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Lot 100 Tehillim – Olelot Yehudah – Satmar, 1927 – Handwritten Dedication of Rabbi Avraham Chanoch Friedman, Dayan and Posek of Satmar (Grandson of Chatam Sofer and Nephew of Author)

Tehillim with commentary Olelot Yehudah by R. Yehudah Greenwald, Av Beit Din of Satmar, author of Zichron Yehudah, with &quot

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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.

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Lot 101 Shanah Tovah Letter from Rabbi Avraham Chanoch Friedman, Dayan and Posek of Satmar (Grandson of Chatam Sofer) – Elul, 1934

Letter (on a postcard) handwritten by R. Avraham Chanoch Friedman, dayan and posek of Satmar and grandson of the Chatam Sofer

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Letter (on a postcard) handwritten by R. Avraham Chanoch Friedman, dayan and posek of Satmar and grandson of the Chatam Sofer. Satmar, September 7, 1934.

Sent to Baden, Switzerland, addressed to his relative R. Moshe Bollag (son-in-law of R. Moshe Bunam Krauss, Av Beit Din of Baden, author of Minchat Moshe, nephew of R. Avraham Chanoch and great-grandson of the Chatam Sofer): "When the sound of the shofar is heard, may he be inscribed for good life immediately in the book of the righteous, and many good and sweet years and all good, to my dear… R. Moshe, son-in-law of my nephew…".

At the beginning of his letter R. Avraham Chanoch sends his thanks and blessing for the donation of 70 francs he sent: "With thanks for your goodness and righteousness in concealing my name from my family, and may God give me my livelihood from His full and wide hand that we never be ashamed and shamefaced, and with your charity may you merit to perform mitzvot and good deeds in wealth, honor and long life". He goes on to send him new year blessings: "And so I bless you and your family with new year blessings, to merit Ketivah VaChatimah Tovah, and may God bring you and your household a good, sweet new year, and may He send blessing and success in all your endeavors, Amen… Avraham Chanoch Friedman".

R. Avraham Chanoch Friedman (1866-1944; perished in the Holocaust), grandson of the Chatam Sofer and close disciple of R. Yehudah Grünwald, who adopted him as a young boy and married him to his niece. He edited and published of the writings of his teacher R. Yehudah Grünwald and his grandfather the Chatam Sofer. He served for decades as dayan and posek in Satmar (starting 1905), led a large yeshiva there and served as Rabbi of the Machazikei Torah Ashkenaz synagogue in the city. He was a supporter of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum's appointment as Rabbi of Satmar.

Postcard. Approx. 15x10.5 cm. Good condition. Light wear. Stamps and postmarks. Stamp (in Latin characters) of R. Avraham Chanoch.

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Lot 102 Assorted Collection of Letters – Satmar, 1910s-1950s – Halachic Rulings and Torah Letters – Letters with Interesting Descriptions of the Holidays at Courts of Rabbis and Rebbes

Interesting assorted collection of fefteen letters from rabbis, Chassidim and pious laymen from Satmar, including Beit Din ru

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Interesting assorted collection of fefteen letters from rabbis, Chassidim and pious laymen from Satmar, including Beit Din rulings, signed and stamped by the dayanim. [Satmar and surroundings, 1916-ca. 1950.] Hebrew and Yiddish.

• Letter of R. Eliyahu HaLevi Epstein of Satmar to R. Yosef Leib Sofer, Av Beit Din of Paks. Satmar, [1916]. The letter contains a fascinating description of the 1890 Seder night with R. Eliezer Zusman Sofer, Av Beit Din of Paks: "…While he was reciting the Hallel with purity and beauty, it was as if his worldly existence were nullified… Our legs were shivering and our hair was standing at its edge while we heard the express words of the greatest of the great…" [part of the letter is printed in Mizkeret Paks, II, p. 82]. At the bottom part of the leaf is a Kvitel inscription for a blessing with his and his mother's name, and the names of his wife and children.

• Lengthy Torah letter to R. Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich of Şimleu Silvaniei. One and a half pages, handwritten (not signed; on official stationery of the Jewish community of Șomcuta Mare). Apparently written by one of the town rabbis. [Șomcuta Mare], Isru Chag Shavuot [1931].

• Permission for an agunah to remarry, handwritten, signed and stamped by R. Eliyahu Leichtag, "dayan and posek of the Orthodox community of Satmar", with signatures of the dayanim who comprised the Beit Din: R. Shimshon Rosenberg ("Shimson son of R. Yehudah Leib Rosenberg") and R. Yaakov Leib Frankel ("Yaakov Leib Frankel, author of Gevurat Aryeh and Migdanot Maharil"). Satmar, 27 Shevat, 1932.

