaw: Yehoshua Gershon Munk, 1895. Three title pages illustrated with pictures of Moses and Aaron.
The present copy was given as a bar mitzvah present to R. Avraham Nisan Teitelbaum when he married Hessa, daughter of his uncle the Kedushat Yom Tov, Av Beit Din of Sighet. Ownership inscription on title page: "I gave this book as a bar mitzvah gift to my dear friend, the bridegroom great in Torah and fear of heaven and of illustrious lineage, R. Nisan son of R. Moshe Yosef Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Ujhel, son-in-law of the local rabbi of Sighet – Simchah Yosef Henich"; on the endpaper is an additional inscription: "This book, Torat Moshe Alshich HaKadosh, belongs to… R. Nisan Teitelbaum, may he shine like the sun at noontime – writing for the honor of the Torah and its students, anonymous".
The present copy was subsequently owned by R. Avraham Menachem Manish Sofer of Sighet (an important Chassid of Vizhnitz, a famous scribe known for fear of heaven; Sighet and Vizhnitz Rebbes would purchase Torah scrolls, mezuzot and tefillin written specifically by him). His signature on the title page: "Avraham Menachem Manish, scribe in Sighet"; on the endpaper is his ownership inscription: "now belongs to me, Avraham Menachem Manish Sofer in Sighet".
The copy also belonged to R. Chaim Yosef son of Avraham Grünbaum, Av Beit Din of Blasendorf (Gottlieb, Ohalei Shem, Pinsk, 1912, p. 222) – his stamps on the title page and endpapers: "Chaim Yosef son of R. A[vraham] Grünbaum, Av Beit Din of Blasendorf and the region" (in Hebrew characters); "Josef Grunbaum – Ober Rabbiner Blasendorf" (in Latin characters).
[1], 1-48, 50-68; 1-52; [1], 1-27, 29-34; 1-28; 1-49; [1], 1-17; 1-11; 1-12; 1-10; 1-10 leaves. Missing leaf 28 from the third sequence (Parashat Behar). 29.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Light damage. New binding.
• Arvei Nachal, Part II, by Rebbe David Shlomo Eibeshitz, Av Beit Din of Soroka. Piotrków: Feivel Belchatowski, 1888.
Inscription on the endpaper opposite the title page: "Nisan Teitelbaum". On the reverse side of the endpaper is an additional ownership inscription: "This book Arvei Nachal belongs to my father R. Baruch Bendit".
[1] 2-138 leaves. 22.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Light damage. New binding.
R. Avraham (Elazar) Nisan Teitelbaum of Sighet (ca. 1870-1904), son of R. Moshe Yosef Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely, 1845-1897), son of R. Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum, the Yitav Lev of Sighet. His mother was Rebbetzin Hinda, daughter of Rebbe David Halberstam, Av Beit Din of Chrzanów (son of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz). At a young age he married Rebbetzin Hessa, daughter of his uncle Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Sighet, author of Kedushat Yom Tov. He was a holy man, a pious Tzaddik, who ardently pursued charity and kindness; he underwent suffering his entire life but accepted it with love. He passed away young without descendants, and was buried next to his father in the Ujhel cemetery.
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.
Nezer Yisrael on laws of Shabbat, with Mikra Kodesh, Part II of Nezer Yisrael, on laws of festivals and Chol HaMoed, by R. Yisrael Matityahu Auerbach, Av Beit Din of Cieszanów and Gwoździec, author of Alfei Yisrael (1839-1900). Lviv: A. Nissen Süß, 1878. Divisional title page for Mikra Kodesh.
Copy of Rebbe Moshe David Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Magyarlápos, in his youth while living in Sighet alongside his illustrious grandfather, the Yitav Lev. His signature on the title page: "Moshe David Sighet"; his stamps on the title page and endpaper: "Moshe David Teitelbaum – M. D. Teitelbaum M. Szigeth" (in Hebrew and Latin characters); ownership inscription on back endpaper from a later period, after he was appointed rabbi of Magyarlápos: "this book belongs to the Rebbe of Magyarlápos".
