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Responsa Yad Rama – responsa on the four parts of Shulchan Aruch and novellae on Talmudic topics, two parts, by R. Moshe Tzvi Fuchs Rabbi of Grosswardein (Oradea). Grosswardein, 1939. First edition. Two parts in one volume.
This book was given to Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum, rabbi of Satmar, on Purim 1940 as Mishloach Manot by one of his Chassidim, a disciple of the author (who passed away in 1911). The flyleaf bears a dedication in square script: "In the honor of the great rabbi of Satu Mare. I hereby send the book Yad Ramah, composed by my first teacher, as Mishloach Manot. Satu Mare, 15th Adar II, 1940. Yehoshua David Schwartz".
[8], 114 leaves; [2], 3-100 leaves. 33 cm. Dry paper. Overall good condition. Stains and tears. New leather binding.
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979) was the youngest son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov (1836-1904), and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev (1808-1883), who both served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region.
He was renowned from his youth as a leading Torah scholar of his generation, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. At a young age, he was appointed rabbi of Irshava. In 1925, he was appointed rabbi of Karaly (Carei; in place of R. Shaul Brach who went to serve as rabbi of Kashoi), and in 1934, of Satmar (Satu Mare). In all the places he served as rabbi, he also maintained a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of the faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was one of the founding pillars of the Torah world in the generation following the Holocaust. After surviving the Holocaust, he emigrated to the United States, where he established the Satmar Chassidic community – the largest Chassidic community in the world. He served as president of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem, and as leader of Orthodox Jewry in the United States and throughout the world. His writings were published in dozens of books: VaYoel Moshe, Responsa Divrei Yoel, Divrei Yoel on the Torah and more.
The Holiness of Items of Tzaddikim – In the Teachings of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar
In his writings, Rebbe Yoel of Satmar repeatedly relates to the holiness contained in the possessions of a Tzaddik; and conversely to the prohibition of benefitting from the money of the wicked, warning not to accept funding from the Zionist state and the like.
In several places in his book Divrei Yoel on the Torah, the Rebbe describes the tremendous virtue of the belongings of the Tzaddik, which have the power to endow holiness for generations, since the "sparks of holiness" endure in them. Based on this concept, the Rebbe explains Yosef's influence on the Egyptians, who were sustained from his produce during the famine and drew from it "spiritual vibrancy": "…the property of Tzaddikim has the power to impart spiritual vibrancy…" (Divrei Yoel, Shemot, p. 33). Regarding the "aspect of holiness" contained in the belongings of Tzaddikim from "the root of their soul", he writes: "The possessions of Tzaddikim are precious to them… since they contain an aspect of the root of their soul… as they are particular not to steal…" (Divrei Yoel, Vayetze, p. 92).
Lot 59 Zeh Yenachamenu – Amsterdam, 1712 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar – With a Kvittel Inscription
Zeh Yenachamenu, Midrash Mechilta, with commentaries by R. Moshe Frankfurt. Amsterdam, [1712]. First edition. Approbations by R. Shlomo Ayllon Rabbi of Amsterdam, the Maharshashach Rabbi of Frankfurt am Main and R. Yehuda Mehler of Bingen.
This copy comes from the library of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. The flyleaf bears a dedication dated 1964, by R. Chaim Schneebalg of Jerusalem, who gave this book to the rebbe, and inscribed his name and the name of his mother (as a kvittel): "Cheshvan 1964. A gift to the rebbe, from his servant Chaim son of Sarah Bobtze, for spiritual and material salvation".
[1], 64 leaves (lacking 2 leaves following title page, continuation of foreword and approbations). 32 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Large open tears to title page and open tears to several leaves at end, repaired with paper. Stamps. New binding.
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979) was the youngest son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov (1836-1904), and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev (1808-1883), who both served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region.
He was renowned from his youth as a leading Torah scholar of his generation, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. At a young age, he was appointed rabbi of Irshava. In 1925, he was appointed rabbi of Karaly (Carei; in place of R. Shaul Brach who went to serve as rabbi of Kashoi), and in 1934, of Satmar (Satu Mare). In all the places he served as rabbi, he also maintained a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of the faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was one of the founding pillars of the Torah world in the generation following the Holocaust. After surviving the Holocaust, he emigrated to the United States, where he established the Satmar Chassidic community – the largest Chassidic community in the world. He served as president of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem, and as leader of Orthodox Jewry in the United States and throughout the world. His writings were published in dozens of books: VaYoel Moshe, Responsa Divrei Yoel, Divrei Yoel on the Torah and more.
The Holiness of Items of Tzaddikim – In the Teachings of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar
In his writings, Rebbe Yoel of Satmar repeatedly relates to the holiness contained in the possessions of a Tzaddik; and conversely to the prohibition of benefitting from the money of the wicked, warning not to accept funding from the Zionist state and the like.