• Letter on a postcard, handwritten and signed by R. Yosef Shimon Pollak of Satmar, editor of the periodical Beit Vaad LaChachamim and author of Rashei Besamim. Satmar, 1929. Sent to his son in Budapest [apparently R. Moshe Yehudah Pollak, editor of the monthly periodical HaYeshivah]. In the letter, his father tells him of the Tishrei festivals in the company of his rebbe [apparently Rebbe Aharon Rokeach of Belz] and the holy rabbi of Carei [apparently Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum during his tenure as Av Beit Din of Carei]: "Your brother Chaim Yehoshua traveled home… and he was [with Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum] in Carei on Chol HaMoed, and he honored him greatly and also inquired about you… And I am weary from travel… since I slept no night before 3:00, because we stood by the door many nights to merit to enter, and afterwards all the days of the festival the meals ended every night at 4:00 – and there was no rain during the festival… And what can I say, having seen his service day and night, and all his followers standing before him in fear – If God wills it, I will travel next Sunday to the Tzaddik of Carei [Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum] for him to sign permitting the agunah to remarry… Yosef Shimon".

• Letter on postcard, handwritten and signed by R. Yosef Shimon Pollak of Satmar, editor of the periodical Beit Vaad LaChachamim and author of Rashei Besamim. Satmar, 1936. Sent to R. Menashe Margaliot in Brooklyn, New York, regarding printing his novellae.

• Two letters from the "Beit Din Tzedek of the Orthodox community of Satmar and the region", signed by dayan and posek of Satmar R. Yishai Hecht Weintraub. Satmar, [Shevat and Adar] 1949. The letters deal with saving copies of Responsa Avnei Zikaron which were left sitting in the printing house of R. Meir Leib Hirsch in Satmar, "so that strangers not possess them and for the honor of the Torah not to be desecrated". The first letter was sent to the author, R. Alter Shaul Pfeffer, and the second letter was sent to his son, R. Meir Yehudah Pfeffer, who informed him that his father had long since passed away [R. Alter Shaul Pfeffer had passed away in the United States in 1936], and he asks the son to pay the expenses of recovering the books and sending them to him.

• Lengthy letter handwritten and signed by "Yissachar Dov son of R. Tz. of Veretzka (Nyzhni Vorota), grandson of R. A.A. of Brod". Request for help and financial assistance from R. Yitzchak Sodden, rabbi of Ohev Shalom synagogue in Brooklyn. Satmar, [13 Sivan], 1929. The author is the Chassid R. Yissachar Dov Weinberger (ca. 1871-1944, perished in the Holocaust), a Belz Chassid and leader of Satmar, descended from the Fränkel-Teomim family.

• Permission to marry, handwritten, signed and stamped by R. Yitzchak Klein, Rosh Av Beit Din of Satmar [editor of the monthly Torah periodical Ohel Yitzchak and HaMaggid]. Satmar, [30 Adar], 1942.

• Three letters from the "Beit Din of the Orthodox community of Satmar and the region" – after the Holocaust, records of testimony on people who perished in the Holocaust and permission to remarry. One of them is signed by the three dayanim: Rosh Av Beit Din R. Moshe Aryeh Freund, R. Shlomo Zalman Friedman and R. Avraham Tzvi Weiss. Satmar, 1946-1947.

• Letter to Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar from Mrs. Esther Wiesel. Satmar, [apparently after the Holocaust]. Yiddish. The letter is torn and incomplete. • Letter to Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar from the mashgiach R. Yechiel Yehudah Wallengstein. [Ca. 1950s.] Yiddish.

• Letter signed and stamped by R. Yechiel Ausch, Av Beit Din of Vulcan and after the war dayan and posek in Satmar; a request for help and assistance for the upcoming Passover festival by R. Yitzchak Sodden, rabbi of Ohev Shalom synagogue in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, New York, [ca. 1950s]. Yiddish.

• Enclosed: Early facsimile of a letter (four large pages) by the Chassid R. Yirmeyahu Kahn (written in Iyar, 1963), in which he describes at length the Seder night and days of the Passover festival he spent with Rebbe Yoel of Satmar, and reviews the Torah teachings and novellae he heard from the rebbe at the time.

16 items. Varying size and condition. Overall good condition. One letter in fair condition.

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Lot 124 Manuscript (4 Pages), Torah Novellae by R. Eliezer David Grünwald Rabbi of Satmar, Author of Keren LeDavid

Two leaves (4 written pages), novellae on the Torah – Parashat Acharei Mot, Kedoshim-Emor, handwritten by R. Eliezer David Gr

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Manuscript (4 Pages), Torah Novellae by R. Eliezer David Grünwald Rabbi of Satmar, Author of Keren LeDavid

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Two leaves (4 written pages), novellae on the Torah – Parashat Acharei Mot, Kedoshim-Emor, handwritten by R. Eliezer David Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Satmar, author of Keren LeDavid.