On the front endpaper, signature: "Jackob Teitel" (Yaakov Teitelbaum) – it may be that the present copy previously belonged to Rebbe Moshe David's father, Rebbe Yisrael Yaakov Yukel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Volova, author of Heitev Eitiv (1840-1924), nephew and son-in-law of the Yitav Lev.
The present item later passed into the possession of Rebbe Moshe David's eldest son, R. Avraham Chaim Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Krenitz (Krynica-Zdrój), son-in-law of R. Aryeh Leibush Halberstam, Av Beit Din of Grybów and Sanz (Nowy Sącz). On the back endpaper are his signatures (modeled after a stamp): "Avraham Chaim Teitelbaum of Magyarlápos".
Rebbe Moshe David Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Magyarlápos (1856-1935), eldest son of Rebbe Yisrael Yaakov Yukel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Volova, son-in-law of the Yitav Lev of Sighet. He married the daughter of Rebbe Aryeh Leibush Halberstam, Av Beit Din of Dukla. At the direction of his grandfather, the Divrei Chaim, the wedding took place in Sanz, after which Rebbe Moshe David remained a member of the Divrei Chaim's household for a full year, receiving Torah and Chassidic teachings from him. Afterwards, he moved to Sighet to keep the company of his grandfather, the Yitav Lev. His illustrious grandfather involved him in the editing of the book Tefillah LeMoshe on Tehillim by their forbear, the Yismach Moshe, which was printed in 1880. The Yitav Lev later entrusted him with all of his own manuscripts as well as those of the Yismach Moshe in order to edit and print them; Rebbe Moshe David first printed the books Yitav Panim and Rav Tuv by his mother's father, the Yitav Lev, and he later edited and printed two new parts of the Yismach Moshe, on Neviim and Ketuvim and various other subjects, which were printed in 1906-1908. In 1882, he was appointed Av Beit Din of Magyarlápos (today: Târgu Lăpuș, Romania), and he served there for over fifty years. He established an important yeshiva in his city, numbering over a hundred students. He served as head of the Orthodox Bureau in Transylvania.
[1], 2-123; [1], 54, [1] leaves. Approx. 25 cm. Good condition. Stains and light wear. Creases and tears, some of which reinforced with tape. New binding.
Four volumes and printer’s sheet from library of Rebbe Chaim Halberstam, Rosh Av Beit Din, dayan and posek in Satmar, with his stamps, signatures and a lengthy gloss in his handwriting:
1-2. Maayenei HaChochmah, on Tractate Bava Metzia, Part I – Mahadura Kama, and Part II – Mahadura Batra, by R. Aryeh Leib Zünz. Warsaw: Shalom Shachna Munk, 1895. Two parts in two volumes. Ownership signatures on title pages of both parts: “Chaim Halberstam”; “Chaim Halberstam of Ratzfert, now in…” (partially cut off); stamp on the title page to Part I: “Chaim Halberstam, residing here in Satmar”.
Part I: [2], 135 leaves. Part II: [2], 2-71 leaves. Missing final 8 leaves. At the beginning of Part II appears the title page to Part I (the title page was originally bound with this part, since the Rebbe’s signature appears at the top of both title pages). 29.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, tears and damage. Inscriptions and stamps. New bindings.
3. Minchat Kohen, on the laws of Bein HaShemashot, by R. Avraham Pimentel. Lemberg (Lviv): Uri Ze’ev Salat, 1892. His stamps on title page and other leaves, from his period of residence in Ratzfert in his youth: “Chaim Halberstam Ratzfert”; and his stamp on the title page from his period of residence in Satmar: “Chaim Halberstam, residing here in Satmar”.