In several places in his book Divrei Yoel on the Torah, the Rebbe describes the tremendous virtue of the belongings of the Tzaddik, which have the power to endow holiness for generations, since the "sparks of holiness" endure in them. Based on this concept, the Rebbe explains Yosef's influence on the Egyptians, who were sustained from his produce during the famine and drew from it "spiritual vibrancy": "…the property of Tzaddikim has the power to impart spiritual vibrancy…" (Divrei Yoel, Shemot, p. 33). Regarding the "aspect of holiness" contained in the belongings of Tzaddikim from "the root of their soul", he writes: "The possessions of Tzaddikim are precious to them… since they contain an aspect of the root of their soul… as they are particular not to steal…" (Divrei Yoel, Vayetze, p. 92).
Kitzur Tzitzat Novel Tzvi, polemic work by R. Yaakov Sasportas, against the false messiah Shabbetai Tzvi. Odessa, 1867. Third edition (based on the Altona 1757 edition, published by R. Yaakov Emden, the Yaavetz).
This copy was used extensively by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, while he was writing his famous work VaYoel Moshe against the Zionist movement and various "heralds of the Redemption", after the founding of the State of Israel.
In VaYoel Moshe (Maamar Shalosh Shevuot, section 175), the rebbe writes about R. Yaakov Sasportas and his battle against the false Messiah Shabbetai Tzvi, and mentions the present book: "… when the terrible confusion from the sect of Shabbetai Tzvi began, he at first managed to deceive almost the entire world, even outstanding Torah leaders of that time. R. Y. Sasportas, who was a prominent Torah leader of that time… he was the first to stand up firmly and wage war against him, and he risked his life to fight all those who opposed him because of this, and he later authored Tzitzat Novel Tzvi in four parts, in which he relates of all the events which transpired related to Shabbetai Tzvi…".
A letter from R. Menachem Mendel Greenberg, the rebbe's attendant, is pasted to the endpaper (of the new binding), testifying that he bought the book "for the rebbe of Satmar in 1958, when he was engaged in writing VaYoel Moshe and required this book, and he studied it in-depth for an extended period of time". Stamps of R. "Mendel Greenberg" on the title page. On the original endpaper, R. Mendel Greenberg inscribed a kvittel, with his name and the name of his mother, to be mentioned by the rebbe for blessing and salvation while studying this book: "Nissan Menachem Mendel son of Ettel Tzivia".
Earlier stamps of R. "Avraham Gershon Ash, residing here, Mush Chadash" – R. Avraham Gershon Ash (d. Adar 1942), rabbi of Mush Chadash (Novaya Mysh). After he immigrated to the United States, he served as rabbi of Reading (Pennsylvania) and was one of the leaders of the Union of Orthodox rabbis of the United States and Canada.
[1], 3-52 leaves (lacking leaf 2). 20.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and tape stains. Acidic tape to edges of several leaves. Wear and tears. Stamp. New leather binding.
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979) was the youngest son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov (1836-1904), and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev (1808-1883), who both served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region.
He was renowned from his youth as a leading Torah scholar of his generation, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. At a young age, he was appointed rabbi of Irshava. In 1925, he was appointed rabbi of Karaly (Carei; in place of R. Shaul Brach who went to serve as rabbi of Kashoi), and in 1934, of Satmar (Satu Mare). In all the places he served as rabbi, he also maintained a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of the faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was one of the founding pillars of the Torah world in the generation following the Holocaust. After surviving the Holocaust, he emigrated to the United States, where he established the Satmar Chassidic community – the largest Chassidic community in the world. He served as president of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem, and as leader of Orthodox Jewry in the United States and throughout the world. His writings were published in dozens of books: VaYoel Moshe, Responsa Divrei Yoel, Divrei Yoel on the Torah and more.
The Holiness of Items of Tzaddikim – In the Teachings of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar
In his writings, Rebbe Yoel of Satmar repeatedly relates to the holiness contained in the possessions of a Tzaddik; and conversely to the prohibition of benefitting from the money of the wicked, warning not to accept funding from the Zionist state and the like.
In several places in his book Divrei Yoel on the Torah, the Rebbe describes the tremendous virtue of the belongings of the Tzaddik, which have the power to endow holiness for generations, since the "sparks of holiness" endure in them. Based on this concept, the Rebbe explains Yosef's influence on the Egyptians, who were sustained from his produce during the famine and drew from it "spiritual vibrancy": "…the property of Tzaddikim has the power to impart spiritual vibrancy…" (Divrei Yoel, Shemot, p. 33). Regarding the "aspect of holiness" contained in the belongings of Tzaddikim from "the root of their soul", he writes: "The possessions of Tzaddikim are precious to them… since they contain an aspect of the root of their soul… as they are particular not to steal…" (Divrei Yoel, Vayetze, p. 92).
Mekor Chaim, year-round homiletics, by the kabbalist R. Shmuel Vital of Damascus, son and disciple of R. Chaim Vital. Livorno, [1792]. First edition.
Copy studied by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. A letter from R. Menachem Mendel Greenberg, attendant of the rebbe, is pasted to the endpaper (of the new binding), testifying that he lent the book "to the rebbe of Satmar in 1959, and he cherished it greatly and studied it in great depth". The title page bears stamps of R. "Mendel Greenberg".
[2], 86 leaves. 28 cm. Fair condition. Many dark stains. Worming and tears, affecting text. Many paper repairs. Stamp. New binding.