Author's autograph manuscript. R. Eliezer David's novellae on the Torah were published posthumously in Keren LeDavid on Bereshit (Satmar, 1930) and Shemot (Satmar, 1939). The manuscripts of the other parts, which were not yet printed, were hidden in the ground during the Holocaust, and were finally published only in 1976 by the Vayechi Yosef of Pápa in the United States, and in another edition by R. Aharon Shapiro of Narol (Bnei Brak, 2008). The present leaf may have been among the writings hidden underground during the Holocaust.

This manuscript contains the initial text, handwritten by the author, which was subsequently edited (with variations) and was published in the Brooklyn and Bnei Brak editions. On the page on Parashat Emor, between the lines there are some lines in a different hand. At the top of the four pages is inscribed "proofread".

[2] leaves. 27.5 cm. Good to fair-good condition. Tears and wear to margins. On the margins of one of the pages, tears are repaired with paper strips and tape, affecting text, dark stains and pasting traces.

R. Eliezer David Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Satmar (ca. 1866 – 1928), prominent Torah leader and yeshiva dean in Hungary and Transylvania. Close disciple of his brother R. Moshe Grünwald, the Arugat HaBosem. He studied for a short period under R. Shmuel Ehrenfeld, author of Chatan Sofer. He served as rabbi and dayan in many prominent communities – Bardejov, Dunajská Streda, Tzelem (Deutschkreutz) and Vişeu de Sus – establishing in each place a large yeshiva where he edified many disciples, including dozens of rabbis and poskim. His yeshiva in Vişeu de Sus alone had hundreds of students. In 1921, he was chosen as Av Beit Din of Satmar, and he headed one of the largest yeshivas of Hungary, the very largest in Transylvania. After his passing, his disciples began to publish his novellae, from which they printed Responsa Keren LeDavid on Orach Chaim (Satmar, 1929; other parts of the Responsa were lost in the Holocaust), Keren LeDavid on the Torah (Satmar, 1930-1939), Keren LeDavid – Homilies (Satmar, 1934), and more.

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Lot 125 Report Card of Student of the Keren LeDavid Yeshiva in Satmar – With Signatures and Seals of the Yeshiva Gabbai, Rabbi Baruch Tzvi HaKohen Moszkowicz

Report card given to a student of the yeshiva of R. David Grünwald of Satmar, author of Keren LeDavid, stamped and signe

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Report Card of Student of the Keren LeDavid Yeshiva in Satmar – With Signatures and Seals of the Yeshiva Gabbai, Rabbi Baruch Tzvi HaKohen Moszkowicz

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Report card given to a student of the yeshiva of R. David Grünwald of Satmar, author of Keren LeDavid, stamped and signed by the Gabbaim of the yeshiva. Satmar, [11 Iyar], summer 1928.

Report card of the student David Ze'ev Neuman of Șomcuta Mare, who studied in the class of R. Tzvi Kalman in the Keren LeDavid Satmar yeshiva: "Chevrah Bachurim of the yeshiva of the Rebbe Av Beit Din of Satmar". His schedule – basic lecture, Chumash and Rashi, Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah, in-depth lecture.

The report card was issued for summer 1928, months Iyar-Av. Each page is divided into two weeks and arranged into nine spaces (to be filled and signed) for Monday-Thursday and the lectures in Chumash-Rashi, basic lecture, Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah. Some of the spaces are stamped by the Gabbaim of the yeshiva: "passed the test" or "passed the test and satisfied our rabbi".

Afterwards appears an empty page to be filled with the test grades: "lecture tests", "passed the test on the subject", "the great test", "passed the test on Tractate – from folio – to folio –".

On the margins of the pages appears the signature or stamp of the Gabbai of the yeshiva, "Baruch Tzvi Katz Moszkowicz" [on the margins of the title page is a list of other Gabbais of the yeshiva: "Efraim Fishel Moszkowicz, Shmuel David Abrahamowicz, Shmuel David Rappoport and Chaim Weinstock].

On the margins of the first page appears the yeshiva's official stamp: "Stamp of the Av Beit Din and yeshiva dean of Satmar" (inside which is an identical inscription in Romanian and an illustration of an open book); on the margins of the following pages are stamps: "Chevrah Bachurim of the high yeshiva of Satmar".

The Gabbai of the yeshiva whose signature is on the present document – R. Baruch Tzvi HaKohen Moszkowicz (1907-1990), born in Makó. Studied seven years in the yeshiva of the Keren LeDavid in Satmar, where he advanced beyond his peers and was chosen as Gabbai of the Chevrah Charifut. He traveled to the Ahavat Yisrael in Vizhnitz, to the Minchat Elazar in Munkacs and to Rebbe Aharon of Belz, but he was closest with his own rebbe, Rebbe Yoel of Satmar. After the Holocaust, in 1947 he was appointed Av Beit Din of the Orthodox community in Páks, where he established an important yeshiva. Ten years later, in 1957 he was appointed Rosh Av Beit Din of Budapest, and in 1959 he moved to Vienna. During that period he authored and published his important books Tenuvot Baruch, Mishmeret Tzvi and more. In 1981 he moved to the United States and established his Beit Midrash in Brooklyn, "Beit David of Páks". He was known as great in Torah, Chassidut and fear of God. He was a loyal childhood friend of both the Vayechi Yosef of Pápa and the Berach Moshe of Satmar.