On the endpapers, signatures of two of his sons: “Mordechai Dov Halberstam” [R. Mottele Halberstam, son-in-law of R. Avraham Steiner of Kerestir, served as Rabbi in Tiszalök and later opened his own Beit Midrash in Miskolc; perished in the Holocaust]; “Yaakov Yitzchak Halberstam” [R. Chaim’s third and youngest son, in 1943 married daughter of R. David Yaakov Brisk, Av Beit Din of Tiszadada; perished in the Holocaust].
On the front endpaper is a Kvittel inscription for a complete recovery written by one of his followers. On title page and additional leaves, stamps of “R. Moshe HaKohen Gross – Geneva” [R. Moshe Gross, an important Belz Chassid, 1916-1980]. Inscription on title page: “I bought this book from R. Avraham Shmuel Schreiber, here in Kamenets”.
[1], 2-88 leaves. 25.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, tears and damage. Repaired with paper. New leather binding.
4. Chanukat HaTorah, collection of novellae by R. Heshel of Cracow. Piotrków: Shlomo Belchatowski, [ca. 1900-1910 – stereotype of first edition, 1900]. Ownership inscription on title page, handwritten and signed by Rebbe Chaim Halberstam during his period of residence in Ratzfert in his youth. Many stamps on title page and other leaves of the Beit Midrash of Rebbe Shalom Eliezer Halberstam in Ratzfert.
[1], 5-16 pages; 91, 90-114 pages. 21.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and tears. Stamps. New leather binding.
5. Leaf from Tractate Gittin, Piskei HaRosh [small format, apparently from one of Lemberg editions ca. 1860-1870, p. 99a]. On the margins of the leaf is a lengthy handwritten gloss signed “Chaim Halberstam”.
[1] leaf. 22 cm. Good condition.
Rebbe Chaim Halberstam (1885-1942), firstborn of Rebbe Shalom Eliezer of Ratzfert (1862-1944). Named for his illustrious paternal grandfather, the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. At a young age he married the daughter of Rebbe Avraham Shalom Pinchas HaLevi Rottenberg of Wolbrom. He was famed for his great holiness and intense prayer, and he was known as a great Torah scholar and posek. He was very beloved by his maternal grandfather, Rebbe Mordechai Dov Twersky of Hornostaipil, who appreciated his great learning and corresponded with him on halachic matters (printed in Emek HaChochmah and Shoshanat HaAmakim). In Shoshanat HaAmakim, his grandfather calls him “my dear grandson, beloved to my heart, nice and pleasant vine, branch full of wisdom, with erudition and right reasoning”, and the like. At the age of 57 he fell sick and did not recover. His funeral took place in Satmar, and he was eulogized by the leader of the local community, Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum, and others. His son, R. Alter Meir David took his place as dayan. All his descendants perished in the Holocaust. Opening: $250
Teshuot Chaim, on Rashi's commentary to the Torah, by R. Chaim Yeshayah Halbersberg, author of Misgeret HaShulchan. Lublin: Nechemyah Herschenhorn and Shlomo Shimon Streisberger, 1923.
Copy of R. Moshe Aryeh (Rama) Freund, from his tenure as dayan and posek in Satmar (after the Holocaust). His stamps (somewhat faded) at the beginning of the book: "Moshe Aryeh Freund, dayan and posek of Satmar". Stamp of R. Yitzchak Hershkovitz.
R. Moshe Aryeh Freund (1904-1996), son of R. Yisrael Freund, Av Beit Din of Bonyhád and grandson of Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Freund of Năsăud. Served as dayan and posek in Satmar and Av Beit Din of Năsăud. After the Holocaust, he served for a short time as Av Beit Din of Satmar. He later immigrated to Jerusalem and served as dean of the Satmar Yitav Lev yeshiva and as a posek in the city. After the passing of his teacher, Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar in 1979, he took up his position as Rosh Av Beit Din of the Edah HaCharedit, and after the passing of the Minchat Yitzchak in 1989, he was appointed to his position as Gaon Av Beit Din of the Edah HaCharedit.
