Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania

Collection of Books by Rabbi Neta Shlomo Schlissel, Dayan in Munkacs – First Editions

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Three books by R. Neta Shlomo Schlissel, dayan and posek in Munkacs. Munkacs, 1925-1940. First and only editions.
1. Neta Shaashuim, novellae and pilpul on Talmud and poskim, with responsa. Munkacs: Aharon Ber Meisels, 1925. With approbation of his teacher, the Minchat Elazar of Munkacs.
The present copy was dedicated to the head of the Central Orthodox Bureau in Budapest, R. Shmuel Zanvil Kahana-Frankel – fine leather binding, with dedication printed in gilded letters: "Loving gift to the head of the Central Orthodox Bureau in Pest, R. Shmuel Zanvil Kahana Frankel – by the author" [the book was apparently dedicated in 1940 – on the reverse side of the binding is an illustration of an eagle headed by a caption indicating that year].
[15], 2-184 pages. Stamps of "Talmud society of Orthodox community, Budapest".
2. Shulchan Neged Tzorerai, "Part I, containing 111 sections". Munkacs: Grafia, 1932.
Sharp polemical work, written in response to Shulchan Melachim by the dayan R. Moshe Tzvi Landau of Kleinwardein (Kisvárda), who had argued with the halachic decisions of the author's teacher, the Minchat Elazar of Munkacs.
[9], 2-176 pages. Partial copy (missing 28 pages of approbations at the beginning of the book). Stamps: R. "Asher Anshel HaLevi Jungreis" (apparently a grandson of the Menuchat Asher, Av Beit Din of Csenger).
3. Gan David, with Pri HaGan and Etz HaGan, on the 39 primary forbidden labors on Shabbat and their derivatives, by R. David Schlissel, Rosh Av Beit Din of Munkacs, with glosses "Pri Nitei Shlomo" by the son of the author, R. Neta Shlomo Schlissel. Munkacs: Eliezer Yechiel Kallisch, Grafia, 1940. [10], 3-64, [2] leaves.

Three volumes. Varying size and condition. Good general condition. Light damage. New bindings to two of the books.

The author, R. Neta Shlomo Schlissel (1903-1944, perished in the Holocaust), dayan and posek and dean of Darchei Teshuvah yeshiva in Munkacs. Born to his father R. David Schlissel, dayan and posek in Zborov, and later Rosh Av Beit Din in Munkacs; author of Imrei David. Studied in Munkacs in the yeshiva of Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro, the Minchat Elazar, and was known from a young age as sharp-witted and erudite. His first book, Neta Shaashuim, was printed at the young age of 21, with the approbation of his teacher, the Minchat Elazar. After his marriage, he lived for many years with his father-in-law in Krenitz (Krynica-Zdrój), and in 1933 he was appointed dayan in the court of the Minchat Elazar, Rebbe of Munkacs. He was a confidant and devoted follower of the Rebbe of Munkacs. He served as rabbi and lecturer in the Beit Midrash Yeshuot Yisrael in Munkacs. After his father's passing in 1940, he was appointed Rosh Av Beit Din in his place.

Rebbes and Rabbis of Munkacs – Letters and Books
Rebbes and Rabbis of Munkacs – Letters and Books