[7] leaves. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Inscriptions on the back cover. Stamps in Romanian (apparently of the owner of the report card, the student David Ze'ev Neuman).

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Lot 126 Collection of Keren LeDavid Books – Responsa, On the Torah and Festivals – Satmar, 1929-1939 – Inscriptions, Signatures and Stamps

Collection of first editions of the Keren LeDavid series, responsa and novellae on the Torah and festivals by R. Eliezer Davi

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Collection of Keren LeDavid Books – Responsa, On the Torah and Festivals – Satmar, 1929-1939 – Inscriptions, Signatures and Stamps

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Collection of first editions of the Keren LeDavid series, responsa and novellae on the Torah and festivals by R. Eliezer David Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Satmar.

The collection includes:

* Keren LeDavid, responsa, Orach Chaim section. Satmar: Meir Leib Hirsch, 1929. Lacking [3] final pages ("names of signatories"). At the top of the title page is a handwritten dedication from the author's son-in-law, the publisher R. Yosef Grünwald: "Wedding gift to… R. Moshe son of R. Tzvi Lamm of Vișeu de Sus, disciple of the author. May he merit from his own labor all good. The wishes of his friend and well-wisher, Yosef Grünwald". Stamps of the recipient, R. Moshe Lamm-Kahan, on the title page and second leaf.

* Keren LeDavid, aggadic novellae on the Torah – Part I on Bereshit and Part II on Shemot. Satmar, 1930-1939. Two parts in two volumes. At the beginning of the two parts is an introduction by the publisher, Rebbe Yosef Grünwald of Pupa (grandson of the Arugat HaBosem, the author's brother). In Part I – stamps and signatures: "Chaim Aryeh Kahana – Timișoara"; stamp of "Leib Miller – Sapinke (Săpânța)"; signature: "Menachem Nachum – shochet"[?]. In Part II – signature: "Mordechai Efraim ---".

* Keren LeDavid, Aggadic novellae and homilies on the festivals – Part I on Elul and the Tishrei festivals, Part II on the other festivals. Satmar: Meir Leib Hirsch, 1934. Two parts in two volumes. At the beginning of Part I is an introduction by the editor, Rebbe Yosef Grünwald of Pupa (grandson of the Arugat HaBosem, the author's brother).

Ownership inscriptions in Part I title page and endpaper by R. Meir Yitzchak Eizik Rosenberg of Borșa, Maramureș; someone who received it as a gift from R. Meir Yitzchak Rosenberg; and additional inscriptions. Stamps: "Mordechai Steinmetz – shochet of Mediaș, formerly of Ruscova"; and stamps of the society to publish the works of the author, R. Eliezer David Grünwald.

The pre-subscribers list at the end of Part II mentions "the Rebbe Av Beit Din" [Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum, who was appointed the same year, 1934, to serve as abbi of Satmar]; and "Avraham Yitzchak Kahn" [later the Rebbe of Toldot Aharon – at the time learning in the yeshiva of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar].

Five volumes. Varying size and condition. Good general condition. Worming and light damage. New bindings.

The author, R. Eliezer David Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Satmar (ca. 1866-1928), prominent Torah leader and yeshiva dean in Hungary and Transylvania. Close disciple of his brother R. Moshe Grünwald, the Arugat HaBosem. He studied for a short period under R. Shmuel Ehrenfeld, author of Chatan Sofer. He served as rabbi and dayan in many prominent communities – Bardejov, Dunajská Streda, Tzelem (Deutschkreutz) and Vişeu de Sus – establishing in each place a large yeshiva where he edified many disciples, including dozens of rabbis and poskim. His yeshiva in Vişeu de Sus alone had hundreds of students. In 1921, he was chosen as Av Beit Din of Satmar, and he headed one of the largest yeshivas of Hungary, the very largest in Transylvania. After his passing, his disciples began to publish his novellae, from which they printed Responsa Keren LeDavid on Orach Chaim (Satmar, 1929; other parts of the work were lost in the Holocaust), Keren LeDavid on the Torah (Satmar, 1930-1939), Keren LeDavid – Homilies (Satmar, 1934), and more.

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Lot 127 Collection of Books by Rabbi Yehudah Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Satmar – First Editions

Collection of eight books by R. Yehudah Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Satmar, author of Zichron Yehudah, or books he brought

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Collection of Books by Rabbi Yehudah Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Satmar – First Editions

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Collection of eight books by R. Yehudah Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Satmar, author of Zichron Yehudah, or books he brought to press. Hungary, 1908-1938. First editions.