[1], 2-52 leaves. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and mold stains. Minor defects. Stamps. New leather binding.
Torat Chatat by R. Moshe Isserles (the Rama), with Minchat Yaakov and Torat HaShelamim by R. Yaakov Reischer, Vikuach Mayim Chaim by R. Chaim son of Betzalel of Friedberg (brother of the Maharal of Prague), Damesek Eliezer by R. Eliezer son of Yehoshua of Szczebrzeszyn (Shebreshin), and additional commentaries. Piotrków: Yitzchak Shlomowitch, 1903. Divisional title pages for Torat HaShelamim, Vikuach Mayim Chaim and Damesek Eliezer.
Copy of R. Moshe Aryeh (Rama) Freund, from his tenure as dayan and posek in Satmar (after the Holocaust). His stamps appear on the title page and margins of other leaves: "Moshe Aryeh Freund, dayan and posek of Satmar".
This copy was previously in possession of his father, R. Yisrael Freund, Av Beit Din of Radna and Huedin. On the margins of the title page, an ownership inscription (partially cut off) handwritten by his son, R. Moshe Aryeh Freund: "…the Tzaddik R. Yisrael Freund, Av Beit Din of Randa and the region, Aryeh".
Handwritten glosses on the margins of several pages.
R. Moshe Aryeh Freund (1904-1996), son of R. Yisrael Freund, Av Beit Din of Bonyhád and grandson of Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Freund of Năsăud. Served as dayan and posek in Satmar and Av Beit Din of Năsăud. After the Holocaust, he served for a short time as Av Beit Din of Satmar. He later immigrated to Jerusalem and served as dean of the Satmar Yitav Lev yeshiva and as a posek in the city. After the passing of his teacher, Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar in 1979, he took up his position as Rosh Av Beit Din of the Edah HaCharedit, and after the passing of the Minchat Yitzchak in 1989, he was appointed to his position as Gaon Av Beit Din of the Edah HaCharedit.
His father, R. Yisrael Freund, Av Beit Din of Radna and Huedin (ca. 1873-1940), son of Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Freund of Năsăud, son of R. Moshe Aryeh Freund, leader of Sighet community. In his youth he lived in Sighet and attended the Yitav Lev of Sighet. In 1906 he was appointed Av Beit Din of Radna, and after the passing of his father-in-law R. Ze'ev Goldberger in 1917, he accepted a position as Rabbi in Huedin, where he served for about twenty years. He traveled often to Sanz Tzaddikim, and particularly kept the company of his teacher, the Divrei Yechezkel of Shinova. After his passing, Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar eulogized him as "unique in his generation in the trait of humility" (Mara DeUvda, III, p. 290). His novellae are printed in Ateret Yehoshua on the Torah and Talmud.
[2], 67; [1], 2-21; 11; 11; 9, [1]; [2], 3-26 leaves. Approx. 30 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Creases and tears. Open tears on the margins of the title page and on first two pages, affecting text, restored with paper (verso of title page pasted to a blank leaf). Stamps. New leather binding.
Tehillim with commentary Imrot Tehorot, by R. Eliezer HaLevi Horowitz, Av Beit Din of Tarnogród. Sighet: Moshe Blumenfeld and his son-in-law Yechiel Michel David, [1900]. Two title pages (second title page is expanded).
The first Chassidic commentary on Tehillim to be printed, by R. Eliezer HaLevi Horowitz, Av Beit Din of Tarnogród (died 1806). Disciple of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov and R. Elimelech of Lizhensk, and a peer and disciple to the Chozeh of Lublin and the Maggid of Kozhnitz.