The chronogram on the title page, which includes G-d's name, seems to indicate the year 1771. However, the printing press of R. Yaakov Nunes Vais and Rafael Meldola only began operating ca. 1790. Therefore, one must assume that the numerical value of the full spelling of G-d's name – 26 – should be reckoned, adding up to the year 1792.
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979) was the youngest son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov (1836-1904), and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev (1808-1883), who both served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region.
He was renowned from his youth as a leading Torah scholar of his generation, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. At a young age, he was appointed rabbi of Irshava. In 1925, he was appointed rabbi of Karaly (Carei; in place of R. Shaul Brach who went to serve as rabbi of Kashoi), and in 1934, of Satmar (Satu Mare). In all the places he served as rabbi, he also maintained a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of the faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was one of the founding pillars of the Torah world in the generation following the Holocaust. After surviving the Holocaust, he emigrated to the United States, where he established the Satmar Chassidic community – the largest Chassidic community in the world. He served as president of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem, and as leader of Orthodox Jewry in the United States and throughout the world. His writings were published in dozens of books: VaYoel Moshe, Responsa Divrei Yoel, Divrei Yoel on the Torah and more.
The Holiness of Items of Tzaddikim – In the Teachings of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar
In his writings, Rebbe Yoel of Satmar repeatedly relates to the holiness contained in the possessions of a Tzaddik; and conversely to the prohibition of benefitting from the money of the wicked, warning not to accept funding from the Zionist state and the like.
In several places in his book Divrei Yoel on the Torah, the Rebbe describes the tremendous virtue of the belongings of the Tzaddik, which have the power to endow holiness for generations, since the "sparks of holiness" endure in them. Based on this concept, the Rebbe explains Yosef's influence on the Egyptians, who were sustained from his produce during the famine and drew from it "spiritual vibrancy": "…the property of Tzaddikim has the power to impart spiritual vibrancy…" (Divrei Yoel, Shemot, p. 33). Regarding the "aspect of holiness" contained in the belongings of Tzaddikim from "the root of their soul", he writes: "The possessions of Tzaddikim are precious to them… since they contain an aspect of the root of their soul… as they are particular not to steal…" (Divrei Yoel, Vayetze, p. 92).
Large certificate in calligraphic script, within an elaborate, colored border, on high-quality, parchment-like paper, with six signatures of community leaders: "Fried Hillman[?] Head of the Community"; "Shmuel Marmorstein; "Pinchas Friedmann"; "David Liebermann – Secretary"; "Chaim Eliezer Weiss – Treasurer"; "Moshe Hershkovitch – Gabbai". With the stamp: "The Autonomous 'Sefard' Orthodox Jewish Community, Cluj".
At the top of the certificate, the words "Mazal Tov" and "Nezer HaRabbanut" are inscribed in large, colored ornamented letters. The text opens with an acrostic poem, forming the rebbe's name. At the foot of the leaf, an inscription signed by the artist: "Made by me, Yitzchak HaKohen Schwartz".
In this certificate, the heads of the Chassidic community in Klausenburg – "Khal Adat HaSefardim", invite Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum to come serve as rabbi of their community. This appointment was not ultimately realized.
The background of this certificate of appointment: In 1878-1923, R. Moshe Shmuel Glasner, author of Dor Revii, descendant of the Chatam Sofer, served as rabbi of the Orthodox community in Klausenburg. R. Glasner was an Orthodox rabbi and Torah scholar, yet he was rejected by the Chassidic communities in the town for his Zionist views and leadership of the Mizrachi movement. Klausenburg was at that time the stronghold of Zionism in Transylvania, and this generated a schism in the local Orthodox community. The opposing faction, mostly consisting of Sighet Chassidim, wished to establish their own community, though this was forbidden by Austro-Hungarian law. After the end of WWI, when Klausenburg came under Romanian rule, the seceding faction was authorized to organize its own community. Thus, with the support of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, their spiritual mentor, a large group of Sighet Chassidim broke away from the main community, and founded a new Orthodox community named "Adath HaSefardim (Chassidim who pray with Nusach Sefard) – Klausenburg" (due to legal restrictions, they were compelled to define their community as Status Quo rather than Orthodox). This schism aroused a great controversy involving many rabbis; some supporting it, and others opposing it. On both sides, polemic works were written.
The members of the new community wished their mentor R. Yoel Teitelbaum to come to Klausenburg to serve as rabbi of their community (In 1911 R. Yoel was appointed rabbi in Irshava; since the beginning of WWI, he lived in Satmar). Consequently, they wrote and signed this magnificent certificate of appointment, in which they invite R. Yoel to come serve as rabbi of their community. However, this plan did not materialize. Eventually, in 1926, R. Yoel of Satmar sent them his nephew, R. Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam to serve as rabbi of the new community in Klausenburg (Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam of Klausenburg, founder of the Sanz Chassidic dynasty after the Holocaust, was the son-in-law of Rebbe Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, the Atzei Chaim of Sighet – brother of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar). R. Yoel Teitelbaum returned to serve as rabbi in Irshava in 1922.
[1] leaf. 59.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear. Mounted on paper for reinforcement.
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