The collection includes:

* Zichron Yehudah – Part I on Orach Chaim. Budapest: Meshulam Zalman and Menachem HaKohen Katzburg, 1923, censored edition (see: Kedem Catalog, auction 048, item 60).

Inscription on title page: "I studied this book in 5694 [1934] in military uniform, because I have been working for five months and I don't know when the Creator will desire to redeem us from sorrow to joy, from slavery to freedom, and I hope He will soon take me out from darkness to light –Moshe Leib Weiss".

* Zichron Yehudah – Part II on Yoreh Deah, Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat, and second series on Orach Chaim. Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely): Eliezer Deutsch, 1928. Pages 225-232 ("names of pre-subscribers") is undocumented in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book Project.

* Tehillim with Olelot Yehudah commentary. Satmar: Meir Leib Hirsch, 1927. Stamps of the Jewish community in Košice.

* Shevet MiYehudah on the Torah portions, Part I on Bereshit-Shemot and and Part II on Vayikra-Devarim. Seini: Yaakov Wieder, [1928]. Two parts in one volume. First edition. Published by R. Avraham Chanoch Friedman, nephew and disciple of the author (grandson of the Chatam Sofer). Lacking [2] final pages (pre-subscribers). Signature on endpaper: "Yechiel Tzvi Yehoshua, Hajdúnánás".

* Ethical will of R. Yehudah Grünwald. Seini: Yaakov Wieder, 1925.

* Chasdei Avot, novellae on Pirkei Avot. Seini: Yaakov Wieder, 1925. Two title pages, one in color. Published by R. Avraham Chanoch Friedman, nephew and disciple of the author (grandson of the Chatam Sofer). With approbation of the Keren LeDavid.

* She'erit Yehudah, novellae on the Torah and festivals. Munkacs: Aharon Dov Meisels, [1938]. Does not contain Teshuvah MiYirah by R. Yeshayah Alter Adler of Dubova, which had been printed with it.

* Novellae of the Chatam Sofer on Tractate Ketubot, with previously unpublished responsa and section on 14 mitzvot. Satmar: Natan Menachem Estreicher, 1908. Published by R. Avraham Chanoch Friedman, grandson of the author, who had received the author's autograph manuscript from his uncle and teacher, R. Yehudah Grünwald. On the reverse side of the title page is an introduction by R. Yehudah Grünwald.

8 volumes. Varying size and condition. Good general condition. New bindings.

R. Yehuda Grünwald (1848-1920), author of Responsa Zichron Yehudah, a leading rabbi and yeshiva dean in Hungary. An outstanding Torah scholar, recognized since his youth as holy and God-fearing. Disciple of the Ketav Sofer and son-in-law of his brother R. Yosefa Sofer, son of the Chatam Sofer. His teacher, the Ketav Sofer, said of him at his wedding that he was "holy of holies". Ever since his youth he was a faithful and close friend of R. Chaim Sonnenfeld (later rabbi of Jerusalem) and R. Moshe Grünwald (later rabbi of Khust, author of Arugat HaBosem), and he remained in close contact with them his whole life. Served as Av Beit Din of Sobotište, Bonyhád and Šurany. In 1898 he was accepted as Av Beit Din of Satmar, where he served for the remaining 22 years of his life. He opposed modernism and Zionism, and supported the Orthodox Jewish institutions of Satmar. He built Mikvaot, Torah schools, houses of study and synagogues. He was most famous for establishing a large yeshiva in Satmar numbering hundreds of students, many of whom later served as rabbis and dayanim in Hungary and Romania. Among his famous disciples are R. Yosef Nechemiah Kornitzer, Av Beit Din of Selish (Vynohradiv) and Cracow; R. Shemayah Lev, Av Beit Din of Bodrogkeresztúr; R. Chaim Betzalel Panet, Av Beit Din of Reteag; R. Moshe David Estreicher, Av Beit Din of Chepa; R. Naftali Hirtzka Henig, Av Beit Din of Sărmașu; and more.

During his tenure as Av Beit Din of Satmar, he was very warm to the young R. Yoel Teitelbaum, who moved to the city after his marriage, and he supported him financially. Once, after R. Yoel was accused of not being so needy, since he gave charity generously, R. Yehudah replied passionately that in that case he needed even more, and increased his financial support for him. Years later, when R. Yoel served as Av Beit Din in Satmar, he warned not to change the halachic customs of shechita in the city, as they are based on the holy rulings of the Zichron Yehudah.

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Lot 128 Collection of Books of the Arugat HaBosem – 1910-1943 – Inscriptions, Signatures and Stamps

Collection of nine books of R. Moshe Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Khust, author of Arugat HaBosem. Hungary and the region, 1

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Collection of Books of the Arugat HaBosem – 1910-1943 – Inscriptions, Signatures and Stamps

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Collection of nine books of R. Moshe Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Khust, author of Arugat HaBosem. Hungary and the region, 1910-1943. Mostly first editions.