Includes approbations from first edition, including that of R. Aryeh Leibush Lipschitz, author of Aryeh DeVei Ila’i, Av Beit Din of Vishnitsa (son-in-law of Yismach Moshe of Ujhel), who tells in his approbation that he met the author in his youth: “…I merited to enjoy his light and I knew him then in my youth… and he was full of delight and truthful sharpness… whoever saw him recognized the great light of his holiness and temperance, as I knew for a fact while I lived in Shinova…”.
Copy of R. David Moskowitz, Rabbi of Bonyhád – his stamps on the title page and endpapers: “David Moskowitz – Kerestir” - R. David Moskowitz of Bonyhád (1909-1985) was born in Kerestir (Bodrogkeresztúr). Son-in-law (by his first marriage) of the Vayaged Yaakov of Pápa. After the Holocaust, he served as rabbi of Bonyhád and Miskolc. In the 1950s, he immigrated to Jerusalem, serving as posek in the Edah HaCharedit. Reputed as a holy, pious and ascetic man, wondrous stories of his holiness and fiery fear of God abound. He edited the books of his teachers, the Levush Mordechai of Mád and the Keren LeDavid of Satmar. A leading Belzer chassid, he was also close to the Skver, Dushinsky and Satmar Chassidic courts (in the period between the passing of Rebbe Aharon of Belz and the appointment of the current Rebbe, Belz chassidim would gather to pray during the High Holidays in the Belz yeshiva in Jerusalem, and would honor the rabbi of Bonyhád with conducting the Mussaf prayers – prayer usually led by the Rebbe).
[9], 8-431, [1] leaves. Without additional leaf of approbations and [11] leaves with names of pre-subscribers, which were added only to some prints. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Creases and wear. Light damage. New leather binding.
Tehillim with commentary Olelot Yehudah by R. Yehudah Greenwald, Av Beit Din of Satmar, author of Zichron Yehudah, with "Iggeret Musar of the Ramban" and "Tzetel Katan of R. Elimelech". Satmar: Meir Leib Hirsch, 1927. First edition.
The present copy was owned by the author's nephew, R. Avraham Chanoch Friedman, dayan and posek of Satmar, who gave it as a wedding gift to R. Avraham son of the philanthropist R. Moshe Shiman [R. Moshe Shiman is mentioned in the list of donors at the end of the book]. At the top of the title page is a handwritten dedication: "wedding gift to… Avraham son of the philanthropist R. Moshe Shiman from her for his wedding day, and may they be a good match and merit to build a faithful Jewish home… from his friend, Avraham Chanoch Friedman, local dayan and posek"; under the dedication appears his stamp: "Avraham Chanoch Friedman, dayan and posek of the orthodox community, Satmar".
The approbation of this R. Avraham Chanoch Friedman is printed at the beginning of the book, attesting that he gave R. Chaim Tzvi Zimmend, "a faithful and very dear student of R. Yehudah Greenwald", the author's manuscript on Tehillim: "I hereby give him this column as proof that I happily gave him copies of the commentary Olelot Yehudah on Tehillim which the holy author left behind".
In the list of signatories in the city of Carei at the end of the book appear the names of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar and his son-in-law R. Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Mayer-Teitelbaum.
Rabbi Avraham Chanoch Friedman (1866-1944; perished in the Holocaust), son of the Chatam Sofer's daughter, close disciple and confidant of his uncle Rabbi Yehudah Greenwald, who adopted him as a son and married him to his niece. He edited and published the works of his teacher Rabbi Greenwald and of his grandfather the Chatam Sofer. He served for decades as a dayan and posek in Satmar (from 1905), directed a large yeshiva in it, and served as Rabbi of the Machazikei Torah Ashkenazi synagogue in the city. He was a supporter of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum's appointment as Rebbe of Satmar.
[4], 256, [10] leaves. 22.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Open tear on the margins of leaf 89, affecting the margins of the text. Stamps. Gilt edges. Fine new leather binding.
Variant – in the present copy, [10] leaves are printed at the end of the book in which many more names are added to the list of "donors" and "signatories"; in most copies only [4] leaves are printed.