* Arugat HaBosem, novellae on the Torah, Part I on Bereshit and Shemot. Khust: Moshe Chaim Weinstein, 1913.

* Responsa Arugat HaBosem, Part I on Orach Chaim. Svaliava: Chaim Yehudah Goldenberg and Yosef Hecht, [1912]. On the title page is a stamp of R. "Yisrael Rosenberg, shochet and posek of Leles".

* Responsa Arugat HaBosem, Part I on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah. Șimleu Silvaniei: Shlomo HaLevi Heimlich, 1927.

* Responsa Arugat HaBosem, Part II on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah. Șimleu Silvaniei: Meir Leib Hirsch, 1926. Ownership inscription on title page: "This book belongs to me, Yoel HaLevi Heimlich, here in Pápa…" [apparently R. Yoel HaLevi Heimlich, Av Beit Din of Wegscheid, author of Imrei Yoel, son of R. Menachem Yosef Heimlich, dayan and posek of Miskolc, author of Minchat Yosef].

* Hachanah DeRabbah, ethical will of R. Moshe Grünwald. Sighet: Avraham Kaufman and sons, 1910. First edition.

* Pesach Haggadah with Hallel Nirtzah commentary, by R. Moshe Grünwald, rabbi of Khust, published by his son R. Yekutiel Yehudah Grünwald, rabbi of Yaruha, residing in Ungvár. Beregszász (Berehove): Shmuel Shmelka Klein son of the Rabbi of Selish (Vynohradiv), 1922. First edition: Yaari 1934; Otzar HaHaggadot 2848.

* Arugat HaBosem, comprehensive explanation of the principle Ein Isur Chal Al Isur, with Shaar Avodah SheBaLev – pilpul and aggadic essays by the author, with glosses and notes by R. Moshe Yehudah Katz (son-in-law of the Vayaged Yaakov of Pupa). Budapest: Gewirtz brothers, [1938]. Ownership inscription on endpaper: "Baruch Tzvi HaKohen Moskowitz, Rabbi and yeshiva dean here, Orthodox community of Paks and the region – 5708 [1948]" [R. Baruch Tzvi HaKohen Moskowitz-Rappaport (1907-1990), studied seven years in the Satmar yeshiva under his teacher the Keren LeDavid, traveled to the Ahavat Yisrael in Vizhnitz, to the Minchat Elazar in Munkacs and to Rebbe Aharon of Belz, and was especially close to Rebbe Yoel of Satmar. After the Holocaust, he served as Rabbi of the Orthodox community in Páks, where he established an important yeshiva. Ten years later, in 1957, he was appointed Rosh Av Beit Din of Budapest, and in 1959 he moved to Vienna. During that period he authored and published his important books Tenuvot Baruch, Mishmeret Tzvi and more. In 1981 he moved to the United States and established his Beit Midrash in Brooklyn, "Beit David of Páks". He was known for his greatness in Torah, piety and fear of God. He was a loyal childhood friend of both the Vayechi Yosef of Pupa and the Berach Moshe of Satmar].

* Hanhagot Yesharot – practices "which Rebbe Moshe son of R. Amram Grünwald wrote for himself…". Vranov: Shmuel Singer, [1936].

* Olat Tamid, novellae on Tractate Tamid. Budapest: Meshulam (Zalman) Katz Katzburg, 1943.

9 volumes. Varying size and condition. Overall good condition. New bindings.

R. Moshe son of Amram Grünwald (1853-1910, HaChatam Sofer VeTalmidav p. 521), leading Hungarian rabbi and yeshiva dean. Disciple of R. Menachem Katz Prostitz of Tzelem (Deutschkreutz) and the Ketav Sofer of Pressburg. Already as a young man he managed a yeshiva in his hometown Csorna, and he later served as rabbi in several Hungarian communities. In 1893 he was appointed Av Beit Din of Khust. Although he studied under the Chatam Sofer's pupils, he adopted Chassidic manners and habitually traveled to the Rebbes of Belz and Sighet. In Khust he established an elaborate court and expanded his yeshiva, which became one of the largest and most important in Hungary. Students arrived from inside and outside the country, and many Hungarian rabbis were students of his. He was renowned for his halachic and aggadic works, Arugat HaBosem. His descendants included important rabbinic dynasties, including: his son Rebbe Yaakov Yechizkiyah Grünwald of Pupa; his grandson Rebbe Yosef Grünwald of Pupa, who established the Pupa Chassidic dynasty in the America after the Holocaust; his son R. Avraham Yosef Grünwald (died 1928), Av Beit Din of Makova (Makó), Khust and Ungvár (Uzhhorod); and his son R. Levi Yitzchak Grünwald, Av Beit Din of the Arugat HaBosem community of Tzelem.

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Lot 129 Collection of Books by Rebbe Aharon Roth, the Shomer Emunim – First Editions

Four books by Rebbe Aharon (Reb Aharele) Roth, the Shomer Emunim. Satmar and Jerusalem, 1933-1948. First edition.
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Four books by Rebbe Aharon (Reb Aharele) Roth, the Shomer Emunim. Satmar and Jerusalem, 1933-1948. First edition.

1. Shulchan HaTahor, on the table, the sanctity of eating, faith and livelihood and more, with Kiddush and Kavanot and songs for the Shabbat table and Birkat HaMazon. Satmar: Meir Leib Hirsch, [1933].

On the reverse side of the title page is the stamp of the Rebbe and author: "Aharon Roth, Satmar" (and another stamp in Latin characters). At the beginning of the book is the approbation of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar (during his tenure as Av Beit Din of Carei).

After leaf [5] is bound a corrigenda that does not appear in all copies; on the reverse side appears a handwritten inscription (in pencil): "…in memory of Shimon son of Binyamin Tzvi who died young and participated in the printing of the work…"

2. Noam HaLevavot, on faith and trust, happiness, repentance, prayer, abstinence and contemplation on the greatness of the creator and lowliness of man, by Rebbe Aharon Roth. Satmar: Meir Leib Hirsch, [1934]. On the title page and leaves of the book are a few stamps: "Stamp of Talmud and Mishnah Society of Sighet Kloiz – Vișeu de Sus".

3. Mevakesh Emunah, "a summary of the book Shomer Emunim with a few things added in it", on strengthening faith and providence, love of the Creator and accepting the yoke of heaven, by Rebbe Aharon Roth. Jerusalem: Diskin Orphanage, [1943].

4. Uvda DeAharon, biography of Rebbe Aharon Roth, author of Shomer Emunim: stories, customs, guidance, letters, homilies and lectures. Jerusalem: Chorev, [1948].

4 books. Varying size and condition. Good general condition. New bindings.

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Lot 130 Collection of Books of the Binyan David – Responsa and Novellae on the Torah by Rabbi David Dov Meisels, Av Beit Din of Ujhel

Three volumes of books by R. David Dov Berish Meisels, Av Beit Din of Ujhel:

* Responsa Binyan David Part I on the four p

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Three volumes of books by R. David Dov Berish Meisels, Av Beit Din of Ujhel:

* Responsa Binyan David Part I on the four parts of the Shulchan Aruch. Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely): Deutsch Lajos, 1931. First edition. At the top of the title page is a handwritten dedication [by the author?]: “For our friend the philanthropist R. Aharon Berliner”.

[5], 2-140 pages. Approx. 34 cm.

* Two editions of Binyan David, novellae on the Torah. Part I on Bereshit. First edition before the Holocaust: Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely): Vajda, 1941. / Facsimile edition printed after the Holocaust (apparently in one of the She’erit HaPletah presses in Germany), by the sons of the author and by R. Yechezkel Rotner, Av Beit Din of Șomcuta Mare.

[5], 2-271, [1] pages. 24 and 21 cm.

Total of three volumes: Overall good to fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Tears and damage (mostly to the third volume). Stamps. New bindings.

The author, R. David Dov Meisels, Av Beit Din of Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely; 1875-1944; perished in the Holocaust), leading Chassidic rabbi in Hungary. Son-in-law and successor of R. Moshe Yosef Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Ujhel (son of the Yitav Lev of Sighet). His wedding took place in 1897 in the court of Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov (the wedding was to have been in Ujhel, but was moved to Bobov after his father-in-law unexpectedly passed away that year). His teachings are collected in: Responsa Binyan David (Ujhel, 1932); Binyan David on the Torah and novellae (Ujhel, 1942); and additional books printed in the United States by his descendants who moved there after the Holocaust (his son R. Tzvi Hirsch Meisels, Av Beit Din of Weitzen, and his grandsons – leaders of the Satmar, Sanz and Bobov communities to this day).

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Lot 131 Beit Vaad LaChachamim – About 120 Issues (Most Issues) – Satmar and Seini, 1922-1932

Collection of about 120 issues of the Torah anthology Beit Vaad LaChachamim – Torah and halachic novellae, pilpulim and notes

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Beit Vaad LaChachamim – About 120 Issues (Most Issues) – Satmar and Seini, 1922-1932

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Collection of about 120 issues of the Torah anthology Beit Vaad LaChachamim – Torah and halachic novellae, pilpulim and notes on Talmud and halachic authorities, and responsa – "published bimonthly, supervised by R. Eliezer David Grünwald, Av Beit Din of our community" – edited by R. Yosef Shimon Pollak. Satmar and Seini Szinérváralja: Yaakov Wieder and Meir Leib Hirsch, Sivan 1922-Adar 1932.

Most of the issues of the Torah anthology Beit Vaad LaChachamim printed in the first 11 years of its existence. The present item includes: * Year 1, issues 1-6, 8 (5682/1922); * Year 2, issues 1-23 (5683/1923); * Year 3, issues 2-25 (5684/1924); * Year 4, issues 1-24 (5685/1925); * Year 5, issues 1-4, 6-9 (5686/1926); Year 6, issues 3, 7-12 (5687/1927); Year 7, issues 1-8, 11-12 (5688/1928), including a supplement to one of the issues; * Year 8, issues 1, 4-10, 13 (5689/1929); * Year 9, issues 1-2, 8-9, 11 (5690/1930); * Year 10, issues 1-2 (5691/1931); * Year 11, issues 5-6 (5692/1932). With Inscriptions, signatures and stamps.

About 120 issues (some issues are duplicates). Varying size and condition. Most issues in good condition.

Beit Vaad LaChachamim

The anthology Beit Vaad LaChachamim was published during the years 1922-1940, originally as a bimonthly and later as a monthly publication (from 1932 on, it began to appear less and less frequently). The anthology was edited by R. Yosef Shimon Pollak (1874-1944), a Belz Chassid who lived in Satmar, and it reflected the position of the "extreme" Orthodox Judaism that was prevalent in Transylvania-Maramureș and Galicia at the time. Important rabbis, dayanim, Torah scholars, laymen and yeshiva students from all over Hungary and beyond participated in the anthology. The first issue of year 1 (Sivan 1922) bore the approbation of R. Eliezer David Grünwald, the Keren LeDavid of Satmar. The periodical occasionally published polemical articles and denunciations of various personages, including the Rebbe of Ger (after he met in Jerusalem with R. Kook), the Minchat Elazar of Munkacs (during his dispute with the Rebbe of Belz, rabbi of the editor of the periodical), leaders of Agudat Yisrael and Zionism, and others. Year 8, issues 4-5 (Tevet-Shevat, 5689) were accompanied by a supplement, "Gilui Milta LeAlma", ten pages containing sharp polemics against the opponents of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum's appointment as rabbi of Satmar.

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Lot 132 Ohel Yitzchak – Collection of Issues of the Monthly Torah Periodical Edited by Rabbi Yitzchak Klein – Satmar, 1904-1912

Large collection of issues of the monthly Torah periodical Ohel Yitzchak, edited by R. Yitzchak Klein (later Rosh Av Beit Din

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Ohel Yitzchak – Collection of Issues of the Monthly Torah Periodical Edited by Rabbi Yitzchak Klein – Satmar, 1904-1912

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Large collection of issues of the monthly Torah periodical Ohel Yitzchak, edited by R. Yitzchak Klein (later Rosh Av Beit Din of Satmar). Satmar and Maramureș (Sasovo): Natan Menachem Estreicher, Avraham Boros, Ze'ev Schwartz and Meir Klausner, 1904-1912.

Over 50 issues of the monthly periodical Ohel Yitzchak – "containing sayings… in pilpul, halachah, aggadah and research from… the great scholars and sages of the generation, with my own additions…".

Issues from the years 5665-5672 (1904-1912): * Year 3 – 12 issues, Tishrei-Av 5665. * Year 4 – 6 issues, Tevet, Adar-Sivan, Av 5666. * Year 5 – 11 issues, Cheshvan-Elul 5667 [enclosed: eight additional issues – duplicate copies of Cheshvan-Shevat, Nisan-Sivan, Av issues]. * Year 7 – 3 issues, Tishrei, Nisan and Tamuz 5669 [duplicate copy of Tishrei issue]. * Year 8 – 5 issues, Iyar-Elul 5670. * Year 10 – five bimonthly issues, Tishrei-Cheshvan, Kislev-Tevet, Nisan-Iyar, Sivan-Tamuz, Av-Elul 5672.

Enclosed are two issues – Cheshvan and Av, without a title page or year of publication.

28 volumes (59 issues, five of them bimonthly; some duplicated). Varying size and condition. Overall good condition. Inscriptions. New bindings.

The editor, R. Yitzchak Klein of Satmar (born 1861, perished in the Holocaust) was born in Tab to his father R. Yisrael Klein. He studied in the Shevet Sofer yeshiva in Pressburg and in the yeshiva of R. Eliezer Zusman Sofer in Paks. Son-in-law of R. Chaim Friedrich, Av Beit Din of Turóc. In 1902 he was appointed dayan and posek in the status-quo community in Satmar, and around the time of World War I he was appointed Rosh Av Beit Din. For many years he edited and printed the Torah periodicals Ohel Yitzchak, Meged Yerachim and HaMaggid, to which important rabbis and scholars contributed. Author of Zichron Yisrael (Satmar, 1912), Birkat Avraham (Tarnów, 1934-1935), Kol Chatan (Satmar, 1937) and more.

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